It's list time! I'm gonna list some things, in a list. I hope you like lists! This one is about my opinions. My opinions are limited to videogames. Lists!

1. I love communities!

I came to Destructoid a little while ago, in part due to the great community. Communities shape the way we play games. If it wasn't for the gaming community on the internet in general, things like the companion cube and mudkip memes would never happen. Not so much mudkip, because that was 4chan, which is not a community but just this one guy called "Anonymous" posting over and over again and yelling at himself.

Communities in-game also make games so much better. Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3. If you are a minority and you're playing Halo, make sure you never reveal this in any small way. In CoD, however, this is greatly reduced, because all the idiots are playing Halo 3 instead. I'm not saying you're an idiot for playing Halo 3, but you must agree that is their general hangout.



By far the best community that I've seen is that of Team Fortress 2 on the PC. I've never been annoyed by someone on TF2 for more than a few seconds, thanks to the mute button, but that's not the point. People are just nicer there, and that makes the game a brilliant experience. Another game with an awesome community is Smash Bros. Not so much now that Brawl has come out, but during Melee's career, I was part of that community too, and they really were a great community to discuss the game with, and develop the metagame. A good community feeds a good game.

2. What I don't like about videogames.

The main thing that pisses me off when it comes to video games is getting bored. If a game doesn't feel like a good game within the first five minutes, I feel that it can never be a good game. I play games to have fun, not to endure a boring section to get to a better one. Something like Half-Life, however, where you aren't actually doing much at he start, but you're intrigued, is good. I like to be interested by a story, not have it forced upon me. When a game makes me watch a confusing and boring intro, I will not enjoy the game. I guess I suffer from a short attention span, but I don't care, because the start of a game matters so much to the overall enjoyment of it.

3. These are cool characters.

Solid Snake. One of the coolest characters ever created, with the best voice actor in any game, combines to form a force of awesomeness that causes otherwise normal people to grunt "Metal Gear!?" in a husky voice every time someone mentions him.

Luigi. He's overshadowed by his brother, as everyone knows, but everyone also knows he's much cooler than Mario, too. He's got so much more personality, because of the fact that Mario is supposed to be so generic, so you can assume his role in the games. I don't care about this, so Luigi is awesome to me. His final smash in Brawl sums him up, I'd say. The most random and nonsensical thing in the game, like Luigi is the most random and silly of the Mario franchise.

Every character in TF2. They each have more character than most real people I know, combined.

4. I don't agree!

I don't like Halo. Never have. I also don't enjoy most Zelda games. Wind Waker is my favourite, where it's most people's least favourite. Metroid Prime is an alright game, but it's by no means the best game on the GameCube. Mario Galaxy is kind of boring. I prefer Melee to Brawl. Every GTA game is rubbish, and yet I have still bought every one of them, just because of the free-roaming aspect. Mario Kart: Double Dash is by FAR the worst Mario Kart game (contrary to the opinions of everyone who doesn't own the game, who seem to love the bloody thing). I despise the touch screen controls of Phantom Hourglass. I think Spartan: Total Warrior is massively underrated. I prefer Goldeneye to Perfect Dark, by a very wide margin.

Finally, this probably isn't something you disagree with, but Wii Sports is incredibly boring after your first night of having a Wii.

5. End of list.

I hope you enjoyed reading my list, and I hope you'll enjoy flaming me in the comments! Bye!