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" Alex had a column on GameSpot that still is my fave gaming column to this day. THe guys has mad writing chops and is honest in a way that doesn't sugar coat. If people don't like Alex, what does it matter? There are hundreds of game review outlets. They can go to one of those. "

 I'm with you, Jay.  How can anyone who's ever seen Alex's Robocop review doubt this man's worth to society?

The videocard on my last laptop, a Gateway NX860X, died because it overheated (on Christmas day, no less).  This essentially killed my laptop because the video card was hardwired to the motherboard.

I can understand your feelings about credit, but our modern monetary system is based on credit and lending so it's almost inevitable that people have at least one credit card nowadays.  Besides, cash is a pain in the ass.  My wife and I share a credit card, and we have our separate debit cards, but that's it.

I can't decide which order these should go in, but my top 5 would probably be:

" get a really nice ham sandwich instead. "

" Well, let's see what I can remember.   NES- Duck Hunt (it came with some other game too, but I don't remember the name)

PC - I'm just guessing, but it was either the originalLode Runneror The Ancient Art of War. Both were fantastic Broderbund games back in the day, particularly AAoW.  That's the one that got me hooked on strategy and RTS games.

Steam's midweek madness this week is the 2010 reboot of Aliens vs. Predator, which got some pretty bad reviews.  I loved the old AVP's, and I do have an extra 5 bones lying around, but is this a good get?  

What do y'all think? Buy or no buy?

I'm a big fan of Dragon Quest IX.  Don't worry about coming into the series late; I hadn't played a DQ game since the original Dragon Warrior on the NES and I felt right at home with DQIX.  (It's not a really "story-heavy" game, if you know what I mean).