I gave my brother a kidney, so just try and sue me for being late! Here is my backlog of "Letter from the Editor" from the last three issues in one handy blog post!

Issue 222

The Golden Cartridge Heard Around the World

I know some Game Informer readers were not playing games (or perhaps even born) yet when The Legend of Zelda was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but you can take it from someone who was there in 1987 when it hit North America: It's hard to believe it has been 25 years since the groundbreaking title debuted in Japan back in 1986.

The odd part is not that the release feels recent; it is that it seems so much longer ago. We have seen so many innovations and changes in the industry over the last two and a half decades. The graphics, the design, and the technology behind every aspect of gaming has taken massive leaps forward in such a small span of time. Yet The Legend of Zelda still stands as one of the greatest of all time.

Imagine if you saw a game of the same graphical style being sold for your phone today. Most people would say that it looks like garbage based solely on the visuals. Zelda, of course, is about the furthest you can get from garbage. This game - this entire series - has defined gaming for years. The classic tale about a hero saving the world and the struggle between good versus evil is timeless; don't be surprised if gamers continue to celebrate Zelda's anniversary (and new installments) for many more decades to come.

Game Informer has let too much time pass since our last celebration of the world's favorite little hero in a green hat, and this month we fix that with an amazing cover story that both commemorates the series' anniversary and explores its future with a 10-page cover story on ­Skyward ­Sword.

Enjoy the issue.

Issue 223

It Sure Can't Hurt To Ask

It's our November issue, which means that if I want to get in my wish list of goodies in time for the holidays, I better do it now. I could be selfish and request that Audi R8 V10 I'd like in the old present pile, but I've decided I'd rather give to everyone and make some requests that I would like to see happen in the video ­games ­industry.

First on the list, console price cuts. Nothing gets more people playing console games like making the cost of entry cheaper. Sony dropped the price of the PS3 to $249, which is a great start, but we all know the magic number is $199, so let's go Sony and Microsoft - let the masses get in on HD gaming.

Next up is new intellectual property (or IP). We all love the established giant franchises that dominate the market, but they were all new IP once, and the industry can always use new blood and new perspectives. The big sequels make the world go round, but we need new ideas to keep our fingers busy year round.

I love first-person shooters as much as the next guy, but I would really love to see some other genres get a little more love (and yes, I realize that consumers need to do their part and be more adventerous to make this happen). Elder Scrolls is one of the few RPGs hitting it out of the park these days on consoles, and its success shows that people are willing to pay for great experiences in different genres. All you have to do is be committed to making ­great ­product.

And finally, one selfish request: I want my 2D Metroid in HD and Half-Life 3. The wait for these two games is killing me.

Enjoy the insane amount of games that are out this month, and the issue.

Issue 224

For the Sake of Argument

I've never been shy about pointing out things that annoy me, and like any good loudmouth, I get proven wrong on a frequent basis. It comes with the territory.

The Nintendo Wii? From day one the controller and lack of HD graphics annoyed me. Do I love some of the games on the system and think it's imperative that a gamer own one to play all the greats? Without question, because Nintendo is one of the greatest - if not the greatest - game developers in the world. I know I won't be the only gamer blowing the dust off a Wii, ejecting a copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2, and smiling through the lingering cloud as The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword slides into the disk drive.

Do I think I was wrong about Nintendo Wii? Probably, as the system has dominated sales this generation and entertained tens of millions of gamers around the globe. But at the same time, in the last year the excitement around the system has slowed to a crawl. Some of it can be attributed to the announcement of Wii U, but I think there has been some fatigue at the gimmicky control system.

Nintendo isn't the only company guilty of mistakes. Xbox 360s still break around this office and at friends' homes like drunken, blind mice built them. Can anyone turn on a PlayStation 3 without having to install an update? Of course, some people's original Xbox 360s are still chugging to this day, and if you play PlayStation 3 every day, there must be at least be one or two days a year without an update (I kid, I kid).

At the end of the day, all these complaints and criticisms are just part of being a gamer. Complaining about games, game machines, developers, publishers, game magazines, CEOs, and websites are part of the fun. If we didn't have arguments about review scores and whose system was better, what would we talk about or use to show the depth of our nerd cred? Gaming is all about the fun when the machine is on, and when the machine is off, arguing about games is sometimes as entertaining as playing the games themselves.

Enjoy the issue.