The free content only lasts so long, however, as money becomes necessary to experience additional content. That being said, players can have a good amount of fun without spending a dime.

I thought about Faylor's great post about the future of PC gaming from PAX East 2010 and the notion that PC gaming, while not dead, is changing.

Would you rather have a $60 full-version of Tiger Woods for the PC or something you could play for free and purchase more content at a micro-transaction level? I'm not sure I know where I fall for more traditional games.

Gaming News o'the Day

• Two more Infinity Ward developers may have left the studio.
• The USB storage update goes live for the Xbox 360.
• Fable 2 gets digitally downloadable on the 360.
• NCSoft trademarks City of Heroes 2.
• The Blur beta opens up to all Live Gold subscribers.

• Lucas planning a Star Wars comedy series.
• Engadget reportedly gets internal HP Slate documents detailing perceived advantages and threats versus Apple's iPad.