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Got one. Thanks Rorie.

After my gallbladder removal.

I've been looking for one because mine is old and offers little to no support. Sadly, to get a "good" chair, it seems you have to fork over quite a bit of money, but if it lasts you ten or so years, that's not so bad. The wrong kind of chair can mess your back and hips up, so getting a good one is key.

As for console or TV gaming, a recliner is great, provided you don't fall asleep while playing.

To some extent, yeah, we do, especially with how much we know about games before they get released.

Growing up in the 90s, we pretty much just had monthly magazines telling us what new games would be coming up. Sure, a few sites were around, but they were mainly extensions of the magazines or publications. Gaming journalism was different back then too. Being primarily a kid-focused medium, video games were often covered with that in mind. Very few, if any, publications made people aware of the underside of the video games industry, instead focusing on cheat codes, new releases, contests, and other things that would appeal to the demographic they thought was playing the games. Gaming companies, and the people who covered them, weren't as transparent as they are today. Companies weren't necessarily talking about quarterly losses or layoffs in Nintendo Power or EGM, presumably because they figured the audience reading the magazine wouldn't have much interest in that.

Now, we have information on tap about any company, what they're doing, and who works there. Social media and the thousands of gaming websites shine a bigger light on the industry than magazines ever could and it can be easy to forget that just a few decades ago, how little info we got regarding games. More info is always a good thing and this is why we have more power at our fingertips with which to make purchases. You know what's coming out, you have seen some of the gameplay, you have read various impressions, and there is a widespread community that can commiserate on the games you are interested in. Choosing games isn't as much a leap of faith as it used to be because we have more information at our disposal, and that's a good thing,.

Prototype 2. Wait until it's 20 or you have a lot of Amazon credit, like I did.

I think they're still pretty damned busy what with E3 coming up and still adjusting to the move. I mean, it's hard moving a company of any size, even a relatively modest one like GB. I'm guessing they're going to do nightly podcasts and impressions about E3 like they did last year, so the content will be flowing. We'll see in a few weeks or so.

You have to remember that online gaming is something that a huge portion of the population didn't even know existed before Xbox Live. Most of the people on Live right now probably never grew up playing PC games online in the 90s and to them, MS might as well have invented online gaming.

MS is a little scummy in the fact that not only do they make you pay for features that are free on other platforms, they also shove ads everywhere on the dashboard. People don't seem to care, though, and that's what MS is banking on. It's another case of companies taking advantage of people not knowing any better. Happens everywhere.

So, they don't really have anything to gain from it. It'd be a nice gesture, sure, but it isn't going to happen.

I understand what Jeff means by having an Oscars type of award show. It might actually be boring as fuck, but I think the majority of gamers would rather have it that way than what the VGAs have been, because then at least the show would have some integrity, and that's something that modern television sorely lacks. I may be wrong in looking to the video games industry for integrity, however, but I suppose that's just my idealistic side showing. I think E3 sort of gets it right. Say what you want about it, but it's nowhere near as bad as the VGAs, so maybe Spike could glean something from their show, despite it not actually being an awards show. I think all most of us want is it to be more about games and not to be filled with "lol so random" shit.

Nah, not really. I just build my PCs with what I think is the best combination of cost effective parts that meet my gaming needs. I tend to stay away from certain brands of motherboards, ram, and PSUs, though. If you twisted my arm, I might say I prefer nvidia over ATI or that I think highly of Corsair's power Supplies.

I know not to expect much from Spike and their award shows. I briefly watched it last year and was actually surprised Red Dead won GOTY. That being said, what I did watch last year wasn't anywhere near as bad as what I saw this year. This was an abomination and I'm embarrassed by the fact that this is what the world outside of gaming thinks of gaming... or maybe it's just what Spike execs think of gaming, I don't know.

It's saddening to see a hobby that's been so integral to our lives dragged through the mud like this in an attempt to appeal to whatever the fuck Spike's audience is. Sure, video games aren't exactly hallowed ground, but some professionalism wouldn't kill anyone, because at the end of the day, that's what real gaming enthusiasts want in an awards show. We want actual focus on awards and the people who make the games, not internet celebrities eating cupcakes and throwing themselves at velcro walls.

When will gaming get its Oscars or its Emmys? When will our award shows stop being advertising fuel for the masses and mechanisms for the lowest of low-brow humor?