[MeechShrykull1029]

is crap. In fact, it's partly not even gaming anymore. In my school, everyone says that the next-gen systems are cool. I am different. The original purpose of gaming consoles was to just play games. Now, they play movies, and even connect to the Internet. Gaming consoles never needed that. This is just dumb. I can't believe how gaming sank. I know everyone at school makes fun of PS1 games, but I think that they're better than today's games like Halo. Games are supposed to give you an adventurous feel. Does Halo give you that? No. Halo is just a big multiplayer party. I like single-player games. The original purpose of games was to let you get into a different world, where everything is different. Online multiplayer games spoil all of this. It's fun to go into different stores to look for a rare game, finally find it, and show it off to your friends. A big part of it was wiped out by Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Virtual Console. Downloading games is not nearly as fun. And look at the popular game franchises. Crash Bandicoot changed into Jack and Daxter. Yes, Daxter is a good game, but it doesn't live up to Crash Bandicoot. Spyro changed into Ratchet and Clank, which doesn't live up to the PS1 Spyro games. Shooters take over the gaming world, when they don't live up to the PS1 platformers I always like to play. 2D games are almost over, when they're just as fun as 3D games. It's the fun that matters, not the number of dimensions. Even the gaming magazines aren't really gaming anymore. GamePro and the Official PlayStation Magazine tell you about Blu-Ray movies which have nothing to do with games. Tips & Tricks has an "Online Gamer" section, which should be just called "Online" -- it tells you how to study diseases on your PS3! What does this have to do with gaming? I think that the gaming industry should understan that they are not a multimedia industry -- and retain the original purpose of video games.