Reading was a drag, it feels good to be back home, I have 30 minutes before the missus arrives so i thought i'd write some rubbish on here.

The highlight of my week away from home (and more importantly, my Xbox) was that i was able to get well acquainted with my DS and the pirate fun that comes with it. The games that i have been enjoying this week include Dragon Quest IV, Metroid Prime Pinball, N+, Advance Wars, Phoenix Wright and *cough* brain training *cough*.

One game that did annoy and disappoint me was Mario 64 DS, I had quite fond memories of this game when i used to own an N64 so i thought that i'd enjoy revisiting it again, I was wrong. The camera and controls are awful although i'd probably say that that's down to the DS conversion, i couldn't stand playing it for long. I also gave the Starfox game a go but it was rubbish, why couldn't they have just jazzed up the graphics of the original?

I'm particularly enjoying Dragon Quest, i forgot how odd and British it can be, the translators at Square Enix did a great job, i especially enjoyed the ropey Eastern European-English, it made me chuckle. Dragon Quest V should be good.

My mission to make all of my friends buy Left4Dead continues with varying degrees of success; the only friends that want to buy it are the only friends that can't afford to buy it... bugger.

I've decided to avoid playing the Resi 5 demo, i will just buy it and moan afterwards. I've been quite amused by the backlash that it's been getting, why are people moaning that the controls are awkward, that you can't reload quickly and you can't do it when you're running? Have these people never played a Resident Evil game before?!?