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1. Hidden tracks on an album — This was cool back in 1993 when I got my first CD player.  Just the idea of being able to skip a track was fascinating to me back then.  Compared to cassette tapes, the CD player made me feel like I was on the Jetsons.  However, it is now 2008, and I don’t even own a CD player any more.  I am instead listening to MP3s in iTunes on shuffle, and when suddenly my music goes silent, I am not happy.  I am more than likely going to delete that MP3.  There, you can have your hidden track back.
2. Timed demos for sports games — I downloaded the demo for the new Euro 2008 soccer game on my Xbox 360.  However, I don’t actually consider it a demo if I only get to play for 4 minutes before I get booted out to the menu.  That’s like going to Baskin Robbins and asking for a sample, and they just run the back of the spoon across the ice cream and hand it to you.  The fact that you already limited me to two teams I don’t like should be enough.  I mean, I’m stuck playing one game mode, at one stadium, with one set of weather conditions.  If I like the game even a little bit, then I would be motivated to buy it to unlock all that stuff.  But then you only let me play two-minute halves.  By the time I run the length of the field, I’ve already used a quarter of my time.  And I’m supposed to decide to drop $60 on your game in that amount of time?  Let me play a full game next time and maybe I’ll be more willing to buy.  It’s the same game every year anyway.

Bonus - Stuff That Makes Me Happy  — Wordpress 2.5…  a built-in solution for embedding video and audio!  Finally!  Maybe I’ll ruin the internet by posting some of my guitar recordings.

PS — I feel kinda gross for writing such stereotypical blog dreck, but, I had to…