@Cobaltios: Would you enjoy a life where you're almost alone except for a few strangers who refuse to talk to you, and you have to rotate chairs around to make the freaking microwave work, and then the microwave turns out to not be a microwave but a portal to a different world that's nothing but rocks? Not I.

@Chanaluss: Also, there are ten-year-olds running around with an army of potentially world-destroying beasts in their backpack. And some of those monsters eat your freaking SOUL, man. Don't EVER go on vacation in the Pokemon universe.

@AgentSmithAndWesson: Would be okay except for the yoshis barfing all over the place. The scent of a mix of digestive juices and fruit gets kinda cloying in the tropical heat. Plus, the natives are annoying.

@AgentSmithAndWesson: Rhythm games are definitely out, unless you're playing on the easiest setting. You're going to wind up with the guy getting a heart attack after trying out Elite Beat Agents! :)

For me, it's the short-lived habits, usually revolving around certain moves.

Seeing as how the cutscenes in ICO were already done in the babble-you-can't-understand way (at least until you complete the game once), I'm more interested in seeing a Lego version of Shadow of the Colossus. Ahhh, Lego Wander looking all bummed about a giant brick-critter falling apart, just before he gets pierced by…

Well, of course they want to make money. The cost of restaurant food, or concert tickets, or cinema tickets, are hardly just production costs either, are they? The cost of a DVD isn't the cost of producing the DVD.

@MrPerson: And also scare little children.

@MrPerson: Oh wait, never mind. He can defend himself.

Dammit, Woody! Stay the hell off my new D-Arts Rockman X figure! I paid too much for this to have you start groping already!

Is it really?

Yeah, I hate going to the cinema or concerts too. I pay money to enter, and then I, like, leave afterwards, and I don't get a DVD or anything to keep the experience for myself forever and ever. Restaurants, too! I eat the food and then it's... gone! That's just unfair. When I pay for food, I expect to eat it over and…

@TaylorEatWorld: The "Pika" kind.

At first I was like, "awww". But then I realized that the Star Fox 64 multiplayer mode is clumsy and not very fun. And then I stopped caring.

When 30 minutes of fun gameplay for a dollar isn't deemed as good value, I think we've been spoiled. Yes, other games offer more gaming time, but come on... It's a DOLLAR.

The bit with the looking glass was genius. Perfect timing on it.

At the Oslo airport on Sunday, I finally, FINALLY got my first Streetpass event with the 3DS. About time. I've had the damn thing since launch.

@Slagathorian: Save the trees and kill the children.:

A lot of what makes video games satisfying is the sense of mastery and discovery. When a game takes away the part where you explore and figure out where to go, even if it's just an illusion, it takes away some of that enjoyment derived from "defeating" the game.

@Pojodin: I'm listening to Goddamned Finland. I can drive two hours and then be in the same country as this... strangely catchy thing.