Video Games are great in moderation only.

I am advocating for those people who play too much video games in their lifestyle.
I think life is too precious to spend a significant amount of time in playing games that are both unproductive and time consuming.

I agree that there is entertainment value in video games. Furthermore, totally not playing them is a personal choice, but you are missing out some cool stories in a modern 3D medium. However, playing for most of your day is beyond realistic and if you have to escape reality for so long, you should seek help from a pschologist.

Video games cost a lot of money, can be frustrating, requires electricity (running costs), lacks physical excercise, promotes bad posture, is not the best for your vision and reduces the chances of meeting new people.

But the most important aspect must be the reality that wonderful productive opportunities are lost. Life is too short to be spending time in front of the computer or television screen trying to figure out puzzles and completing so called 'Quests' in a totally pointless manner. I mean, what real accomplishment do you get out of a game?

Anyway, I state again, I advocate for people to play no more than 3 hours of games a week.
That is my motto.
and I own many thousands of dollars worth of the gaming consoles and games, but that does not mean I have to waste my wonderful life slaving over them.

This brings me to MMORPG's. They have to be the worst. But I don't want to go there, because I have been there, and learnt my lesson in a pretty intellegent way. I played, and I learnt that I will not get myself into such a situation where I pay money to compete with other players who spend their life playing the game.

Live life, get outside, and move your bones. Life is so much better then 3D stuff.

Blu-Ray is the Winner.

Looks like the Playstation 3 has won the HD player compatibilty war.
The Xbox 360 did not even support HD-DVD, only in the form of a external player. This was a sign that if a company is willing to integrate a technology officially in mainstream consoles, then the standard must be a solid contender.

Interestingly, lately, before the announcement of Toshiba's pull out of selling HD-DVD, sales of Blu-ray discs to HD-DVD was 4 to 1. Why the massive difference?

Honestly, the name Blu-ray sounds nice.
And, the extra storage is by far a bonus.

Now consumers can follow a path of Blu-ray for their high definition TV's, Finally.

Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or high end PC?

So you have money?
Good.
Do you have time?
Good.
Do you want to teleport yourself to a fantasy world?
Good...

To enjoy the latest games you need to have some gold in your wallet. With the high price for decent hardware and the rediculous price of each latest release game, one must work a lot to support the selection of various games.

To play the games you need time. If you have a family to look after, if you are working many hours a weeks and if you play sports, one simply has no time to truly get into a game.

Thirdly, is it a smart idea to put all your brain thought and energy into a task that has no development, apart from instant gratification? I would say not so. I would like to think games are used as a release valve to everyday pressures, and not as a source of containing and bottling pressures.