The 6 Most Ominous Trends in Video Games - Cracked.com

This is a great article on the future of video games.  It's mostly pessimistic, as you can tell from the title.  He's editorializing a bit but I found this to be one of the most thoughtful articles on the topic that I've read recently.  I'm a bit more optimistic than he is but I agree with a lot of what he says.