So after all the slashing and crushing in The force unleashed, the jigsawing and meatsplashing in Gears of war and the punching and ha-do-kenning in Street Fighter HD remix 2, I thought let's get something entirely different. I remember I got my Xbox with Forza 2 and Viva Pinata, I chose to give the latter a try..

I am ashamed to say it, but I actually love the gardening in VP! It feels so relaxing to lean back and watch the flowers bloom, the blueberry bushes grow and attract those cute Pinata's. But is this right? Can a person who just blew the colon out of someones body enjoy watching two worms make love? My wife (who grows more and more sceptical about my gaming behaviour) says now I'm acting like a child, petting animals and watering flowers.

It's the art of gaming I guess, the ability to change your mood from being violent to being at Zen. It offers you the chance for being lazy (If you are to lame to clean up your own garden, hell, what am I married for :P ) or for being that superhero you always wanted to be.You can forget the bad things which happen in this world for a moment, some people read books, others play games.

training your brain, scoring that impossible goal, improving the lap with .1 second, anything is possible.

I'm sorry if something like this has already been said over a thousand times.

I am just happy and thankful to myself for having such a wonderful (yet expensive) hobby...