Since everyone's doing it (and that's always a good thing), here are some opinions in list form!

Things I Want
5) Playstation Home as it was originally conceived. I want to stream music and movies to my snazzy, customized, and super sweet luxury apartment, invite friends over in-game to watch some movie on my big screen TV over the fireplace while chatting it up. When the movie's over, we could go to my trophy room where I could show off my physical representations of my accomplishments replete with gargantuan statues for any platinum trophies I had earned.

4)More High Quality Xbox Indie Games. There are some gems on XBIG, I think I just want Arkedo to release a new game every week is all.

3)The Ability to Play Mini-Games Online With Friends. Going back to point 1, I enjoy simple games like billiards and bowling, I hate waiting in queues, especially if they're virtual ones to begin with. This point is more aimed towards Rockstar, though. Games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption are loaded with immersive activities and virtual friends with which to engage in these events. The trouble comes when you go online with actual friends, enter a bowling alley and are unable to have the same fun with them that you had with some AI 'friend'. I want to play poker or horseshoes with my friends list, make it happen.

2)Shenmue 3. Wishful thinking, nothing else.

1)Skies of Arcadia 2 on PS3. Once again wishful thinking, but seeing Vyse and Aika in Valkyria Chronicles made me crave it all the more.



Games I'm Excited For

5) Valkyria Chronicles 2
4) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5
3) Guild Wars 2
2) Last Guardian
1) Mass Effect 3


Genres I Love That I Can't Seem to Finish

3) RPGs
2) MMOs
1) SRPGs


Personal Top Ten Soundtracks

10) Cave Story
9) Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time
8) Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
7) Metal Gear Solid
6) Xenogears
5) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
4) Silent Hill 3
3) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
2) Skies of Arcadia
1) Chrono Cross


Cliches That Suck (and Exceptions to the Rule)

5) It was all just a dream! (Arkedo Series 03 - Pixel! The intro to the game explicitly states it is a dream, the wacky hijinks that ensue are a drowsy cat's machinations.)
4) Some poor kid dreams about one day flying the skies. (Skies of Arcadia It helps when your dad is a sky pirate)
3) Just a normal kid who has latent powers that awaken. (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne)
2) The Ancient Prophecy. (Grandia 2 Historians get it wrong sometimes)
1) Amnesia! (Steambot Chronicles While many games use this trope to obfuscate the main character's past in order to reveal things at key moments, Steambot takes this cliche and turns it on its head. Who you say you are is who you are, and who's going to doubt if you say you're the son of an evil professor?)


Moments in Gaming Where You Feel Unstoppable

5) Goggalor! - Raz is just a camper in Psychonauts, but to Lungfish, he is Goggalor.
4) Paper Bowser - Playing as Bowser makes Super Mario Bros. much easier.
3) Fierce Deity Link - After playing as Bill Murray for all of Majora's Mask, the payoff comes in the form of the ultimate transforming mask.
2) The Organic Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator - AKA the blue gravity gun, when Gordon gets this upgrade he becomes Silent but Deadly!
1) Knights of the Round - Probably the deadliest summon in a game filled with crazy summons, Knights of the Round makes quick work of most enemies.


Games that Seep into Real Life

5) Shenmue - Every time I buy a soda can from a vending machine or play darts, the flashbacks hit.
4) Mass Effect - Have you ever wanted to choose the "Renegade conversation option", but it didn't "fit your character"?
3) Pokemon - I can never mow my lawn again.
2) Guitar Hero/ Rock Band - Try to unsee the notes next time you're driving on the highway.

1) Tetris - Whenever you pack, whenever you clean, you'll always be looking out for that next tetromino.


A List of the Top Five Flowcharts

5) Toothepaste For Dinner's Do You Need a PanFlute? Flowchart
4) XKCD's Tech Support Flowchart
3) XKCD's Understanding Flowcharts.. Flowchart
2) Game Informer's Zombie Survial Flowchart
1) Games Are Evil's Ginormous Flowchart of Developers

Top Ten Video Game Voice Actors

10) Nolan North
9) Nolan North
8) Nolan North
7) Nolan North
6) Nolan North
5) Nolan North
4) Mark Meer
3) David Hayter
2) Jennifer Hale
1) Nolan North