PixlBit

Virtually killing people? I think you mean literally there, whatsacow. If that is your real name.

I'm a smart person and I agree about the intelligent frugality behind Nintendo Direct.

I've always liked that Neutral Milk Hotel song, but never listened to the full album. I did find PBR to be an acceptable choice of beer when I drank it from what I remember though, and I have thought of buying vinyls and a player for them. Uh oh, I might be turning into one of them hipsters Sneen was mentioning! lol

Also liked the Bent Left, Lucero and Light Years songs.

Man, it's been forever since I've played a Rayman, but I remember it being so fun. One I played was on N64; I also just randomly remembered Gex existed for some strange reason.

I've been thinking of getting a new laptop regardless, so I may go that route as well.

I heavily doubt it'll always be online though, I'm fairly certain this e-mail is legitimate.

From what I've played of this generation, I'd be kind of bored of it, too honestly (played DmC 4 at a friend's place, found it boring/repetitive with too many cutscenes, couldn't really get into AC: 2, find FPS extremely dull, etc.), but I still want a PS3 for Blu Ray and backwards compatibility. If I ever make good on actually getting one, I feel like a broken record saying I'll buy one of these systems eventually, but have no idea if I'll ever actually do it.

My answer to that would be price, access to live cable TV (apparently), and the preference to play on a TV as opposed to a PC monitor.

But, price could be justifiable if you have both more games and more functionality, cable TV isn't as attractive when you can find most of it online not that much later than it airs, and you could probably find a way of hooking up your PC to a TV. Still, for some dumb reason, I just prefer buying consoles for games, so I don't know if I have an intellectual argument other than I've just always been a console gamer.

That and if they actually have lots of exclusives you can't get on PC, it might be worth it, but ... you know, I'm just gonna wait until everything has been out a while. lol

Reverse compatibility is something that bothers the shit out of me about these new consoles, and might mean I buy a PS3 eventually, but never a "new gen" console.

As for gimmicky bullshit, the IllumiRoom Microsoft showed off (basically a projector that covers multiple walls) does not look ready, but it's a neat concept ... it is gimmicky, though, and not something I'd pay any sort of premium for in the near future until all the kinks are worked out.

Yeah, I myself missed out on this entire generation, but it's the longest running generation yet, so God knows there'll be a lot of games for it. Games are honestly taking a seat way behind getting my life together (i.e. either getting a Master's or a better job that enables me to live on my own), but as soon as that happens I might invest in a PS3, preferably a model with backwards compatibility.

Yeah, I was always an early adopter with Nintendo, but I skipped this generation, and all the Red Ring of Death and other hardware malfunction stories with this current generation when they were new has pretty much solidified that I will not be an early adopter in this coming generation.

No, Ben and I have thought the same about Orth, so you're not alone in thinking that was it. I am also looking forward to having actual facts to go on with this stuff.