Many readers of the tiresome saga of my son's videogame console choices point out that in my latest (final?) post on the subject, I revealed that he violated the end user agreement with World of Warcraft by selling his character on eBay.

The counter argument is that sellers are merely selling the fruits of their own game-playing labor. A more salient point some have made is that selling top-level characters to just anybody ruins gameplay, because it allows novices to enter the game at a level they don't deserve to play at. Points well taken. Time for another ethics discussion at home.

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Meantime, Bill Y. says my son will regret his decision to return to the Xbox:

"Little Big Planet, the YouTube of video games, is currently in Beta and receiving incredible reviews and will hit stores on October 21st. As soon as this game comes out, there will be buzz throughout his school, as friends start to get PS3's for this game. At which point the boy will suddenly pull a 180 again and seek to get another PS3. Be warned this isn't the final chapter..."

From Gustavo M.:
"Nice parenting, you let your kid trade in stuff in GameStop where people get ripped off!...you are even not capable of telling him not to trade his PS3, instead use the $300 to get an Xbox 360 Pro (which, funny enough, is $299 at Best Buy or anywhere else, DUH!!!). So, this article only proves YOU are failure as a parent and consumer...again this article fails."

From Chris T.:
"although the ps3 is an outstanding console, i had a feeling that your son would miss his 360 console. if nothing else, this tends to prove how powerful friendships are. it also adds one vote to which console has the better online community."

Milking For Names
More suggestions for the breast-milk ice cream PETA wants Ben and Jerry's to switch to! Jeff J. suggests "other new flavors, even if blush-inducing, might include: baby mama split, kate’s batter, cinnamon buns in the oven, peach toddler, creme renee, popped cherry garcia, strawberry bambino fro-yo, busty monkey, fertile soup, trish food, bosom brownies, pregger pecan, erin mudslide, sarah’s s’mores, dick fuld’s a meredith dream, and everything but the…nipple."

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