Yup, it’s time to do some soul searching.  There has been a ton of bonk news flying around lately so I thought I’d help those of you who are in denial come to terms with your affliction.  To help, I have comprised my Top Ten signs you are indeed a fanboy.  Kick off your Sunday dress shoes and ask yourself the question no gamer truly wants to answer.  “Am I a fanboy?”

10. When faced with a question about how many hats you own, you include your avatar’s collection in the total.  FANBOY

9. While cleaning out your wallet you find you still have your original LIVE Diamond card because it’s the only plastic that has ever carried your Gamertag etched in it you decide it’s a keeper.  FANBOY

8. If you coordinate your days off to coincide with midnight releases.  FANBOY

7. Telling random people at Best Buy to pass on Sirius because the XBOX 360 can get Last.fm.  FANBOY

6. During the grueling task of blowing up 100 balloons for your child’s birthday, you decide you’re going to get a chievo for 100% completion and then make the “bloop” sound when you actually do it.  FANBOY

5. When picking out items form the store, your selection always hovers around things that are colored Xbox 360 green.  FANBOY

4. At Thanksgiving dinner you tell your aunt you no longer want to be called by your given name instead you want to be referred to by your Gamertag…360Lyfe.  FANBOY

3. Your favorite twitter feed comes from Major Nelson.  FANBOY

2. As you’re strolling your local Walmart electronics section you secretly plot a way to remove the 7-year old kid playing Rock Band so you can bang out a quick 99% accuracy on expert level Green Grass and High Tides.  FANBOY

1. Promptly after wowing the Walmart crowd, you turn to the 7-year old you just removed from the game, hand him the guitar and say “I’d have aced that shit if the controller had been properly calibrated!”  FANBOY

And by the way if you actually do the last two you are not only the world’s largest fanboy but you may have a little psycho mixed in as well.  Seek out help immediately.