Video Game Crazy
Every so often I get a little crazy about video games. Now is one of those times. The Nintendo "Revolution" is certainly on my list, but between Tetris DS, New Super Mario Bros, and a just-announced DS Zelda game, not to mention Mario Kart DS, the Nintendo DS is looking very very tempting. I think I will wait for the new model, though.
I got a GameBoy Micro for myself for Christmas, and I've been loving revisiting my favorite games from the SNES era like Street Fighter 2, Final Fantasy IV, and Super Mario World; and the original games like WarioWare and Mega Man Zero are massively addictive as well. I still have WarioWare: Twisted on my wishlist as well as the Zelda and Metroid GBA games I've yet to play.
Then there's the old-school Xbox we bought so we could rip our DVDs to my PC's hard drive and play back anything directly without the hassle of dealing with the discs and waiting through all the copyright notices and menus. As it happens, there are some great games for Xbox that I've been able to sample. Halo, Burnout Revenge, Forza. And of course I'd love to play Katamari Damacy someday, but you need a PS2 for that. The Xbox 360 even looks appealing thanks to the amazing Xbox Live service. And thank goodness my PC is hopelessly slow or I'd have to wade through those options as well. About the only game machine that hasn't captured my fancy is the PSP, but I don't know if I expect that to remain the case for long.
Now where am I gonna get the money?