As thrilled as I am that Sony decided to put the Spiderman movie logo on the side of their next generation counsel, it seems a bit unloving. Standing up tall like an obelisk from the movie 2001 aside, the system is a barren wasteland.

I know, I know. It’s what is inside the box that counts. However, this thing will be at the center of my home entertainment system sitting in my living room. I want to feel a little love from it. Not the cold glance of a music store employee. Yeah, I’m buying NOW Volume 2 . I’m being ironic. Don’t judge me!

Where was I? Oh yeah, love. Maybe we can put a little hippie flower holder on the side, like a Volkswagen Bug. Why not flash wildly like a raver’s cell phone? How about just the words “I love you” on the side.

Am I asking too much of my machinery? Video games are about fun and community. Not sitting your bare ass down on the sterile paper at the doctor’s office. Will the next generation come with hand sanitizer dispensers in them? Maybe it will just excrete from pores in the controller. I don’t want to live in a world where my video game playing isn’t 99.9% germ free.