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I've used this before and I'm sure most of /. has seen this, but I believe it fits the conversation at hand.

Is this them?

by american "football" I assume you mean handegg?

Best I've seen in awhile is this.

But boringball is a pretty good description. I'm at the point now where the only sports I can really enjoy watching are Hockey and MMA. Games where the rules either aren't enforced or randomly enforced, (basketball) or games that have more down-time and commercials than actual action (american football, baseball) don't interest me in the least.

What I really want to see is a 1 minute time-limit per batter in baseball. If they're not out or on base by the end of 1 minute, they walk. If you let it get to a full count, you'll have to be pitching a ball every 10 seconds.

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/linux_mac_pc_weapon.htm

Or is that too over the top?

What's really happening is that the Xbox and PS3 as they are, are dying.

My first console was an Atari 2600, my first PC was a Commodore 64. I played games on both and the Commodore was always more capable then the Atari, same story with my SNES and 286, N64 and Pentium II. Consoles have always been about casual games, Mario was out on NES when Wolfenstein 3D was out on PC. Consoles were always about accessible casual games, PC's were for dedicated games.

The Xbox and Playstation are anomalies in the gaming world, the consoles who tried to be PC's but never quite made it. Yes there's plenty of "I think I could" but little "I actually did it". The Xbox and Playstation are continually outshone by the PC and the costs for these platforms continues to rise. At their release the Xbox cost A$650 and could not do full HD, the Playstation was A$999. Yes costs have reduced but the same as PC components, console cost reductions took two years where as a PC graphics card takes six months. Also games are cheaper on the PC, take modern warefare 2 for example PS3 - A$119 Xbox360 - A$119 PC - A$99.

Recently, Nintendo swooped in with it's casual console, the Wii and basically proved that a casual console will make money hand over fist. Console gaming isn't dying, it's returning to what it's good at, accessible, fun, casual gaming. This means that the Xbox (as it is) and the Playstation are dying and they deserve to. Microsoft took notice of Nintendo's success so I expect the next Xbox to be a Wii clone, this what Project Natal was about. Sony on the other hand aren't known for admitting mistakes and with the way Sony is losing money at the moment their entertainment division may not exist by the time the next generation of consoles comes around.

The anomaly of the "hardcore" (I loath that word) console is ending as console manufacturers are finding out the money is in casual games and are changing to accommodate this. Dedicated games which have always had a smaller audience then casual games will move back to the PC.

Time now for some disclosure, I'm a PC and Wii gamer, they both play different types of games. This flowchart explains a bit.

Guess that lets my cat of the hook...

Not. He was caught with kitty porn.

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/nice_teef.jpg
But seriously, I've lost most of the enamel at my gum line (apparently due to brushing too virorously!), I've had one root canal (== dead tooth), and several big fillings. I've been eagerly awaiting someone to figure out how to grow new teeth so that when I yawn, people aren't blinded by sunlight refelcting off all the silver in my mouth.

For the benefit of the time-rich, the following video illustrates the process:

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_vids/parallel_parking_mi ni.htm

Horses too contribute to the greenhouse effect!