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My wife played through The Walking Dead recently. We played a ton of Puzzle Agent on the iPad in bed. That was lots of fun. She tried Little Big Planet, but growing up loved games like Bonks Adventure, she didn't like the 'airy jumps' as she called it. She got into Viva Piñata a far bit. The biggest surprise by far was her obsession with Civilization: Revolution, she played the crap out of it. For us, anything in first person or camera controls is a deal breaker, and probably always will be.

I really only buy new games. Though I do pick a little more than half of them once they have a price drop. I probably buy a retail game every other week, maybe every week during the holiday season. I would say about thirty games per year plus maybe another dozen digitally. I also borrow some games from friends. According to the GiantBomb achievement list I played 82 games last year... Not super accurate because it only counts last time played. I wouldn't include iOS games because I see them as time wasters, where as console and PC games; I set time aside to play. There is my two cents.

I like the XMB, it's clean, simple, and doesn't change! The Xbox dashboard is getting worse, thank goodness most of it can be avoided with the guide.

Nope!

The Walking Dead. Yes, it was worth it, and am very much looking forward to the next episode.

I playing on the 360 as well. While I have not had any significant issues with the frame rate, I do find the screen tearing quite distracting.

Grout in swimming pool change rooms... Seriously! It's not my biggest phobia, but it's certainly my most irrational one.

What a mess...

I'm only a few hours in, so far I find it enjoyable. Difficulty seems a little uneven, but that's OK. I think I just need to spend some time with it to learn a bit more, i hope it is still interesting 40 hrs from now.

Good for them. It's well done, and the price is right.