The good: new X-Com game announced.

[A Black Falcon]

Boycotting? Considering how little I played Morrowind or Oblivion, "not playing out of a near-complete lack of interest" would probably be more accurate. In both cases I probably spent more time, and had more fun, installing the various mods before I started playing than I did actually playing the games.

And I'll admit, dual-stick controls are horrid for FPS. Mouse and keyboard is the only way to play.

Agreed, mouse and keyboard is far better. As far as console FPS controls go, though, my favorite is still the N64 (I think lazy agrees with me...). I like that better than Halo-style dual-stick stuff.