[Bob The Mercenary]

Finally unwrapped my XBox copy after spending night after night playing Battlefield Bad Company 2. To put this in perspective, I first played this game on my friend's PS3 in full 1080p on his 30-inch HD. Now I am stuck playing it on my 20-inch flatscreen in standard def (red/white/yellow). It still plays the same, I notice zero slowdown in loading or battle transitions, but the graphics obviously suffered greatly. I mean, the cut scenes are still amazing, but the gameplay graphics got nothing on blu-ray.

Everyone keeps trying to convince me to buy a PS3 using MAG/FF13/Heavy Rain as an excuse. When I tell them that A) I own no blu-ray movies B) all of my friends are on XBox Live C) I'm not buying a system for the sake of one game D) I'm not buying an HD TV so I can in turn buy a system for one game and E) two of my friends have PS3s which they will readily let me borrow, they look at me like I'm from another planet.