10. Replayability. Really, if the game is short, it’s probably not interesting enough to play again. If it’s long enough to be interesting, it’s too long to keep playing it over and over. Make the game so I can do everything the first time. And, really, do game devs want us to play one game over and over? Don’t they want to sell us new games?

9. Epic plots. “There’s a giant hole in the sky spitting out demons! Can you please find my lost cow?[1]” The best games have more personal stories.

8. YouTube walkthroughs. Edit. We do not need to watch you “walk through” cutscenes and endless meandering about looking for stuff. EDIT!

7. Delays. Companies have been making video games for 40+ years. You would think by now they would have figured out how to make reasonable estimates of how long it takes. On the other hand, delays are better than…

6. Bug-ridden messes. I can live with a Day 1 Patch. But it had better work after that Day 1 Patch…

5. 1080p. Apparently, if we actually want to read text in a game, we have to own 60”+ televisions. Speaking of which…

4. Text. If I want to read a book, I’ll read a book. Please don’t throw tens-of-thousands of words of text at me in the game, and expect me to read it to understand everything.

3. Nintendo 2DS. I know, I should have sprung the extra $60 for a 3DS, but, seriously, Nintendo? This hardware is cheap. You can do better than this. You had best do better than this or your quarterly losses are going to continue mounting.

2. #Gamergate[2] However, GG is doing one good thing in trying to fight…

1. Censorship. If I don’t like the content of the game, I won’t buy the game. I may even tell other people my negative opinion of the game. But don’t try to block the game being made or sold; that way lies madness.

[1]Actual side quest in Dragon Age: Inquisition

[2]No, I’m not going to even try. GG is the consumer-side of gaming eating itself.