I’ve played WoW for over 15 hours a day sometimes for a while… stopped for several months went to at least 5 hours a day… Off again. I’ve done 10,15,25,40 man raids (take hours)… Then again some days I just play it for 20 minutes.

I like the Halo series and played solo, pretty good at online/multiplayer.

I LOVE FF games and played each twice for at least 200 hours but prolly lots of it wandering around for the heck of it OR even … uh… dozing off LOL (Although haven’t played any console games for about a year)

I enjoy fighting games like Tekken….

I like Bejewled as well… And do those text/graphic games online (ie FB ones)

I play Sudoku on my iPod as well as from the newspaper (which is too easy imo)…

And then other times I look at the console/computer/iPod with about 100 things to do on each game and… ‘meh I’ll just watch TV.’

*shrug*

You tell me… LOL

(consistently inconsistent uncommitted hard-core gamer????)

Whatever Tim and Ray (and you guys) feel is best is fine with me, as I’m not even that active here yet, and of course the dedicated fanbase is a higher priority.

1. Only Tim and Ray can create topics.
2. No login / password is needed to participate (and even have an avatar)
3. Topics are always in the same place. Each topic is pushed back by the march of time regardless of the number of posts.

On the other hand, you lose out on:
1. Very dedicated users being able to share on many topics

Forums trade accessibility for intimacy. By providing barriers to entry (most forums are pretty well split with a large number of occasional posters and a few “trusted members”, even ignoring the difficulties in ) they allow the “insiders” to become experts in their field.

Comments provide a level playing field where people don’t expect a conversation and there are no experts. Comments are shorter (except for this one) and keep people relating more directly to Ray and Tim.