I've never been able to give up my N64 for longer than a few months. Nintendo and Rare's titles on the platform get a once-a-year runthrough, but the crowned champions of addiction are Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask; I've done full runs of each one 15 times by this point.

Thinking post-millennium, I can never seem to get away from the Phantasy Star Online series. I've bought Episodes 1 and 2 of the original series at least three times, have PSU and its expansion on the PC and X360, and am currently playing the 'Blue Burst' version (PC - Episodes 1, 2 and 4) through an online server of dubious legality.

I'm an advocate of the 'Church of The Light' seen in Warcraft, to the point where I've replaced all religious references in my swearing/cursing (God dammit, Jesus-t*tf**king Christ, etc.) with the word 'Light', or an appropriate equivalent.

No, I don't expect to be shooting transparent hammers of light from my hands anytime soon, but I agree with the church's world view, I like having a triple-barreled curse word repertoire (either seen as bizarre, polite or as the reference it is), and it's an infinitely more nerdy thing to list as your religion in surveys and online profiles, compared to 'Jedi'.

Well, at least they'd make people aware of the franchises. Especially the Ico one.

The original Rhythm Tengoku (on GBA) is apparently the better game, though I can't say for sure until I try this new one. It's based on the same match-the-rhythm-not-the-visuals gameplay, and therefore only requires a little help from translation guides in order to understand the (sparse) in-game text.

I have a long, sordid history of gaming shirts, which I will recount for you in a TL;DR comment:

- When UK shop chain Gamestation started offering gaming shirts a few years back, I bought two little Zelda-related numbers; one was all-black with a Triforce on the chest, 'Legend of Zelda' in gold on the rear neck, and the other was Kokiri-green with LttP Link on the front, holding the complete triforce, and in-game text recounting the legend "May the way of the hero lead to the Triforce". Now that I'm older and wiser, these are for indoor/emergency use only.

- In support of a webcomic called The Slackerz, I bought one of their first-run Johnny Turbo shirts (http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x257/Da_Mainman/DSCN0271.jpg). Safe for outdoor use, as other people can easily understand that their shirts DON'T EVEN COMPARE!

- I have two super-rare official Nintendo shirts; 'NDS VIP', and a long-sleeve white Wii one. The VIP one came as part of a special bundle for being one of the first people in Europe to own a DS (special Stars Catalogue pre-order), giving me a month's head-start and several free (American) games. The shirt is all-black with white writing, 'Nintendo DS VIP' emblazoned across the back and the ancient "Touch me!" slogan on the front. I wear this to public events and nights on the pull, covering up the back when necessary. The other one came as a prize in Gamestation's new 'GeddIt' scheme (exclusive to Scotland), where they run your card through a machine at each purchase and give you a prize if all three Space Invader sprites match (the machine wipes the card's surface, then reprints the necessary text/values/sprites). I missed a train, because it took them half an hour to figure out where the prizes were being kept (this was the first day of the scheme, and I was the first winner). I use this when playing tennis, or if I need to parody a Wii advert for some reason.

If the TinyURL link doesn't work (they seem to be down at the moment), go to Gizmodo.com and search for 'DLP DualView'.

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Hold onto your hats; the split-screen glasses already exist!

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Fun Note about the WoW Plague: It had such an impact, Blizzard turned it into a proper game mechanic/event two years later for the 'Wrath' expansion launch run-up. Plague-ridden crates started appearing in port towns, which would infect you if touched. Ten minutes later, if you didn't attempt to cure it, you would turn into a zombie and become able to infect NPCs and other players.

As the days went by, infected crates (and cockroaches) made their way to the major cities, the infection became harder to cure (requiring multiple casts/uses of a cleansing spell/item), and the time it took to become zombified steadily reduced. Shattrath (the main neutral city at the time) and the faction capitals were pretty much uninhabitable, and at peak hours, even outlying towns were overrun. You would be lucky to find a vendor or questgiver when you wanted them, and if you waited for them to respawn, you'd probably get infected by a passing zombie.

Quickly realising what people were bound to do with these newfound griefing powers (eg. Killing flight masters, forcing players to flee from infected areas on-foot), and playing as one of the only classes that had a disease-curing spell (a Paladin), I spent my time counter-griefing and trying to purge zones of infection-minded players. I even set up a few speech macros for use when I cured someone's infection or destroyed a zombie:

"By the Light, be cleansed, my friend! Your infection has/will come to an end!"

"Be safe, be well, be on your way. Avoid the plagued ones, and good day!"

Never before or since have I had so many angry whispers and /spits directed at me. It was fantastic.

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Every time I watch the latest previews of this,I keep thinking that I might buy it... then I remember that it's made entirely of minigames. The balance board requirement (or is it optional?) is also a bit of a turn-off.

The key to making this game's price match the amount of time spent playing it is in the multiplayer, and if you are going to have trouble finding people to play this with, then why would you bother? Methinks this would thrive (moreso) if it had online multiplayer available.

Really, I miss Rayman. He would probably miss his brand name and games, too.

If the actual Lottery was anything like that ("It's a Knockout"-style, possibly?), I would watch it.

Samba de aWii-go is the first game containing Ulala/Space Channel 5 that I've refused to buy.

I almost feel ashamed.