Noticed others saying how they've lost they're Gamespot badges (like 2007 Voter), and how they've gotten them nack. I'd like to know how to get mine back, and stop GS from taking them in the first place.

When games were available on 3.5" and 5.25" floppys, the distributors claimed that when new releases were to be shipped they would be lower in price because of less use of plastic in making products (CD's instead). This didn't happen. The packaging was then blamed, so removal of large boxes and manuals would lead to a decrease in cost. This didn't happen. Now we have games, like "C&C 3", "Silent Hunter 4" etc., that have no boxes, come in slim DVD cases and are on one DVD. The cost has...gone up. When, after not even 2 months after release the RRP is dropped by at least (AUS)$20 in a sale, you have to wonder just why the RRP on release is so high. To me it's just a grab for the wallet of the eager PC enthusiast, with our sorrowful addiction to new games, and we are being exploited. It's not the developers' fault...the blame lies squarely with the Distributor, and often the store that releases the game. Not just fuel prices that need the focus of the Industry Watchdog methinks.