Zac LaCombe

The only qualm I have with the article is that Xbox Live launched way before 2006. It started late '02, if I remember correctly. Hell, Halo 2 came out in '04 on a fully functioning Live system.

Sandbox. It looks awesome. 3 levels?!

I've never been a big fan of Joystiq (yes, I know you've always been affiliated), mostly because there seems to be a bit of douchebaggery involved with the aforementioned site. X3F always seemed its own entity. The comments were mostly Xbox fans who were somewhat sensible, and the ones who weren't were easily ignored. Now I have to deal with these douchebags when I come to take part in a discussion. It's just wrong and bad and responsible for all things bad in the world (poverty, malaria, etc...) and I notice myself coming here less. It's sad because I think the original staff was great, and the new writers added just don't fit the mold.

That was wicked great. I laughed at the ending. Kind of made me want to pop in Halo 3 again also.

Not a fan. I loved the old layout. So minimalistic. Felt almost niche.

Need For Speed. It just can't compete anymore. The Fast and The Furious days are over. With that, "underground street racing" games need to end also.

I concur. I think Guitar Hero: World Tour is horrid. It just looks too...cheesy and cheap to me. Oh well. I'm biased anyway.

Does this fix the long standing issue of GH: World Tour being terrible with its drums being even worse?

I just picked up the Orange Box, and I'm hooked.

I, for one, expected there to be no way to contend with last year after the Halo shenanigans and whatnot, but Microsoft had some huge releases this year. I can't even keep up!

Here's to another year of great games!