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Edge

“Some original games are fun, but Edge should stop looking to them as the solution,” writes a brave anonymous reader. “They simply are not, as Space Channel 5, Super Monkey Ball and many others demonstrate, what gamers want. I want a good old FPS, but one with better execution.” So that’s who’s been repeatedly buying Call Of Duty.

Gamesmaster

Ahead of Metal Gear Solid 2, Zara Roach writes in to criticise Snake’s flirtation techniques, asking, “Is Snake still going to come out with such sad chat-up lines?” The stealth expert is dismissed as a “cheesemeister” and apparently, “No self-respecting women would ever come up with or fall for lines like that.” We actually know a couple…

XBM

Keen to be down with the kids, the new Xbox magazine accepts letters via text message. Unfortunately, this means seeing things like, “HI I WUD JUST LIKE 2 KNOW IF PREORDERING AN XBOX MEANS I WUD GET IT 4 CHRISTMAS OR WHEN IT IS LAUNCHED ON MARCH 14TH? THANX.” Truly the pinnacle of discourse, that.