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I think it will eventually get better, but there aren't that many games out there that I can only get on those machines to make it worth it.  Up until recently it seemed like the PS3/360 were getting versions of games coming out on the next gen consoles, so there wasn't much of a push to get me to pick a new machine up, especially given the price.

That said, I do see this changing.  The new Batman is a good next gen exclusive, as are the upcoming Uncharted and Tomb Raider games.  Still, that's not enough for me to drop money that could be spent elsewhere (like more board games!).  More titles and some price drops will get me on board the next gen train.

Sort of?  You can move the whale meeples to destroy your friends' ships :)  Which in no way generates any ill will towards you.

I'm with you on PC being a perfectly acceptable substitute for consoles at this point.  It seems that everything I want to play (accept for Bloodbourne and Uncharted) would be available there.  Perhaps it's time to fill the empty PC tower I have with some new guts.

And yeah, I'm also a big comic book guy.  I have lots of thoughts on the recent television and and movie happenings.  I'll likely be making a post soon.

It certainly does, and that's part of it.  I don't expect everyone to suddenly play nice, but we must expect better of our community if it's to achieve that maturity. Expect more and you'll get more. Expect less, and they'll give you less.

No war here - opposite of war. This is a celebration of gaming and a move to bring culture forward. #GamingForward doesn't "oppose" either side of the culture war. It seeks to circumvent the war all together and have an actual dialogue. I don't want negativity and I don't want a battle. That's the opposite of what I want.

I don't think this works with GG because GG was started as a revenge fantasy.  Legitimate issues were attached to it afterwards, but the foundation is broken. For all those in GG that have legitmate issues (and I believe they exist), they will never be able to advance the conversation because the overall tone of GG is sour.

The anti-GG isn't really any better, because they are only focused on stopping GG, and not engaging in any real conversation or offering any solution.  This is truly an us vs. them situation. 

I don't want #GamingForward to be directly associated with either, because it isn't about right or wrong.  It's more about what we need as a community, and that's for us to move the community forward, discuss issues and stop attacking eachother.  We may not like all the ideas, but we can respect them and work to be more inclusive than exclusive.

This reminds me that we need a "like" feature here on PixlBit.  Nick, get on that!

Awesome! I've been in the position to explain what this culture war is about to those outside of the community - it's a very hard thing to do while trying to still make sense.  Having others have a better opinion of our community - that the war does not represent us - is a good and constructive thing.

This whole culture war definitely has a feel of a gruesome political campaign.  It's all mud slinging while they ignore the actual issues instead of talking about how we can actually make things better.  I want to talk about making things better.

Thank you, and I understand deleting twitter - it can be a rather toxic place.