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OK, here's my attempt at a defense of the current gen. I think a lot of the complaining about it sounds the same as people who say there's no good music/movies/books being made nowadays. It takes time to weed out the abundance of shit in the present to find the stuff that will be "timeless".
There's tons of cool stuff happening right now.
Weird, innovative downloadable games: Flower, Journey, Braid, Project Dust (Eric Chahi's new game), Noby Noby Boy, etc. These are kind of a refreshing reaction to the big-budget bro shooters that are ubiquitous.
Wipeout HD.
Crazy shit from Japan: Bayonetta and Vanquish (from people who made Resident Evil, DMC, Viewtiful Joe, etc.), Disgaea 4 (this looks extremely promisig), Child of Eden, El Shaddai, Trico, Suda 51 is working on a horror game and a shmup, Demon's Souls, etc.
Bioshock.
Certain games are just refinements of what's happened before, but taken to a whole new level. Straight-up fun: Uncharted 2, Street Fighter 4,
ERm its getting busy at work gotta go!
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