I'm working through my growing game backlog - I've resorted to keeping the games that I've bought but still haven't played through (or at least haven't played enough) on my Games Playing list here at Gamespot... it's making me realize that I'm wasting my money by buying the games new when I can just wate a few months to buy them used or at a reduced price. I don't see how anybody could have played through the massive Christmas season's worth of games and the coming onslaught and still have a life away from the tv... I don't get it.

Top priority right now is Dragon Quest V on the DS - my RPG system of choice for whatever reason. I finished DQIV last year, the first DQ game that I've ever finished and really enjoyed it. So far DQV is even better, it's "old school", but fun.

I recently finished The World Ends With You, also by Square Enix I believe, and that was one seriously different game. It was a great change of pace, though the ending was completely confusing. Apparently, to "truly" get it, you need to continue through some side missions after the game is finished, but who has time for more side missions after putting in over 20 hours into a game? Just give me the story damn it, and LET ME decide if I want to go on additional side missions.

On the console front, I've been working through Afro Samurai, which while not perfect, it is a good game with some very adult material in it. It's hard to find the time for the game since four letter foul language pervades throughout, and I don't want the kiddies to be hearing it from outside of my dungeon. Halo Wars is on deck next, but I'm going to really try not to move on to HW until I'm done with Afro Samurai, I find that doing so almost always means that I dont go back to the previous game.