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Man, I would *kill* for some Earth Wind & Fire for Rock Band...

WOOOO! I loved this game on my Amiga! I don't remember how many Ergosticks (remember those?) I broke playing this game! I'm so excited!

Wow, the homophobia in these comments is really appalling, if unsurprising. Hopefully one of these days, you guys will grow up and be ashamed about what you're writing here. And andapaul, to paraphrase, I'm sorry, I just find you disgusting. Someone let you into college?

Are you kidding? I *love* Gyress! That game consumed many a quarter, and I'm thrilled at the thought of having it on my XBox!

Uwe Boll!

RocketMBA and Spike--yeah, you Christians are so persecuted, your righteous self-pity is hard earned. After all, it's only the excecutive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government that have been wholly dominated by Christians every day of this nation's existence. No wonder you're worried about whether people call the holidays Christmas.

Happy holidays, be they Christmas, Chanukah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, or anything else.

3--I'll bite. Microsoft's first party games are $50, not $60. Can you say the same for Sony?

This may be one of the most childish posts I've seen on Joystiq, and goes a long way towards explaining the stigma discussed a few items above.

As a parent (and 36 year old avid game player), I'm grateful for any tool that helps me to monitor and, when necessesary, limit my kids' gaming time.

Complaining about Apple helping "mommy" to limit kids' gaming only reinforces the notion that game players are spoiled kids.

Oh, and the post's remarks about World of Warcraft are bizzarre--obviously, Apple wasn't "slamming" WoW, it was merely using one of the most popular games as an example of what the new software can do.

He has a wife?!

5: I'd agree that Diablo redefined the genre, and that it was in many ways a significant improvement over Nethack and Rogue. (I'm not sure about the immersion part, though--seeing a capital "D" in the corner of a room scared me as much as anything in Diablo.)

However, the article didn't say Diablo "redefined" the genre, it said that Diablo "single-handedly invented" hack and slash RPGs. That simply isn't true.