Unfortunately these media outlets are not successful enough that they are above taking receiving bribes. I still trust IGN reviews but I hardly take them for gospel. This is one of the primary reasons why I never buy games at their release date unless I know that they are going to be AAA (Halo 3, Gears 2, etc.).

Joystiq has pretty good reviews and I trust them but they are fairly unstructured.

Reading the first page of this topic was flat out painful. I spared myself the second page but why oh why is this three pages?

Wikipedia was invented for reasons like this: so you do not make yourself look like an idea in front of random people.

If by Modern Warfare you mean 1999 graphics warfare, then no.

I don't waste my time with lists in which I have to click to view every item.

PUT IT ALL ON ONE DAMN PAGE.

Why do people still think that Bill Gates is the CEO of Microsoft?

In case you were wondering how long it takes to get 3,000 posts if you only post once per day, the answer is over five years :) .

Finally!

At 11/18/09 07:50 AM, Aci6 wrote: Firstly the Wii is a next gen console despite what some people say or think

Thanks for your valuable insight and analysis. I guess I am typing this on my next gen operating system, Windows XP.

I don't think that you can call 360/PS3/Wii "next gen" anymore. The 360 has been out for four years, thus it is hardly next gen at this point.

In the first one I just played the first scenario and built an amazing park but in the third version I actually tried to complete the challenges. It was an absolutely fantastic game. One of the best.

At 11/17/09 08:25 AM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: The update is live. Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM and Zune Video are all up for anyone that cares. None of them really have to do with gaming, but the Last.FM program is actually really cool.

I'll sign on later and see if they changed anything since the preview. I have been using the update for a couple of weeks now and Facebook was pretty buggy. My 360 actually crashed when using it.

At 11/16/09 01:37 AM, Wylo wrote: The 11/15/09 Top 300 Voting Power Update

Thanks Wylo!

139) 12.19 +0.01 7.62 ThePunisher52 EGSC
140) 12.18 +0.01 8.23 QuikFox General
141) 12.18 +0.02 7.61 ThreeStar EGSC
142) 12.18 +0.04 7.61 PenguinLink EGSC +1
143) 12.18 +0.04 7.61 zimzap EGSC +2

The slow climb continues. With any luck (i.e. people stop depositing in front of me) I can move up four slots next month! I would be happy to get another two.

At 11/15/09 10:38 AM, Bahamut wrote: EXP update #19 is now available!

Thanks for the update mate. Wow, I had no idea that I just passed 13,000 XP.

With some luck I may enter the top 650 by the end of the year. Hard to believe that 2009 is almost over...

Happy to see that EA is struggling. I vowed to never buy another EA game after they killed NFL2K5. Sadly, it has been rather easy to do since they primarily just release crap.

Perhaps it is one of these?

Batteries dieing on carts make them inferior.

What goes on in your people's homes that discs are getting scratched to the point of unreadability constantly? That may have happened to one used game that I bought but it really is not that difficult to return games to their cases when done using them.

At 11/2/09 05:42 PM, Shnam wrote: Go to hell. There is my argument.

Your age is showing.

DK games are epic and difficult; therefore, you will never see another good one on the Wii.

Glad to hear that Microsoft is getting more pro-active against hackers.

I am still rolling with Tap Tap 2.

Despite thinking that it is a horrible indication of your quality as students and of your parent's abilities as caretakers, if you will be purchasing MW2 in the UK, apparently you should be buying it at the supermarket.

Buy the game legally then it is pretty easy to open the plastic wrap.

At 11/7/09 06:14 PM, puddinN64 wrote:

At 11/7/09 05:22 PM, zimzap wrote: Skipping school to buy a video game. Sad state of affairs that the youth is in.

It's been that way for the last three decades, though.

I have never skipped school just to go buy a video game. You do realize that you have all of that time after school on the weekend to play if you wish, right? Unless you are one of the cool kids who likes to brag that you were the first person to play a game.

besides the thousands of people who were able to buy it early.

How do you seriously not have six dollars in cash in your house?

Skipping school to buy a video game. Sad state of affairs that the youth is in.

Stop plagiarizing from Joystiq with no link kid.

Ambulance chaser is also good fun but is not a great way to boost respect. Easiest way when starting is to buy clothing.

iPhone.

At 11/7/09 11:31 AM, cast wrote: So uh.. Any NG'ers in the beta test?

If interested, the signup is here:

http://www.onlive.com/beta_program.html

Looks legit enough to believe but fuzzy enough to provide no major information :/

Having owned a console from every generation, I can confidently say that the SNES is the best console ever sold in the US.