Did I make attacks? Did I call you names? All I did was provide a counterpoint to your statements, schmuck. Don't get snippy with me.

Please, by all means direct me to the place where I accused you of doing so, putz.

I was merely providing a counterpoint to your opinions. Loosen those trousers, Gilligan.

I never said that the NES was the father of all videogames. That would be the Magnavox Oddyssey. The NES saved the videogames industry from certain death at Atari's misguided hands. The majority of the videogame press agrees with me, butt-stain.

Sure, games are inherent in people. However, the fact remains that console videogames could very well have become the electronic equivalent of professional roller derby these days. Nobody watches the sport, but it still exists. That was the path that console gaming was heading toward before Nintendo made the industry into a viable presence.

And stop drawing parallels between PC games and console games. I never said Nintendo saved the entire electronic game industry. I said they saved the console industry. There's a big diference, skippy.

The NES was the savior of console games. I never said father. Stop taking my words out of context.

I'm not knocking Halo anymore than I am knocking Zelda and it's tried and true "save the Princess" rountine in every single game. Halo did not create the "alien menace attacks the world" device, therefore Halo is not a pioneering bastion of innovative story. That's not a bad thing, but for SYG to try and claim that all Nintendo does is rehash old crap while Microsoft and Sony do nothing but excrete pure, creative gold is a load of absolute malarkey.

Let me summarize this post with the following:

SIMMER DOWN, FUCK-PUP.

Nobody here said that Nintendo is the be-all end-all of videogame genius. Nobody said that Nintendo is the father of electronic gaming. Nobody has said that everything Nintendo does is pure gold while everything any other company does is sheer, unbridled crap. Nobody except you, that is.

You are taking my statements so far out of context that the distance between the truth and your perception of the truth would require the use of Astronomical Units to properly measure. You assume that I'm attacking you, whereas in reality, I'm simply providing an alternate view of your statements. You assume that I'm lionizing Nintendo and demonizing everyboy else, whereas in reality, I'm simply stating a few positive-note observations about their accomplishments. You assume that I'm championing Nintendo games as being at the forefront of innovation and creativity, while Sony and Microsoft games stand with their thumbs up their asses, waiting for the next big trend. In reality, I am simply equalizing the playing field by saying that all parties do their fair share of innovating and rehashing. The only difference is that Nintendo has been doing it longer.

All of these assumptions are wrong. I have said nothing to indicate any of these ridiculous charges you level against me. You're fighting against an argument that doesn't exist, pal. You appear to truly be itching for a fight, and if that's what you're lookin' for, you'd better find some substantially more solid ground to do it from. Taking my statements completely out of context, putting words into my mouth and just generally being a soggy douche from the moment the starter pistol fires is not the way to earn a foothold in a discussion.

Take a deep breath and have yourself a dose of Midol, crampy. You're in desperate need of a break.