Corvall

I'm not sure if anyone is still checking for this game, but it's on sale for 200 MSP currently:  http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Age-of-Booty/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108f0?cid=SLink&DownloadType=Game#LiveZone

I'm not sure how it compares since I've never played the original DotA or League of Legends, but I remember being interested back at release and I took advantage of the $5 deal on now.  I played a bit last night and it's fun, although it looks like you'll really want to find other people to play with.  I didn't test the online waters, but in single player you can play with AI teammates against AI opponents.  My AI teammate was pretty bad compared to the opposition, and combined with my own inexperience, it led to a long game against the easy AI.  I'm hoping to put some more time into it.  We'll see how it goes.
 
Corvall

" That's why the grown-ups play Axis & Allies. "

For all the comments about being required to buy health insurance, what's being left out is that the government will subsidize buying the insurance for those who cannot afford it.  Yes, in America we strive towards universal coverage by having the government help people buy services from private companies.

It isn't 'America' that doesn't want universal health care, just a pretty large (and vocal) chunk.  The big problem is the warped perception that many here have about foreign systems.  Fear mongers bandy about words like 'Socialism' and 'Government Takeover' and people who don't know any better just tighten up and scream against change.  Unfortunately, they either don't know that our health care system is grossly inefficient and inhumane, or they do but they fear anything except what they already know.  You actually have people (like at least one in this thread) who will point to Canada and say 'We don't want their awful system!  People die waiting for treatment!'  Of course, they just hear that sort of thing and believe it rather than finding out that it's not true, meanwhile they ignore the fact that people DO die in the USA because they lack any means for reasonable health coverage. 
 
So anyway, to answer to the post heading is pretty simple: ignorance and fear.  Those two things are paralyzing our politics.  I can hardly believe that we're actually as close as we are to some kind of reform, and it's still not nearly what we should have.

I'm pretty indifferent on MW2.  I'm sure it would be fun, but I only have time to play so many games this season, and I'd rather play Borderlands and Left 4 Dead.  Hopefully I'll get around to MW2 at some point, but I'm in no rush.

I'll be getting this game as soon as I can.  I've had a ton of fun with L4D and I expect to do the same with L4D2.  Why people seem to feel entitled to get stuff for free all the time is beyond me.

I still have Chu Chu Rocket and play it with a friend of mine on occasion.  Lots of fun with the right group.  Unfortunately it seems to move to quick for most of my friends.