Rock Band is nothing new if you've been to a Japanese arcade.
Forge is nothing new if you're a PC gamer.
Galaxy actually had new GAMEPLAY.
Forge was not new gameplay, and Rock Band definitely wasn't either.
Yes the platformer genre is basically dead, but only in 3-D, and that's why Galaxy's so great. It really revived a genre that sadly gets no love these days. Platforming still rules in 2-D if you have Contra 4 or the several other great 2-D platformers that seem to only come out on handhelds.
Favorite Companies: Nintendo, Blizzard, Valve.
Recent New Favorites: Grasshopper, Atlus. (R.I.P. Clover.)
Heroes/Homies: Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi, Will Wright, Eric Chahi, Suda51, Brian Eno, David Bowie.
Haiku Group: Haiku Hell.
Nemeses: Snesboy, fkusumot.
GameDaily Article that Interviewed Me: Console Defense Forces.
