Love:
Online gaming becoming more prevalent
The new found availability of old school games
The resurgence of 2D or 2.5D console gaming at retail
Hate:
The hardcore gaming snobs
The amount of actual game content you get for your money from most games
Unfinished games hitting shelves
The hardcore gaming snobs
Local Multiplayer being on life support
Pompous developers, especially independent developers
The hardcore gaming snobs
Downloadable content
Graphics have become more important than having a decent/playable game
Replay value is becoming more elusive
Games are becoming more expensive as a result of DLC, artificially long development cycles
The general attitude towards mainstream gaming and militant, vocal hobbyists
Nintendo becoming self-destructive since '09
Sony still being Sony
Sony's attitude towards handheld gaming
Microsoft moneyhatting and marketing its way to prominence
Hype trains
The prices of games and consoles
Few games that actually interest me for more than a week
Frequent, marginal improved sequels with little 'new meat on the bones'
The lack of color early in this generation
The Japanese publishers letting their senior staff dictate what the market gets
The declining quality and integrity of video game journalism
And yes, hardcore gaming snobs
Pixel Art can be fun.
