I found this in a Kotaku post in which they posted via indie dev Stardock. A Bill of Rights for PC gamers, but some of these could appeal to gamers of other platforms as well. All ten are significant and while a few have been met, they all should be presented to other indie and major developers and practiced.

The Gamer's Bill of Rights:

1. Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.

2. Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.

3. Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.

4. Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.

5. Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.

6. Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.

7. Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.

8. Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.

9. Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.

10. Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.

And hey, its my 400th blog! Sweet! Here's to 400 more, times ten, added by another one-hundred.

This game is awesome! I played an hour of it tonight out of boredom and it was a blast. Even though I started on the easiest difficulty just to accustom to the gameplay, the sense of accomplishment still felt good. I got bronze, silver and gold medals in each of the first five races. I love how straightforward it is; controls are simple, no extravagant HUD, graphics are simple but have a very sleek look plus the physics are cool along with the motion blur effect (I'm a sucker for good motion blur ).

I'm not big on racing games but what I also like about TrackMania is its simple 'jump right into the action' design. No need for, "tune this, modify suspension, blah blah blah," just focus on racing and beating the clock. Don't get me wrong I enjoy those types of racers too (my best friend and I had good times with Gran Turismo 2 back in the day). Just the mere fact that its now free is even more of a reason to get into it. If you play as well, let's hit up the multiplayer, my account name for it is: BrooklynGrenade.

Due to its pick up and play structure I see my downtime comprising of playing this during the fastly approaching school year when my AP language cl@ss kicks my ass on weekdays. I also see myself binging on this to the point of creating custom tracks. Hell, I might even upgrade to the United expansion. I may however need to acquire a gamepad, I was on my way to carpol tunnel when I played tonight, lol. I might just pick up a wired 360 controller which will serve an expanded use between my PC games and Xbox. That's just another thing on the list of endless game purchases, heh.

It's games like this that justify the great service that is Steam. Speaking of which, the first two games of the Oddworld franchise are available for download. I am definitely going to check those out at some point.

More blogging coming this weekend.

Peace.

Hey Gamespot, please, forgive me for my absence. I have just been absentminded with some things lately, lol. But seriously, it's just been a matter of preparing for school, attempting to get this daunting summer assignment done for AP Language, along with other things. And truthfully, my activity and interest in gaming has been real wishy-washy for the past couple of weeks. Many days I just did not feel inclined to play anything. Hell, two games I was adamant on finishing before school starts; Uncharted and Super Mario Galaxy have yet to be beat. However, I am going to make the push to beat both in this last week of summer vacation. But the reason for this lost of interest? The summer drought is one thing, the main reason that I haven't purchased any new game since GTAIV. I think the most important reason is getting into other things for the summer, enjoying the weather, advancing my artistic skill (need to get this portfolio together), etc.

But after tonight's session of GTAIV multiplayer with ShredX and Gears of War with the usual crew (it was a hell of a lot of fun guys, can't wait to kick it up a notch in Gears 2), I have a renewed inclination towards gaming. Besides, autumn is pratically here, and all the big guns are starting to roll out. Speaking of which, here is my list of games that I definitely want for the remainder of this year.

Games Wishlist for Fall 2008

Fallout 3 (Xbox360) October 28th

Gears of War 2 (Xbox360) November 7th

Dead Space (Xbox360) October 31st

The Last Remnant (Xbox360) November 20th

Street Fighter IV (PS3 or Xbox360) TBA

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC) October 28th

Madden NFL 09 (Xbox360) Available Now

NBA2K9 (Xbox360) October 7th

Guitar Hero World Tour (Xbox360) October 27th

Rock Band 2 (Xbox360) September 14th

Little Big Planet (PS3) TBA October 21st?

Prince of Persia (Xbox360) TBA

Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox360) November 11th

Chrono Trigger (DS) November 25th

Now, I'm expecting a few of these titles to be knocked off, and I probably will just rent them granted with stick with Gamefly longer this time around.

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is what I rented out with the renewed Gamefly subscription, and while I didn't finish it, I experienced basically everything there is to do with that game. It's one of those "ultimate rentals" if you will. I dunno if you'd want to throw down $30-$40 dollars for it. The gameplay gets reptitive and it is easier than the console iterations. Overall though, it is a good DS game. Hopefully I will be able to rent Mercenaries 2 next if the timing with the return goes right. Which it doubt it will .

A few side notes:

Castle Crashers is out this week. Hope to get it.

Juno is a good movie. Its soundtrack is very good.

I can't stop listening to RadioHead.

Hopefully my senior cl@sschedule will be easy to give me more free time for gaming and other fun stuff, as well as trying to get this college process together.

Maybe we'll see one last I4I this week before I hit the books again?

Lastly, for those who have started cl@sses and those who are beginning this week, I wish you all the best of luck this year. Kick ass with the pencils, and if that doesn't work, do the "magic pencil trick" . Peace.