@ExZ: I guess, since it's going to be a new forum, they will have you check another one of those little boxes below a wall of text, which rarely anyone cares to read. Then you agree to the new terms and Blizzard is on the safe side. I think.

@RabidTurtl: I was thinking the same thing. For WoW, you can even buy GameCards, so there's no credit card necessary.

I imagine some die-hard super-hardcore players to run out to the next Department of State to get a shiny new birth certificate with their previously displayed nickname...

@UndeadDino: Nah man, just trying to tell a story here. I'm an avid console gamer nowadays, even love to play FPS games (more than on PC even). Never said that Halo wasn't awesome. It somehow passed my radar and I never thought about picking it up again.

@Malloc: I believe you will be able to buy it in the blizzard store. [us.blizzard.com]

@MrGOH: Gizmondo!

Fortunately for me, both my first and last name are extremely common where I live, so even if you googled my full name, you'd get 144.000 results to weed through.

For me, Halo is always the reminder of being simply awestruck back when the first trailer hit the world. I remember continuously watching the trailer with my friends on LAN parties, admiring the vehicle physics, drooling at the thoughts of somebody steering while another person shoots from the back, cheering at the…

I'm not surprised at all. In fact, I was surprised to hear nothing about the next Sony handheld at this year's E3.

@jshmoopy: I buy too many games as well.

Halfquake, a mod for Half-Life 1, is all about dying. And puzzles. And dying. Kinda like the hard version of Portal.

@Ice_man: I assume, if they have an account there, they pay with credit cards? Might be one way.

@Roth: Exactly. For my half-brother's mom "Gameboy" is more a cursing word. "Put that Gameboy away!" is what she used to say, with that disgusted tone in her voice. As if gaming were the source of everything foul in this world.

"I'm walking on the moon, and that's more than you can say for NASA right now."

@Roth: Oh man, my boss was just using that phrase "living document" at a meeting today. I imagined it having arms and legs and saw it jumping around and... I think I spaced out right there until the meeting was over.

@Killer Toilet: I think if you own only a PC you should still check out either a PS3 or an Xbox360. Some killer titles are console exclusive, and I myself wouldn't want to miss out on them. Besides, I find console gaming a lot more relaxing. I know you can use gamepads for PCs, but rarely for RTS and FPS games (or WoW…

@Roth: Haha, my half-brother's mom calls every handheld "Gameboy". It is very irritating if you're actually holding a DS in your hands. But I guess, that's just to show how much of an impact Nintendo has on everyone.

I don't believe that the forum's environment will be more positive. Some people are jerks on the internet *and* in real life, they don't need the anonymity as an excuse.

Nice bits!

@gordeaux: I'm not sure either, but LittleBigPlanet2 and a potential RE5 re-release with move control already made me pre-order it. ):