I never mentioned that my girlfriend got me the best birthday present ever...a nintendo ds. Since recieving it I've been glued to it by some transparent umbilicus; the same that exists between a junior high girl and her purse. There are so many great rpg's for the system that I literally don't know what the **** to do with myself. I've gotten myself to the mid 40's level on Chrono Trigger, which is in my opinion the best turn based rpg that I've ever played. I've also been playing around with phantom hourglass, final fantasy IV, and knights in the nightmare. There's a little bit of everything in that mix...relaxing turn based with awesome characters, zelda which always makes me feel like i'm ten years old, and then there's knights in the nightmare. Knights is a great game once you get the hang of things but it does literally everything it can to intimidate you out of playing it...however, once you get a general understanding of how to get the keys from barrels and obstacles it's smooth sailing and easily one of the coolest experiences I've had on the ds so far. I've been overwhelmed with atlus titles in the last few weeks that I never knew existed. I've got an import copy of demon's souls on its way, and I've been knee deep into Persona 3 for the last few days. Despite feeling a little peculiarly about p3 in the beginning, I have to say that it's been just as addictive and engaging as most final fantasies I've played, it's just quirky (and a little childish) as **** The persona system adds an absurd level of depth to the game, especially for people like me who can't stop playing until they're all found and leveled up...it's also cool as hell to summon your persona's by shooting yourself in the head...cool in an emo way, i guess.