This edition of the Community Spotlight, a twice-a-week column showcasing awesome articles that just didn't make the front page, is all about seeing the positive side in gaming.

Persona Rekindled My Love For JRPGs
By Jonathan Oyama
The Persona series is a breath of fresh air to Japanese role-playing games. For Jonathan, a chance encounter with Persona 3 brought back years of JRPG love that he thought died after Final Fantasy 7.

Skill: The Causality of Casual
By Hudson Turman
Hudson is worried that the push for motion-based games will eventually erode the skill required in hardcore games and replace it with chance, much like Mario Party games already do. He can see a future where hardcore and casual games coexist, but will they ever reach that point?

Resident Evil's Movie Concept Works
By Antonio Byrd
The Resident Evil movies really aren't that good. While I defend the first one, the films that followed it diverged completely from the source material. Antonio thinks the filmmakers that worked on this series did the best they could to adapt the feel of Resident Evil to a big screen, even if the product isn't exactly perfect.

Maps in Video Games
By Marlowe Johnson
Mapmaking is a rite of passage for fans of early video games. The Etrian Odyssey series rekindles that love of exploring and documenting virtual worlds with its intensive mapping system. Marlowe can't wait for Etrian Odyssey 3, and now, neither can I.

5 Reasons I'm Fine with the Xbox Live Price Increase
By Hudson Turman
While I still do not agree with Microsoft raising the price of Xbox Live, Hudson makes very valid points about why this is actually a good thing. Is Microsoft simply trying to keep up with the economy and current price of games, or is it simply because they know we'll pay it?