When did McWhertor turn into MacCaulay Culkin? He went from a fuzzy little man-peach to a man-child. I'm in for five if we're buying McWhertor a Nugent wig to restore his former glory.

@444: Exactly. It accomplishes the same thing— removing part of the experience from the resaleable whole— and could conceivably lead to a better model wherein online costs could be measured directly against the money spent toward that specific infrastructure-need. I'm sure the resellers wouldn't love it, but it would…

@Rockabully: Yeah, but a year from now no-one is going to be playing this game anymore... especially not online. You ever try finding a good match in Frontlines anymore?

I think they should just reduce the cost of new copies by $10, and charge everyone who wants to use the online functionality the extra $10... whether they buy the title new or pre-owned.

@Greg Ebdon: Actually, I believe the only two devices to enjoy support via the Sense portal are the Desires HD and Z, right? It might be awesome one day, but right now it's entirely too limited for most of us.

If I had to narrow it, I'd say I shop at Cheap Ass Gamer. The actual storefront is just the X on the treasure map. Wherever there is a deal, this is the land I call home. So many ridiculously good deals. So little time. Such a fucking long backlog.

@tjjex: Doesn't Launcher Pro Plus unlock the LP Widgets? I'd say that's a pretty useful addition.

@Dethzilla: Minus the possibly part.

@0xC001D00D: You know, bad decisions. Figured a GameCube would fit in nicely.

Nicely done, gentlemen. Can't wait to see what they manage next year.

@LemonMeringueTy: Seriously, terrible decision. Worst decision ever. Here is a GameCube, and two controllers.

I don't know, in a lot of ways it's more impressive than Oblivion (even modded Oblivion). And it has the virtue of just naturally being a better, more complex game than Oblivion, so I'm all for it.

I'm playing a whole bunch of stuff— Alan Wake (which I just picked up for $10), Kinect games, Nier, Limbo, Winterbottom, and more. It's nice to have a backlog!

It was a very good year. I matured a bit, got closer to being the man I want to be, and added approximately ten thousand and six games to my backlog (and I think two more arriving first post today). Got to spend some time with you quality fellows, and the lady-time is looking up as well. I'm honestly a bit excited…

Ah... Korea County, Florida. That's next to Dade, right?

I'm sorry for the pain his family must be feeling, but it's a bit hard to sympathise with someone who obviously doesn't take care of his body's needs. Like when that lady died during the Wii contest... there are some things you simply shouldn't subject your body to, and the strain of repeated twelve-hour gaming…

@not_a_virus.exe.vbs: That's not really accurate. Depends on the manufacturer, most of the time... and Samsung is absolutely horrendous about updates. At this point (unless you have the Epic, possibly) you'll probably have a rock-solid cooked port of 2.3 before Samsung ever pushes you 2.2...

@bdinger: I'd say ignore Toast on this one and just go Unrevoked (but run both standard and Forever to achieve S-Off, because there are a couple things you'll want the Forever hboot loader for and regular Unrevoked will goof that up). As for Myn's, I can't get with it... it has a pretty theme and is nice enough, but…

I'm unsure parallax-barrier 3D is going to ever rule the roost. It's definitely nice tech— and infinitely preferable to 3D glasses— but it just doesn't seem like a compelling addition to a lot of experiences. Those it adds something to are experiences I love, but I'd hate to see it tacked on to every single thing just…

Just not interested in the Zeus, or whatever the hell they're calling it. It's obviously not going to be running the same titles as the by-all-rumors-wildly-more-powerful PSP2, so what's it going to run? PS Minis? All the games from the Android Market that couldn't set the world on fire if the world was made of…