One of my pet peeves for reviews of social applications is to base the review off of a comparison of features. The worst example I’ve seen of this was TechCrunch’s Dodgeball vs. Twitter Showdown in which they declared Dodgeball the clear winner because it had more features. Three weeks later the Dodgeball founders quit because Google wasn’t giving them any support.

The review should have started by looking at which service had the most active users and then looked at which features enabled that activity.

In that vein, here’s my review of three popular gaming options. I own an Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii. I almost never play the 360 anymore because I don’t have time. The Wii gets a little bit of play when visitors come over. However, I play Kongregate every day.

The 360 has the best graphics and the most depth in gameplay. The Wii is the most fun. But Kongregate is the one I play more, a lot more. It’s the clear winner. It’s light years better than the Wii or 360, at least if you judge by observing usage. But why?

It wins because of convenience. I’m already on my laptop. When I want a break I don’t have to get out of my work chair, find a controller, find replacement batteries for the controller, find the game disc, and futz with three remotes. I think that’s the entire reason.

My two favorite games are Desktop Tower Defence and Boxhead. I also like to play their weekly challenges highlighting new games.