Picking Sides In the Console War

If you're having trouble picking, the reviews are beginning to come in for the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. Chris Morris at CNN offers an analysis of the Wii launch games and some frustrations about the PlayStation 3. Chris Kohler at C|Net offers a side by side comparison of both systems ... and some frustrations about the PS3 controller. Finally, 1up offers a look back at Sony's launches, and a similar look back at Nintendo's launches in an effort to judge how the weekend will go.

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Electronic voting

[whoop]

Pick your side in the Console War 2006:
  ( ) XBox 360
  ( ) Playstation 3
  (X) Wii
 
Thank you. The current tally is:
  0 XBox 360
  1 Playstation 3
  0 Wii

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Re:Electronic voting

[chrismcdirty]

I see you've been using electronic voting machines supplied by IGN.

Re:I find this whole "war" thing funny.

['nother poster]

Where, exactly, was the egregious comma abuse?

Re:I find this whole "war" thing funny.

[theStorminMormon]

I think it was from this line:

I have a, still functioning, Sony Betamax. I have a, still functioning, Sony PS2. I have a, still hasn't set the house on fire, Xbox 360.

That looks like a suspiciously high number of commas in relatively short span of words. Since we're using "still functioning" as an adjective, I think we need to drop the comma. It's like writing "I have a, red, bike." Instead use hyphens to make "still functioning" into an adjective and you get the following:

"I have a still-functioning Sony Betamax. I have a still-functioning Sony PS2. I have a still-hasn't-set-the-house-on-fire XBox 360."

Although obviously the last sentence is awkward. So it could make more sense to just stop trying to use the phrase "still functioning" as an adjective altogether. What do I know? I'm not an English professor. That was my father. I had to hide Cliff notes in my room growing up the way some kids hid marijuana.

-stormin