Re: mobile gaming: I’ve never really been one for mobile gaming. The last handheld device I owned was the GameBoy Color. I just generally don’t have the want to play a game on a small device like that, and I have zero time in which to do so. I drive to work, I drive to school, I have no breaks in between classes, I drive back home, and then I have my PC or my 360. No commute, no downtime where I don’t have my laptop with me.
I also have low tolerance for touch screens…not touch controls, touch ~screens~. They rarely work well for me, they don’t feel right, they’re sluggish, and just in general it isn’t something I enjoy using as an input device.

Mass Effect 2 rubbed me the wrong way. I enjoyed and will probably pre-order the third game, but the first (despite the janky vehicle combat) is my favorite by far. BioWare is not a shooter company and shouldn’t try to be.

Jim, I get the whole “even” tone of Skyrim. Without ruining anything, the last handful of quests in the main storyline. . . OMFG. Just finished them tonight and wow. I don’t want to build up your expectations, but it’s a lot of fun. In fact, I might even just let that character rest at that point. She’s done most of the other quests already anyways.