I really enjoyed reading it, but it just reinforced my feeling of disconnection from normal gaming. I hadn't played a "play it sitting in the dark alone" game in 4 years, but the last one was GTA3. So I bought a 360 and a live account to play with friends across the sea, and after diving into GTA4 for a solid week I found I not only didn't really enjoy it at all, though I sure did experience a lot of adrenaline.

Listed the 360 on craigslist yesterday and back to a much more interesting game (life).

I find that I start skimming partway through so that by the end of it I'm just scrolling. Was the last third of this one really about how he's trying his hardest to ignore video game remakes? He even mentions final fantasy! Also, secret remake message to everyone: bionic commando rearmed and wipeout HD are both awesome.