@VinWeasel: If that's the case. I'll be entirely happy.
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@AndrewRyan: Yeah, I remember that bit.
Very nice write-up Stephen.
Going back a long way. Wasn't even really a 'video' game as video interfaces hadn't ben invented yet ...
There is something about the phrase "your first look at the future of fun" that suggests to me - don't ask how, it is just a feeling - that Microsoft haven't quite got the hang of what 'fun' means.
@resvrgam:
It is very refreshing to see someone not blaming the recession, not blaming the competition, not blaming the 'fickle' audience or the reviewers or the marketing.
@exion: You might not need all that much force if there is only Richard Garriott there.
@Brian Crecente: Try this.
@schmixx: Lemme go through that checklist: old (check), grey (check, well slightly), smelly (nope, you can't have that, I just got out of the bath).
@mind in rewind: That may be a touch above average, but nowhere near the top end - I'm fifty-something.
Well, I *love* local multiplayer and play lots of it - but that didn't seem to be what the question was about (Xbox live v dimly-lit room? Talk about stereotypes). So I ticked 'mostly single player' as I never play online.
@[kotaku.com]'ll second Cathedral. Wonderful game.
Try this for something simple, addictive and good-looking.
@thekeith82: Well, that was a fairly - ahem - 'robust' - opening sentence you had in that opening post!
@OMG! British Dinosaur!: I'm inclined to agree with thekeith82 here - at least partly.