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#5 Steam-esque Downloadable Games/Content - [ PC ]

As Valve's Steam catches on, more content delivery services will begin to pop up from other publishers. Eventually, you won't need DVDs or Blu-Ray discs to play your console games. You won't need retail stores, you'll never leave your house, and Generation Y will be voted "The Laziest People of All Time." Yay!

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#4 Anti-GTA Riots Led by Jack Thompson - [ PS2 ]

The year is 2006. Grand Theft Auto 4 is more realistic than ever, and Jack Thompson is having a crack-fueled fit. MAGTA--Mothers Against GTA--is formed and your mom engages in hit-and-run street warfare against Rockstar. Yes, we live in scary times.

#4 Anti-GTA Riots Led by Jack Thompson
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#3 Re-born Final Fantasy Craze - [ PS2 ]

After the leak of Final Fantasy: Advent Children, fans were pretty disappointed. Can Final Fantasy XII rekindle our dying flame for the famous Square Enix franchise? Well, maybe, if they'd just release the damn thing. How many years late is it now?

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#2 In-Game Ads - [ PC ]

In-game ads have already begun to appear in The Matrix Online, with movie billboards for Constantine and Batman Begins. You can brainwash me, but I'm still going to tag your ad with Marc Ecko. Take that, capitalism!

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#1 Console MMO's - [ PC ]

Games such as World of Warcrack and Huxley on next-gen consoles will let MMO addicts get their fix almost anywhere. Carrying around your Rogue account on a memory card will be as common as a cell phone, and self-neglect deaths caused by 48-hour WoW binges will out number those caused by high school shootings.

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