Blog Herding: Community Edition 11/05/10

Check out the work of your peers in the latest edition of blog herding. Happy reading!

Valve Wishes Us A Happy Halloween While Emptying Our Pockets...
“Rumors are circulating that Valve has already made over $1,000,000 dollars in sales from the Mann Company Store.” Microtransactions are an incredible money maker. Saint explains how he has been affected.

Feeling Sorry For Game Characters
“As Splosion Man plummeted to his death by razor blade for the two millionth time (I could be exaggerating), I got to thinking about something. I really felt sorry for him.” Do you ever feel bad for the characters that you drive to their demise? Check out Hist’s post and write up your experience in the comments section.

The Green Bar Of Morality
“By now you are probably tired of this debate and discussion on morality in video games. The discussion is basically broken down into, from what I can tell, two different camps: Those that believe morality choices in games allow us to evaluate and examine our own moral character, and those that believe it’s a differing choice of who to kill and who to let live.” Join the morality discussion on TOGNick’s blog.

Why Are You A Gamer?
"I can't count how many times I've been asked this. They question my pastime and I give them one short answer: Becuase it's what I love doing. It's my life, my passion, my hobby, everything. I can't count how much time of my life (let alone the money I've spent) has been dedicated to video games." Why are you a gamer? Answer this in the comments section of Di5a5terp13ce's blog.

Staff blogs you may have missed: Jeff M. offers a few tips on some bad horror flicks to watch and Jeff A. wants you to tell him what game he should play next.

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