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Agreed. There has to be some sort of level-up or training system that rewards the insanely devoted the jedi/sith abilities a la the fanfare that went on with the first jedi of SW: Galaxies. But, in doing so would BioWare encourage another section of the hopelessly devoted MMO fanbase to...

I think you're onto something there. The hammer has been around since Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong, though it may have been in some other more obscure games now well beyond most of our memories. Since then it has shown up in pretty much anything Nintendo has made.

Damn, you beat me to it. Though, if you want to get theological about it the Maria connotation could lead you down two paths: 1) Any number of Saint Maria references, particularly that of being a martyr; or 2) a corrupted version of Mary, like a tainted Madonna or such. Or, I could just be...

Usually I'm not into the whole "limited edition 1 of 1,000,000,000,002" kind of thing but I did pick up the Fallout 3 Collector's Edition. Sure, the bobblehead is fun and the art book is a good coffee-table nerd beacon but its the tin lunchbox that had me at hello. I'm also the "proud" (there...

Consider this dead horse thoroughly beaten.... So, after getting the nefarious RROD on Saturday, Nov. 1, I put in my call to Microsoft and got a reference number after filing a repair request. I was told I'd be receiving an e-mail shipping label within 24-48 hours. Tuesday, Nov. 4: I...

"I prefer the term 'artificial person' myself." -Bishop

I have to admit that even though the barks of the splicers in BioShock were repetitive one would catch me off guard from time to time and allow me to test the tensile strength of my curtain rods.

Galaga. I've probably spent close to the United States' national debt on that damn game.

zee666, I've heard of the towel trick but not vacuuming. I'm committed to getting Microsoft to foot the bill on this one, but are there any websites that list the vacuum trick?

Microsoft's system was down from Nov. 2-6, so the call I placed on Nov. 1 went un-catalogued and my second call on Nov. 4 sat until a tech contacted me yesterday to let me know that they would be sending a coffin out within the next 24 hours. I've been keeping a log so we'll see how long each...

The video games themselves don't cause people to be violent, they just build upon the violent tendencies that exist within the user; tendencies that might be subconscious until provided the right stimulus.

Has anyone recently been a victim of the RROD for their XBOX360? How long was the turn-around time before you were up and gaming again? Or, are you still waiting for your console to be returned? Leave your thoughts, experiences, and Microsoft-related rants here...