This post was supposed to be about how I was re-prioritizing gaming's place in my life. It was supposed to be about how I was gonna be taking a break to pursue other hobbies (skiing for one). Alas it was not to be.

Between this weeks releases of Fire Emblem, Shadow of the Colossus, and Fable: The Lost Chapters, along with my recent re-acquaintance with Resident Evil 4, the grand opening of the first Gamestop in my area, and the sudden arrival of a 360 demo kit at my friendly neighborhood Walmart (more on that in a bit), my interest in games is reaching a fevered pitch.

I'm still selling my PSP (if anyone ever bids on it that is). And I'm still on the fence about getting a 360 on launch day. For the time though I'll keep on enjoying the multitudes of other great games out there right now. Now I just need to figure out how to pay for lift tickets this winter.

Ok so I got a chance to spend a little time with the Xbox 360 demo kit tonight which was pretty surprising.  I live in a pretty out of the way area and it usually takes a while for anything gaming related to make its way out here.  My biggest impression that I took from the experience was that it's way to uncomfortable to look that high up while you're playing a game for more than 5 min.  I played some Kameo and COD2 and I was pretty impressed with the quality of both of them.  The visuals are nice and polished although I think the cartoony look of Kameo detracts from the otherwise  extremely impressive technical prowess that it takes to render it and COD is a little glossy.

There were about 10 games on the disk, some playable some just movies.  The controller has a great feel to it and the system overall just looks really slick, as does the Xbox interface.  So there are my initial impressions.  Take them for what their worth.

Oh yeah, and hats off to the guys over at Penny Arcade. Keep fightin' the good fight.