As this year's holiday releases have started, including Microsoft and Sony's motion sensing add-ons and the latest, newest Kotick money maker COD game, I'm left wondering whether gaming has already reached its apex and is now in a slow, incessant decline. 
 
To focus for a moment on FPS games, Bungie has left Halo for good with Reach, easily the best Halo game made, and every other shooter game tries to mimic Modern Warfare 2.  It built on what Call of Duty 4 had done and may have set the high water mark for shooters, for good.  Between the persistent upgrades online and Spec Ops, nothing has come close since its release and even the recent Black Ops has left many people wanting.   
 
I'm hopeful that Bungie and Respawn will give us something that ups the ante, though I remain cynical. 
 
More thoughts on different game types, and my opinion on Kinect and Move (donde están los killer apps?) next time.