@trickybuz93: How is that anything like my example? Bungie is not producing drugs or doing anything illegal. They are simply performing business as usual. My example is a good bit closer than yours. Ever seen signs that say no roller blades, skateboards, bikes in a shopping center? That is because it is something that…

@lordargent: My best games were all on my roommates profile. It sucks because I went and played his copy for a while until the console bundle we got was shipped to us. My first Xbox game... so I had to make a new profile and such. Ever since then I have been getting stuck with crappy matches and teams... LOL. I went…

@PoweredByHentai: The way I see it, is we are all playing online with each other on a server. That we do not have any control over, as we can't exactly play anywhere else. These virtual credits, that some are spending time accumulating them as it was designed, while others are reaching that credit limit every day…

@Dethgar: But then again Christmas isn't exactly something they worry about. Their demographic is people that can pay for the game themselves. It is a very self contained user base that they don't even have to advertise to. I mean sure they do the ads on TV to promote the base edition to people that aren't playing…

@zåɳzißarlegeпȡ: When I saw that I was like... WTF I have to find some sort of way to get all of the games that are coming out (collector's editions will be the death of me)... and this guy is buying a copy of some basketball game without a case and nothing for $255!? Give me the money, I will put it towards some…

@PoweredByHentai: I cannot claim to know the relationship between Microsoft and Bungie when it comes to server space, but I am fairly certain that they have every right over the space they are using to change the info on that server. The fact is that you own the game, you do not own the servers. They provide you with…

@Crunkiss: The guys at bungie are not the kind of people that would sit there and ask, "well can we run through the entire level without killing anything just to get it done?". That is more than likely how this started. Was the kid prolly went and ran past everything then got to that checkpoint and kept getting…

@CalderMedusa: I know that you can reset your daily challenges through a glitch in the system. If you are on your profile after completing a challenge then sign out (while still in the game) and sign into a non Live profile, view your challenges, then sign back into your profile, it will reset them. So I think they…

@CalderMedusa: I know that you can reset your daily challenges through a glitch in the system. If you are on your profile after completing a challenge then sign out (while still in the game) and sign into a non Live profile, view your challenges, then sign back into your profile, it will reset them. So I think they…

@rtanger: yeah I hate SWAT too. Just because it takes skill to win a match in that. And I am not part of any gaming guild or group so I never have that unity. Everyone just runs off and gets killed without saying a damn word. then you are forced to wander around solo and get double teamed. I hate the new voting…

@TheBard: This sounds just about awesome. I would totally ignore these people. Let them have their fun... alone. They obviously don't have any skill or confidence so why would I want them on my team? Or even less why would I want to play against them. First off they probably suck, what is the fun in killing a gimpy…

@Sakilla: Yeah it would be great to see someone that actually worked their way through the ranks talk with one of the 15k people that got banned. It would go something like...

@Crowbot: Remember when you owned the servers that Microsoft let you play on? Oh wait....

@edhe [on xbl]: So you would rather make faces than hit a button? I do not see Kinect making games that are for hardcore gamers. Imagine playing online in some COD and the camera misreads what you are doing. not exactly a big issue. But for most it would be as if you go to hit left trigger and it decided to hit right…

@PurplePenguin04: Both you and edhe mentioned head tracking. The issue I have with this is you are playing a game. So at most you have a few degrees of control to work with. You cannot expect to get THAT much from moving your head slightly to the left or right. And what practical use would that have? Turning your head…

Pictures 2 and 3 are the NECA figures. I was really wanting to see the closeups of the thumbnails. Why does Kotaku have issues with galleries so often?

@RefusalRefused: On second thought.... Why in the hell am I analyzing this?

@RefusalRefused: I can see how full on hole action can be seen as challenging, but I can't see it being as challenging as carving. I really could care less what people do and favor... All I know is that I see kids in my neighborhood cutting holes in pumpkins that look pretty nifty. They even have guides for it. But I…

Trust me the last thing you want in 2010 is an original PS3. They are all coming down with a case of the yellow light of death. The thing is that all of the consoles are nearing the end of their life cycles. The slim series are the ones to get. I repair PS3s and it is not exactly cheap, $80 is the minimum price for…

Am I missing some inside joke or something? People have been saying since last year's contest that it is cheating unless you actually cut holes in the pumpkin. To me it seems like it takes about the same amount of skill to watch an episode of south park, as it does to put a hole in a pumpkin. I will admit there are…