thanks for all the suggestions people. Ok, so what I have decided i am going to do next is..
1. Active Topics - I really want this to be an animated JQUERY page. Which will animate all of the active topics via AJAX and PHP. Probably doesn't mean much to you guys, but similar to how the profile area shows your topics maybe. If anyone sees something on another site they like and think it could be useful please link me.
2. News - I have already started to code the comments area for news but just haven't gotten back to it.. I plan to allow comments on all news articles, but only for a limited amount of time.. (say 60 days).. That way i don't need to worry about spam. Also, i will be adding the vote up and vote down / spam options too.
I really appreciate everyone taking the time to let me know what to move forward with next. It's a big job working full-time and then near working full-time on my days off on HQ.. lol
I hope you all like what we are doing here. Oh, did you all like the search features?? Try searching up the top for your username, a game, or a news article. Each area also has custom searches.