Chris

Who needs seashells?! This baby's going on the back of my porcelain god!

Pirates have old, crusty, barely readable maps. . .Aliens have the Hitchhiker's Guide. C'mon now. . .

Okay, here's the deal - I was playing Gears the other night and this lil' whiny 11 year old kept telling me to "Eat This!". . .I guess he must have switched hosts and ended up in the chicken's room.

Man, I genuinely feel bad for you guys. Glad I made the right choice with my 360.

They'll learn to keep prices low. Daggone - Lumines is one sweet game, and it would've owned the charts for weeks if the price would've been cheaper. I guess devs have to decide if their games would DOUBLE in sales if they slashed the price. That's what would have to happen to keep the profitability there.

In the meantime, MAJOR KUDOS to Ubisoft for getting the game out, especially with their full-retail release right around the corner. They could have been stingy and held this game off 'til the movie's DVD release, giving the retail game a TMNT monopoly. . .but this was obviously a move with the fans in mind - and we won't forget it!

I dug OXM until they gave Fight Night: Round 3 a 10.0. That was pathetic. They proclaimed that FNR3 (a fine game btw, just not a "10") was a better game than anything in the Halo series, Forza, Ninja Gaiden, KOTOR, Jade Empire, GRAW, Elder Scrolls IV, Call of Duty 2, or any of the Burnouts or Spinter Cells. In short - are you kidding me?!

Then, Francesca Reyes, the Editor-in-Chief had the opportunity to admit she made a mistake after they were flooded with complaint-mail over the review. She instead chose to be politcal and try, in some vague way, to defend the review. That's when I really lost respect. Hey, they pay good money to get some decent previews and inside info - but take every review from here on end with a grain of salt.

Btw, I DIG free Oblivion Content! I'm pumped that this issue is the last of my subscription. Glad I didn't miss out!

My dream robot would be equipped with a gas-powered chainsaw, a GPS locator and could clock speeds in excess of 220 mph. I would then have my trusty robot standby while I played ranked matches in GoW, and the next time some group of guys stacked their team against me, I'd send my trusty robot out to find them and show them what being melee'd from behind really felt like.

Oh yeah. . .I'd attach an XBL Vision camera to my robot with wireless streaming so that I could show my friends through video chat just what my robot can do. Occasionally, if I were really bad, I'd send my robot out after some cheater, and just before the robot arrived, I'd ask the person about to be sawed if they'd like to enter into video chat. That way, the last few seconds of their miserable cheating existence could be spent seeing my robot come up behind them before. . .well, you don't want me to get into all the gory details, do you? :-)

I'll go for the regular Collector's Edition they're said to be making. . .assuming it'll be in a sweet tin case like H2.

Not sure if anyone else has even heard of this one, but currently my favorite is "Long Ride Home" by Patty Griffin.

A can't pick between Double Dragon II or River City Ransom. . .both were legends in their day.