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HERE Chris DeLeon explains that "video games"are not games at all. Games are defined (loosely) as goals governed by rules that must be adhered to. In video games the rules can not be circumvented so it is more of an experience. (Please read the article on the link instead of trying to argue with my paraphrasing).

I completely agree and have been working on this issue for a while. Trying to come up with something that might lend a little more credence to these experiences. I'm a Disabled Combat Veteran, Ranger and Scout Team Leader and "video games" have been and continue to be extremely important to me. They are more than just games to me. They are not silly time wasting distractions without any serious usefulness. They are social, inspiring, horrifying, clever, frustrating, inventive and imaginative ways for me to experience things I could never have without them. At least not since my injuries. Movies have the word "Film" which has evolved in to a very elegant connotation with strong artistic implications. In reality "video games" are just as deserving of the same respect and in my personal opinion much more creative and expressive. Just like cartoons have "animation" I believe "video games" deserve a term which carries more integrity instead of just the absolute simplest way of defining their most basic function.

Of course making this argument in a place where people are more apt to make fun of their peers than they are to support or converse with them doesn't help. Obviously some communities need to be judged on their own merits and hopefully we can separate the medium from the automatic inclusion of those communities. It's time the industry had it's own identity away from the immaturity often associated with the term "video games" (and let's face it, many gamers and gaming communities don't help but it's time we weren't all lumped together under that banner). I believe a new name would go a long way to making that happen.

I loved Borderlands, one of my favorite games ever. Just make the ending something better than finding the thing you've been looking for the whole time and it being a lie. All those hours and thinking wow, I'm sure there is a ton of content AFTER I get there so this is great! Only to hear "we lied, fight, the end".

BOSTON is pretty huge for game studios, there are hundreds around here, not all major players of course but a lot and all very close considering we use the subway and buses out here. 
 
IRRATIONAL is about 10 minutes away. Bioshock Infinite!! (I have met Ken Levine through friends. Doubt he remembers but I definitely do.)   
   
Harmonix of course!
Floodgate (Age of Empires, Dark Messiah, Etc.)  
Turbine (LotrO, DDO, Asheron)
 
Rockstar (Who doesn't have a Rockstar Studio at this point?)
 
Conduit Labs (unfortunately)  "zumba"
DemiUrge Studios  (RockBand, Boderlands, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Medal of Honor, Brothers in Arms, Advent Rising)
 
kinda close = (have to take the commuter rail)
38 Studio's (Kingdom's of Amalur)

If you are playing the game and don't use the cash out option it's really the same as in game gold, you sell your stuff and use your balance to buy yourself new stuff, then when your done with the game; cash out and move on.  
 
I don't like it but at the same time I don't have a better solution to offer. They should get the money as opposed to farmers. It's kind of like giving in to the terrorists but I get it. 

So far it's brightness balance sucks ass. I can't see indoors without jacking up the brightness and completely flushing out the outdoors, also there is no example to use to see where they intended the brightness to be but I can't believe either of those options were intended. Adjusting the screen you play on is irrelevant since the degree of difference from indoors to outdoors is so extreme that only one looks correct at a time. I have to adjust it constantly for each situation. Also the left to right axis moves much faster than the up and down which is fine but they do not allow independent adjustment, only to increase or decrease sensitivity so it becomes jostling. Other than that the game is fun, I enjoy having a main character that is an actual character, not just "the PC" who never truly interacts with the world around them outside of physical movement and dialog choice. I would not buy this game over anything else but if you don't mind the 40 or 50 bones it's a decent enough adventure, especially since there isn't anything to play until the 25th and Two Worlds II (for RPG's anyway). 

So far it hasn't proven to be anything new, I understand people get attached to the games they play but I would suggest experiencing more of what even current MMO's have to offer before investing too much time in this game. Upcoming games like Rift, with even minimal upgrades to gameplay and class mechanics have a lot going for them with a great development team and community, which most veterans players will tell you are paramount to a good MMO experience. I recommend playing that March 1st if you aren't willing to wait for SWTOR or GW2, it may be our best bet for a while. On the other hand, mythos might be better for kids or people looking for some J in their RPG, specifically of the MMO type.  If that fails to do it for you Lotro seems like a great game for F2P although I can't get myself to stick through level 20+ I am surprised at how complete an MMO is available for nothing.. 

I WAS you, I was always a hard core PC gamer that had dabbled with consoles until picking up the ps3 seriously about 4 years ago. Every game I can play on ps3 I do but there were some franchises and exclusives I wanted to play on 360. So after buying my 3rd ps3 with a huge HD I decided to pick up a 360. I went with the basic 4gb model and a couple flash drives in the back for some extra memory. I have bought in to both psn plus and 360 gold and found both of them are completely optional, I have never gotten anything from either one that made me feel like I got my money's worth but I never felt completely cheated either. I would say make one your primary system and invest heavy in that, there are cheap enough options whether, used, refurbished or even new to have both systems with one that is at least capable of the large memory files needed for some games or at least quality of play. In the end I thought I would get a lot more play out of the "dual option" than I did but at the same time I'm glad I made the decision and I love both my consoles equally, (that is to say, less than my PC, but how can they possibly compete with a $2000 difference in pricetag?). Now I can say I never have to miss a title no matter what and for a couple slow months I was able to explore a back catalog of exclusives which really helped get me through some droughts. I wouldn't replace one for the other but having both is becoming more common and for gamers who want access to all new titles, it's a necessity for sure. 

I've always thought that the portable gaming market is perfect for a deep rpg with awesome gameplay since the graphics and scale can be overlooked more so than an action or even a puzzle game. I know we have seen a ton of tween titles but nothing has come along for mature audiences, not like adult material, I mean something a little more serious and darker than say; pokemon. I'd like to see a game I can use on the subway everyday that will continue over a long period of time. I guess monster hunter came close. I just got really tired of going from level to level and having to repeat the same ones over and over because I had to switch trains before a save point. How about an old school zelda on 3ds? 

There has to be a collector's edition right? This can't be it.. can it?  
 
Not like it matters, $5 at gamestop is a deposit and at any point you can chose to get that deposit back or move it to a different game or version like the CE for DA2 without penalty. I imagine a good percentage of preorder's don't follow through especially with a system like that where the deposit is so tentative.  
 
I'm at 140 hours on the first one and still have plenty of game to play. (Given, there are more than a few overnight pauses on there.. lol)