http://www.cracked.com/article_15655_5-awesome-sci-fi-inventions-that-would-actually-svck.html will be the fall of humankind

That. Is the first article I have enjoyed reading in about 2 years. Well thought out reasons. Very well thought out reasons.

MAG is the only game I put in 400+ hours in... ever
MAG ruined most shooters for me, I can't enjoy most shooters now because they are so simple and boring by comparison

Good thing BRINK isn't most shooters

I bought MAG and still play it, I give it credit for having really large and vast maps, large amounts of players, division of labor (especially in Domination), Long-range Sniping, the sound FX. I absolutely think for $60 there should have been more maps instead of 3 per match type, and really that's my biggest gripe.
Brink however looks to be something different in one huge way: IT'S FUN. Plain and simple, from the maps to the SMART system, to the ability to create 10 different characters right off the bat, to the unique style, the advance customization, an extremely interesting setting and a plot.
I look at like this, MAG is realistic fiction and Brink is Science-Fiction, they're both fiction and you can love to read them both.