Christmas is on the way, and what will Santa have in his sack? Who knows? Future Gamer's own Andy Ashwin is hoping for a Game Boy Color. Anyone buying? One thing we do know is that the yearly awards are as inevitable as Southampton avoiding relegation on the last day of the season, and who better to host these awards than Felix? (Note: this Chat Forum round-up was written by Felix - Ed). He set out the first two categories this week for the regulars to ponder over. "Best Character of the Year" award seems to be going the way of Squall (Final Fantasy VIII) at the moment - do you agree? Other names being bandied around at the moment include the evergreen Mario and Manuel Calavera from Grim Fandango. "Surprise Hit of the Year" has been another popular award thread, with games such as Midtown Madness, Monaco GP and Hidden And Dangerous all appearing from out of nowhere to surprise gamers.

The Forum hasn't all been about awards though; another thread has been causing quite a stir - Mr Kevin's feeble attempt at guessing the age of the Forum regulars. Andy Smith - 28 indeed! And since when has Kaneda been 22? Probably about 10 years ago! Geoffrey bored everyone with his theory on the temporal dynamics of Zelda. Believe us when we say the explanation was bordering on Star Trek complexity. Maybe Link should just buy a Sports Almanac and make loads of loot like Biff did in Back To The Future 2. Tom_J expressed his disappointment at the delay of Marvel vs Capcom on the Dreamcast. Don't worry fella, something called Soul Calibur should be out by the time you read this. Fingers crossed...

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