As I expected, 12 won in the gameplay category, but not because I didn't try hard.  12 has a very good gameplay system, but I find the rest of the game boring and lacking... not a lot of stuff to do but hunts (more fighting) and a bunch of fetch missions... bleh. 

Next!  Story battle!  I think we got this one in the bag... but I still gotta show the judges I'm right... here I go..

I finally got into a debate about something that I actually care about!  Woo!

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25484484&union_id=2289

For anyone that has ever played Final Fantasy 12 and Final Fantasy 7, there's a debate going on in one of the union's I'm in.  The debate is invitation only, so dont post in there even if you do have an opinion about it... if you want start up another debate somewhere else or something, but it's really fun so far!  A bunch of good points.

When asked which game I think is the most realistic, I replied that I think we're all missing a point... there really aren't "real games"... no one would play them if they were real, therefore no one would produce them.  The whole point of playing a game is to escape reality... creating a 'real' game would distroy the point of digital gaming.  If you want to play a real war game... join the AF or the Marines.  If you wanna play a real sports game... go get a football or a soccerball or a baseball or whtatever... but asking what video game is real is pointless.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25404576&msg_id=284693316#8