Another week without a 360, GAME say they'll call me when they get one in but last time they said they'd call me it wasn't overly successful. However I have been round my mate Ricks and played the legendary map pack on Halo 3 and it's great work again from Bungie in my opinion. Anyway it's also been a week on Animal Crossing, Puzzle Pirates and most prominently Super Smash Bros. Brawl (which is still an awesome game). I've also been debating in my head over whether to buy Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii but I think I'll wait until Gamespot have reviewed both of them and see how they weigh up. I've also been putting off my purchase of a new DS for quite some time even though I really need one as my current DS has both external damage and a very short battery life.

As some of you will know, this week Nintendo announced that there will be no price drops on either of their consoles within 2008. If you can sift through the fanboys, the criticisms and the people saying "I have a Wii and DS so why should I care" the reaction seems to range from "well Nintendo don't need a price drop so this isn't that surprising" to "Wow, they really need to bring out a price drop". I think overall everyone wants a price drop of course but I think most people who are looking to buy a console can afford the Nintendo Wii or DS and this can be taken as another example of people forgetting that they are talking about a company and companies are there to make money, not grant wishes. Although Microsoft have been outputting tremendous sales Nintendo have been showcasing better ones and I doubt that Microsoft will jeopardise Nintendo's financial position within the year.

On a lighter note though there's going to be a demo of the Spore creature editor in June and I'm pretty psyched, I know it won't quenche my thirst for Spore right up until the release of the full game but it should be fun and ensure that there are a number of quirky creatures available for download by the time the full game comes out. Criterion games are also going to be adding motorcycles to Burnout Paradise and I gotta admit I feel a little weird about it, it doesn't really feel like the Paradise I've known with motorcycles in the mix but hopefully Criterion know what they're doing.

Thanks again for reading, a shoutout Kingrich06, Zxv33 and Fishdalf. I'll leave you with Darkspire Film's No Scope Was Involved... I never did buy Sid Meier's Pirates did I?

-Gamer_152