@DaRealCaboose: It's not a perfect solution, by any measure... but at least half of Kotaku's value is derived from the community we've worked hard to create here. That community is just as important as the articles... look at TAY. It's one of the most popular things on the site, and it's just us talking to each other.…

@CatPope: I can appreciate that many people might be in the longtime reader, first-time commenter club. And to be honest, I don't have a great solution for that, other than if you want to enjoy the benefits of the community, then be a part of it. Closing the contest to those who've never commented before might be…

@meerkat23: I don't think those codes actually expire (if you're talking about the Stone Prisoner and such). I just used one maybe three months back, four? And a buddy just used his code last month. Both these were on PS3, if that makes any difference.

@zeroshark: I'd just like to see contests be used as a way to engender better comments and a better community. Kotaku needs people like you— guys and girls who want to be part of the scene. I'm glad you're here.

@BananaStandCEO: I agree in part. I happened to scroll through a lot of comments in the last couple contests, and when I followed those back to the user pages, I found an awful lot of people who've only commented in the contest articles.

Congratulations to the winners!

@MightyMonk: Agreed. All the core accessories should have been made available to match all the main consoles.

I just wish it was available in white. Same thing with the 802.11N adapter. I get it that the current models are gloss black, but there are like thirty million or more of the white units out there... can't we get a little love?

@deafblindmute: He can still play everything, he just can't connect to LIVE. Everything still works offline, though.

@Tomsta_666: So, the Kinect beta is like having a PS3? Every time I turn that thing on there's a fucking update for it. Ugh.

I'm going to get this game— they earned my loyalty with the first one, even if it was flawed in many ways— but I can't really understand exactly what Dragon Age II is going to be by watching these trailers. They're pretty, but I don't really understand what they're trying to say about the world of the game. Looks…

@PigletLUV: About two and a half hours or so, connected by a huge highway. And as I said, I used to consistently get them in one day... I don't know what's suddenly changed, but I don't enjoy it.

@dead_alewives: Agreed. I had to scroll down to make sure someone had mentioned it.

Oh, poor Heroes. Such great promise, such god-awful execution.

@Felipe058: I don't agree. Especially toward the tail end of the last generation, when the Xbox hardware itself was available used for $100 or less, a whole bunch of people I know sought out copies of Steel Battalion (both the first game with the controller and the second, LIVE-enabled Line of Contact sequel) and…

@Teira: I like when everything on the queue is not available, and it just waits days to send you something. Happened to me last month when I had twenty-two games on there (and none were new releases). Took them four days to send something. I've been using Gamefly on and off for about four years. I get fed up with the…

@Fossa: I actually do agree with him that evolving systems to match player tendencies is the wave of the future... the thing is, we are not the future. For better or for worse, gaming's had the big close up, and the market is going to become increasingly casual-friendly. Stands to reason that evolving systems will be…

I agree with Mark Skaggs' predictions— although they seem like things you could've easily noticed four years ago nearer the beginning of this console generation— but I can't really see how knowing these things has much informed his games. Yes, the social networking aspect is obviously a part of Farmville and such…

Gamefly gets slower all the time. I'm a bit perplexed by it... things that used to take two days to return now routinely take four or five, and now things I used to receive (Austin to Houston) in a day now uniformly take two. Has anyone else noticed this? Did Gamefly cut out expedited shipping entirely? The Gamefly…

@Felipe058: I don't know if I'd agree. I bought an Xbox for Splinter Cell, and later justified it with KOTOR, Steel Battalion, Otogi, MechAssault, and Phantom Dust... as well as the multiplatform stuff. There were plenty of reasons to buy an Xbox outside of Halo.