Honestly I'm a little sad. I was really hoping that MS would give them a signed game or something cool. Beta codes seems pretty cheap considering fans of this caliber probably already own ODST. I say keep playing and hold out for a better deal!

I think the big thing to remember is this is a publishing deal and not a purchase. Activision will not have the control over Bungie that it had over Infinity Ward.

I'm pretty addicted to MLB 09 the show right now. Had no idea Road to the Show mode could be so much fun. Beyond that I'm gonna spend my time pretending I'm a MW2 superhero.

You know, one of these days there's going to be a sith so evil his name will be Darth Darth.

@Cururu: "Weird Al-ignment"

@JRock: yeah, both at exactly 10:32

@Cururu: sonfa! beat me to it.

"If nobody buys a used car from me I'm gonna club this baby seal!"

@Koztah: I could never get into the fallout games but yeah, that may be the closet example.

Since it appears we haven't done it yet I vote for Salvador Dali: Persistence of memory.

@Chewgumma: The resource limitation is probably why the game would have to be short. I'd be willing to buy a game that was only 4-5 hours if I could truly replay it 15 different ways.

@Chewgumma: I guess what I'm getting at is the main missions are always the same in Mass Effect. You're going to have to *SPOILER!* go through the omega 4 relay and fight the collectors no matter what. Sure some things are different but the game is always the same at the core. I'd like to see this change.

@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: So then did we do Salvador Dali yet?

@Rampage: Kind of but you always end up at the same place at the end of the game. The choices basically amount to nothing more than who's alive or dead at the end. I'd like to see a game where there'd be 10-20 different endings, final scenes, maybe you're the bad guy, maybe you're the good guy.

@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: haha, nice

So choices in gaming are always superficial or limited because if each choice truly changed the direction of the game then each choice would mean an exponential epansion of game resources. Personally I'd really like to see a game that each choice would drastically change the outcome of the game including locations,…

did we do The Nightmare yet?

@brida: You can view the world however you want. Some people choose to see racism everywhere. I choose to see just how little racism there is. I don't like talking about it because it seems like the more we discuss the issue the harder it is to get past it. There's no (legally sanctioned) slavery in america today.…

@brida: The vast majority of people in america today will tell you that racism is bad. I'm not sure what you want people to understand beyond that. What I am saying is that some people hold on to a fear of racism and project their feelings onto things like videogames and that in and of itself is harmful not helpful.

@Jonny_eh: That's kind of my point. What is the device's most utilized function? Would you say people play games on it 5% of the time? 10%? I just think the public poll will show whether people consider it a gaming console or not.