After an unexpected day lay-off, I figured there was no better way to make things up than a load of great trailers. Feast you eyes some World of Warcraft in addition to other pieces of eye candy to go with them. Enjoy.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard) - PC

Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft) - Wii

NFL Street 3 (EA Big) - PS2

Battestations Midway (Eidos) - Xbox 360, PC

Pocket Pool (Conspiracy Entertainment) - PSP (Warning: This a “M”-rated game and some of the trailer content may be a little racy)

Metal Slug Anthology (Ignition Entertainment) - Wii

Star Wars Lethal Alliance Trailer 2 (LucasArts) - PSP

TNA Impact! Teaser (Midway)

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A little less than a month has passed since the next-gen preview I had published in DT Weekend and now that some time has passed, I think it’s time to revisit my concerns about the 360, PS3, and Wii. And while I still have no plans on dropping any dollars on either system anytime soon, my outlook is at least a little brighter on the systems. I’m still concerned about much of the online updating and what that may or may not mean for the future. I do see the advantages of the ability, but I stand by my criticism that this may pose a problem in the future as the systems become more widely available and start reaching into the broader market. If only roughly half of US household have broadband, something still has to be done to assure those households aren’t given a screwjob on an update and aren’t left out of being able to play games they want to because of it. For example in a completely hypothetical situation, if I don’t have broadband where ever I’m living at the time of the next SOCOM release and there happens to be another firmware update much like the launch update PS3 had and couldn’t play it without; I’d be greatly upset.I understand where the companies are trying to go with the online marketplaces and allowing the type of online play PC gamers have had long before Xbox and PS2 and I respect their attempts to bring that to consoles. I’m personally not a huge fan of most online modes on console games, but I understand the appeal. I really like the direction Microsoft is going with the downloadable HD movies and TV shows. I’m a huge fan of the EA/ESPN partnership with the online ticker and ESPN Radio programming. And Nintendo’s Virtual Console is absolutely awesome. I just want to see stuff like this done and improved in ways that ultimately exclude people like myself that generally just want to get my system, pop in my game and play.I still think the HD market is still so very niche that a lot of the emphasis both developers and journalists have put it is vastly overrated. Yes, even on standard definition screens the games look prettier, but good-looking games don’t necessarily equate to good games. Heck the only true blow my mind away game I’ve seen come from the November launches was Zelda, a game on the least visually impressive of the next-gen systems. HDTVs aren’t expected to sneak into the majority of households for a another couple of years so I’m more interested in great games than Hi-Def games right now.That said, there are some really fun games out there. Resistance, though nowhere in the vicinity of perfect, is a lot of fun. The PS3 Fight Night Round 3 also makes for a lot of fun. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007, Ridge Racer, Viva Pinata (yes Viva Pinata) were all incredibly fun games. And based off the launch, if I were to go for any system, it’d be the Wii. Twilight Princess was as good as it gets, and games like Wii Sports, Super Monkey Ball and Excite Truck in their lack of greatness are still pretty addictive.

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