@Pobre: Reading your comment again, I wanted to answer this part:

@TheSolarKnight: You aren't going crazy, I know what you're talking about. You get over it, though, and then sid-rez looks downright terrible. Comparing them in real time will do it for you, too. During the Superbowl, I flipped between my over-the-air HD receiver and my non-HD sattelite dish (soon to be replaced by…

@mgw4jc: I mean, yeah...I could do that, sure. But why would I? That's my point...that it's going to be more trouble than it's worth.

If I ever mailed letters, this would be pretty neat. I guess if I were throwing some sort of party for people who don't know where I live and who don't know about e-vites, I could use it then.

@TehBeardMan: Yeah, I totally agree with all of that.

Yeah, I just don't see myself using this. I use my professional e-mail address for all of my Goggle apps. I wouldn't want my professional e-mail associated with this, so I'd have to make a special social networking g-mail account. Then, when using Buzz, I would have to log into the social one, then log back out of it…

@Enrique Bello: Nice. I assumed you were quoting MC Frontalot or Optimus Rhyme.

No, it requires an e-mail verification! I'll have to wait until I get home from work to finish registering!

@Pobre: Also, there is a major problem with my PC and that is that it only has one PCI-E slot, so it can't do SLI. Upgrading to a mobo that would support that would definitely have upped my costs, though I wish I had done so anyway, as it will cost me more now when I do eventually have to do that.

@Pobre: Built it partially myself, using a barebones PC and adding to it.

@Whizkid103: I totally agree. I just wish they did MORE reviews.

@MixPix: Nice choice. Link's Awakening is hella-hard, too.

@Pobre: Actually, one difference is that I don't have a bluray drive in my gaming rig. That would increase the price by around $100-150; but in terms of gaming, my rig definitely out performs the 360 and PS3 in terms of resolution and frame-rate.

@Pobre: Under $500. My gaming rig, minus the swanky bluetooth keyboard and mouse cost me around $475 including shipping and more than outshines the pS3 and 360.

The Diablo III anticipation is killing me! This is worse than before Diablo II came out, because at least then I didn't have the Internet to feed me an unsteady stream of concept art and in-game models.

Wow...that's pretty impressive.

I could go for a tablet, but I'm not interested enough to invest any money in it this year and probably not next year, either.

Final Fantasy Tactics for sure, maybe some Phantom Hourglass, as well.

@farcedude: Yeah, they are pretty good. I can see someone liking them even if they weren't a Star Wars nerd like I am, but it certainly helps. I've never really found Star Wars books to be just amazing, really, but these are probably some of the best I've read, almost up there with Timothy Zahn.

@Inkmonkey: True, true.