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No idea why the first thing on my mind was abortion. But, that aside, if we're going scrambled eggs they need to be creamy and properly seasoned with pepper. Otherwise I generally eat hard boiled eggs with just salt sprinkled on top. Fried eggs are two steps away from plastic. Granted, a nice fluffy omelette can be pretty great. And those are easily made by using the MGS trick of putting a lid on the pan.

I just woke up. First thing I see. This day is off to an amazing start!

I think the song reached it's apex when a dude literally died doing the dance during his wife's birthday party.

My game room hosts a LG Infinia 55" 3D LED-LCD, which I am quite pleased with. But as much as I enjoy that tv, what's more fun is seeing the reaction guests have when they can't grasp why that big tv sits in a small hobby room and the living room is set up with a 42".

@Demoskinos: That's like saying "Sure you can drive to your destination, you just have to follow the road" and walk away. Examples are much appreciated. What are some good endings you enjoyed?

@MikkaQ: As noted it may simply be a symptom of me not actually finding those games and thus I am drowned in bummerville. But I disagree with you on the writing, I think there's some fantastic writing in games today. Though it's certainly not as wide-spread as in other mediums yet, but I think we'll get there eventually when customers begin to demand more from their games.

@Little_Socrates: Well, a handfull is about as many DS games as I own overall so it would be double what I already own, so that's good. Thanks for the tips though, I'll look into them.

@Little_Socrates: After all the 999 talk on the podcast, I am starting to think I should invest in some more DS games, seems to be harboring some story-driven gems.

@Video_Game_King: I think you read more into that than I indented. I'm not assuming that game was childish nor that there are no heavy stuff on a Nintendo consoles. Just that aside from my limited DS catalogue, I haven't been interested in a Nintendo console since SNES. So I found it amusingly ironic that something I seek from current gen consoles exist on the one platform I have more or less ignored.

@MikkaQ: But if everyone does depressing endings, doesn't that in turn become cliché? Not every game needs a happy ending, I enjoy a good somber ending. But it feels like we're lacking quality good endings as a counter part. But as you say, this may be a part in a process and I'm crying foul too early.

@charlie_victor_bravo: Oh yeah, cliffhanger endings. Assassin's Creed bread and butter.

@pyromagnestir: Portal 2 did have a pretty great ending. Even though I was shitting my pants all the way up that elevator waiting for something to go awry. Which in itself is a sign of how much games end on a fuck you.

@Video_Game_King: Of course there's a happy ending to a game on a Nintendo console. One I incidentally never owned.

@nintendoeats: It's been a long phase, if that's the case. But I agree, I do think these endings are a symptom of trying to be more mature and perhaps they haven't really found a way to end a depressing game on a positive note without it coming off as corny.

@Little_Socrates: Ah, I never finished Black Ops, maybe I should sit down and try and do that. I'll give you those other ones as decent examples though.

@Anund: I think Mass Effect is a matter of perspective, the last one in particular. The first one is a small victory with a looming threat, the second one can get all sort of fucked and the third is a bummer for me personally but that's just because I really liked my journey with my guy.

@Swoxx: We don't all have access to fancy massage parlors, and even if we did our wives wouldn't approve. So I need gaming to pick up the slack there. Well, not give me that type of happy ending.

I am getting a small sense of deja vu writing this as I feel like I have already made this thread before named something different. But let's ignore that idea and focus on a question that popped into my head listening to the Bombcast today; what's up with this generation and fucked up endings? I feel like I haven't seen a happy ending since I beat Suikoden that one summer in '97 (it's an exaggeration, deal with it). Is this all because J Allard wore a hoodie and blazer combination and everyone was all radical?

Some games I feel could end happy then during one meeting some dude at the end of the table was all "Hey man, like, every story ends happy.. let's get real gritty and, like, kill everyone you liked in the game. To say, like, hey guy, tough luck, life is unfair, deal with it. And then boom, credits. Feelin' me? It'll be rad" (actual quote from actual meeting, may or may not be a complete and utter lie). But really, as this generation comes to a close, I am starting to feel the need for next gen to re-introduce some fucking blow it out the ass with balloons and confetti ecstatic endings where shit just goes right and everyone wins. All these depressing everything is fucked or all your efforts were for naught endings.. man, come on.

Or maybe I'm just not playing enough upbeat games, did this generation have them at all?