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I'm really not very educated about this stuff, so if I could ask a few questions - what is better - xbox or playstation or are the two even comparable? Is there somewhere I could go (online, preferably) to get more educated? Do the EA sports games play on any particular system. Any help would be appreciated. I'm pretty clueless. thanks.

Holiday Traditions Poll
 

favorite: family holiday party that kicks off the christmas season.
least favorite: trying to remember who is pissed off at whom and whether or not to invite them to said holiday party.

Still paging Lester and a PM question
 

Wait. What? My (helpful) answer to your question has nothing to do with whether or not you are on my buddy list.

And, frankly, the minute I pay money to get a poster here to stay or go is the minute before I start hypnosis to break this silly habit once and for all.

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A food-related pair, though not really my favorite and least favorite things about the day:

Favorite: A mandarin orange in the toe of the stocking, and a big bag of pistachioes that everyone eats for the rest of the day.

Least Favorite: I say something once, when I'm eleven, and for the rest of my life my stepmother is giving me white chocolate.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

Really Cooter? You know me so well. Bitterly jealous of mysister and a lifetime of eating disorders. ANything else?

Ho Ho Hum.
 

I vote for reality brag letters instead of this smarmy lying crap. Dad got fired and spends his days in an alcoholic stupor on the couch watching daytime TV or on the computer checking out porn. Mom is overwhelmed working full time and vacuuming the rug under Dad's fat ass, and Junior was recently kicked out of his latest 'special' school program for behavioral problems. Merry Christmas!

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Playstation has more games. Xbox has better graphics. EA Sports makes games for both of them. I went with xbox for the hdtv compatability. Overall I have not been disappointed.

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This may be entirely invalid unrepresentative anecdotal non-evidence of anything, but we went through three defective Playstations before the fourth one finally worked right.

And the store manager didn't seem surprised at this.

Holiday Traditions Poll
 

I'm pretty clueless too, but fortunately I have the services of an incredibly geeky associate at my disposal.

According to said geek, Xbox has way better graphics, but Playstation has more games available. Xbox does very well on sports games, not as well on fighting games. I think Xbox may be a bit ahead on network playing (i.e., linking in to play against other geeks across the world).

Couldn't tell you about the EA games, but I've asked the geek. I'll let you know his answer. Since today is opening day of Return of the King, it's possible I won't have an answer for awhile.

I've played on both, but it was on a crappy TV and the graphics differences were not noticeable to me. I think if you have a really good TV, the Xbox is worth it.

Ho Ho Hum.
 

I have a stack of obnoxious pictures of people posing in Sears catalog-type poses with their kids, and they're all signed by the infants as well... "Merry Xmas from little Katelyn, who's presently drooling and shitting her drawers." To people who send these - don't. I don't need anymore of these canned photos cluttering my refrigerator and I don't give a shit what your kid looks like.

I've received birthday reminders and date reminders from people regarding their own borthdays, anniversaries, etc... I'm tempted to reply, "Yes, I've been aware of the date. What's your point?"
Throw a party for yourself. I'll bring a bottle of good wine. Otherwise, you're not getting shit unless you're blood, so go fuck yourself, you greedy cheap-ass son of a bitch. If you want the new Coldplay CD or some scented candles, get off your fat ass, pry open your wallet with an oyster shucking knife and buy it yourself.

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Try gamespot.com for comparison of systems, though Shifter's comments are right on. I have the PS2, and both it and the Xbox have their avid fans. Both have online play, and a large number of games, though PS2 does have more. Unlike some games which are exclusive to one system, EA Sports makes the same games for all of the systems. (Hockey is sweet, BTW).

Avoid Gamecube unless recipient is under about 10... Games are too cutesy and revolve too much around stock Nintendo characters like Mario, etc. Even then avoid it, because there are plenty of young kids' games on the other two, but no Grand Theft Auto and its ilk on the Gamecube.

My main reason for the PS2 was that I had the PS1 and the games still work on the PS2. I might break down and get an X-Box as well.

Fruitcake - that tasty holiday treat
 

I love fruitcake. My favorite is Harry and David, but I also like Entemann's and those monks in West Virginia who used to make concrete blocks before they got into the fruitcake game.

sibling forgiveness poll
 

My brother constantly reminds me that I tried to kill him when he was six weeks old. Apparently, I wasn't too thrilled with the whole baby brother idea (I was 20 months) and I tried to take him out with a toothpick. I only got his eye. My mom said she heard a blood curdling scream from the baby and there was blood everywhere. Fortunately, my dad has four first cousins who are ophthalmologists, so the baby was immediately taken care of and his vision is better than mine. I don't think I was left alone with the baby very much after that.

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this is all very helpful - thank you all.
I think this will be a very nice surprise. Does anyone have any recommendations on games (preferably football or hockey related)?

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Maybe he just thought that you were having problems with the instructions, and gave you the same Playstation a couple of times before he decided that it really was defective.