@ SPARTT : Command and Conquer: Red Alert is a completely different universe from the standard Command and Conquer games. EA didn't "pretend Kane was never involved in the RA series" because Kane was never involved in any Red Alert game... tongue-in-cheek cameos don't count. Also, since the Red Alert series has always involved some sort of time travel, messing with the timeline isn't out of the question. If EA wants to send someone back to take out Einstein, it'll still fit in the RA universe.

It's kind of funny really... More pirates = stronger security measures. The greater the number of people that pirate games and find ways around DRM, the greater the game industries need for protection. Pirates create the need for DRM. On the other hand, if no one was stealing anything at all, there wouldn't be any security measures to beat. Pirates are just shooting themselves in the foot. Whether it's stronger security or fewer PC games to enjoy, pirates are the cause of their own problems.

You don't like it? Fine, no problem. But, why keep coming here to repeatedly bash a game you don't like? It doesn't make any sense. I actually enjoyed H3 a great deal, especially considering how dissapointed I was with H2. I was disenfranchised with Halo as a whole, but really, Bungie came through and I was pleasantly surprised. There's no point in arguing over it. Those who enjoy it will continue to enjoy it, and those who hate it will continue to hate it. Also, just to give you an idea where I'm coming from, I've got all three "next-gen" systems, and I had all three of last gens systems as well. I've enjoyed games on all of them, and I've never understood the blind hatred/fanboyism towards any console or game. Grow up a bit, and enjoy your hobby for what it is.

If anyone is buying a whole entertainment system just to play their 360, they've got way too much money burning a hole in their pockets. I bought my 32 HDTV for $800. I do use it for gaming, but I also watch tv and dvds. My 360 gets to share it with my ps3 and my wii. I've had my 360 much longer than my tv however. While I enjoy playing games on my tv, I didn't purchase it solely for gaming. Know what I had before that? A 20 inch flat screen, SD tube tv that I used for everything. Aside from the basic need of a television, you don't need to purchase anything to play on an xbox. Quit trying to tell me that I need to buy a mega tv with a super sound system to play my games. I don't even have any external speakers hooked up to my tv, I just use the basic factory installed setup, and I enjoy my games just fine. I don't see how this comparison helps anyone anyway. If you've got a pc rig that can handle it, then play it on your pc. If you've got a 360, play it on your 360. If there's ever a war between PC gamers and consolers, then we can have this chat and have it mean something.

It's not that it costs a lot to buy a gaming rig, it's how much it costs to keep it on top. I dropped $1500 on a home built system last month. It's great, but there are already things that I'm thinking of changing/upgrading. So the price of owning a gaming rig can go far and above it's initial purchase price... as long as you have the need to play games on above average settings. Really though, what does it matter? Those with a proper system will play Bioshock on thier rigs, and those who've adopted the 360 will play it on their consoles. There's no need to hate eachother over it. I will say, however, that if you took away the RTS and MMORPG games from the PC section at your local video game store, you wouldn't find much worth looking at that you couldn't find over in the console section. The PC gaming market isn't growing as fast as the casual console market. Sooner or later, consoles will become the only way to get the best games available... simply because they won't be made for PCs anymore.

Consoles have a set generation, so everyone know if you want to play 360 games... your last generation Xbox won't cut it. The 360 will support all 360 games that come out during it's life span of 3 or more years. PCs on the other hand are constantly changing. If you're a home builder, your system will be vastly different from the person who bought theirs brand new from Best Buy. There's no set milestone, and the bad ass system you have today will be surpassed by a better one in a few months. GS had a good reason to give Bioshock for the PC a minus to older PCs. If you haven't been keeping up on adding the newest components to your rig, then you're going to have to drop some serious cash (a few hundred dollars at least depending on the components you need) to be able to play the game at the 360 level or better. If you can play the game at a high setting, then you've already put some major cash into your system to reach and maintain that level of performance. A lot of people just don't have that kind of cash to dedicate to video games. Considering that a 360 is a one time purchase of $300, most people will be better served by going the console route in this case.