Spoonman671

I had a pocket watch in high school and thought it was awesome.  Looking back, it was actually kind of lame.

I wasn't a very big fan of the first one for many of the same reasons you dislike it, but I've really liked LBP2.
 
The campaign of LBP2 is much more enjoyable because the platforming does not demand the kind of precision that the controls simply cannot deliver, which was really the problem with the first game.  The character movement doesn't feel very different, if it has changed at all, but the game is no longer as frustrating as the original.  It also helps that they are constantly switching up the gameplay, so your time isn't spent solely on mediocre platforming.  Many of the alternate genres displayed in the game have controls which are quite tight.
 
I can't speak to the online health system, but when playing solo I've died many times and never had to restart from the beginning of a level.  I don't think you have a limited number of lives.  Could be wrong.

 I believe IGN had an exclusivity agreement with EA.  As for GB's review, I don't know.

Why did everybody get all butt-hurt over this thread?

There was a book about a girl who had a cardboard box and imagined it was all kinds of different things, but I can't remember the name of it.  I'm pretty sure it was "[girls name] and the Cardboard Box," but I haven't had much luck with google, amazon, or barnes & noble searches.  Then there's these two:
 

PSN: hubli
 
Blank friend requests will be denied.

I commuted when I was in college and I kind of regret it now.  Even if you only live on campus for a semester or two, it will be a lot easier to meet people and money obviously isn't an issue for you, so why not?  You can always leave if you don't like it.

The LittleBigPlanet games don't really have combat in them.
 
Some RPGs (like Fallout) allow you to minimize combat if you're a smooth talker.
 
Most racing games.

I don't think we really needed another one of these threads.
 
Oh, and you forgot Motorstorm: Apocalypse and Socom 4.

Can I have your games?