Hey PG peoples,

I've locked this thread, at least temporarily, to try and keep it from blowing up. While general debate that is respectful is encouraged, this topic can be very personal to many of us. Without getting into my own personal beliefs, it's clear the general debate is heating up and becoming outwardly personal within the thread.

I know Gamespot is a gaming site (let's not debate that right now either *insert uneasy grimace here*), and we do allow for these kinds of conversations to occur, but only up to the point where they start to break down and become personal such that it looks like few will walk away feeling ok. So please understand that the spirit of this lock is to keep things civil and let us all cool down, just in case we need to.

If @horgen wants to unlock it in the near future, I leave that to him and the other mods who post here (I lurk frequently but have not really waded in to posting, just FYI).

I just started Xenoblade Chronicles 2 after NG+ on Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition and I just cannot get into it. I'll try and get through the first four chapters before moving on, but it's not looking good!

None in the poll. I'm doing chores in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, upgrading my and my fiance's compound to stone in Valheim and getting into Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition!

Looking for a good co-op FPS to play at some point in the future, though.

Dude. If you wanna reference "The Greenbaum Speech" just post a link, not the whole (unformatted!!!) 19 page spiel.

I kinda have a gaming room, it's my guest room that has a smaller chaise lounge couch, a small desk for a really old gaming laptop (pretty much just use it for workout DVDs while I'm watching Netflix) and most of my consoles minus my 360 and Switch. I'll try and find or get a pic of it soon, been going through my apartment and all the closets, reorganizing and getting rid of stuff, so it's kind of a mess right now :D

We're on it. See who gets the high score today!!!

Moar coffee....

I agree with the common advice given: break before you break!

During your break, if you take one, I would suggest that you avoid playing out of boredom because it's what you may be used to doing during your down time. Odds are that after a while you'll actually WANT to play again. Nothing wrong with going back to older titles as others have suggested. Maybe even try a new genre should you return. It's amazing how tastes change over time.

I started out with Mario because that's what we had. I realize now that I abhor regular platform games! I went onto online FPS for a good long while, but when work picked up couldn't keep up and was sad and frustrated. Then I went on to RPGs. Then "building" games (Stardew Valley, Minecraft...).

Don't do a barrel roll!

I realize that staff still need to respond, but us mods have been working very hard to remove spam. Most of you on this thread are veteran posters and know that moderating is a volunteer "job", we have day jobs to take care of as well. I personally spent several hours on one day alone combating spam in Games Discussion and staff has been working on ways to systematically clear the spam relatively quickly after it's posted. Sometimes that means that mods have to hold off on clearing spam to test the tools.

But rest assured, GameSpot has been working on the issue. Your constructive ideas are welcome.

Yup. Old, fun leveling system where you got different levels with unique game-oriented names based on how many points. I do not believe they accrue anymore, but an easy check is to see if they change in a few days from what you posted here.

GameSpot should really bring this back.

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@Byshop I WISH that were my lifespan (in days)!