My military service ended last Friday and I couldn't be happier about it. It was the most frustrating time of my life and I'm thrilled I can decide for myself again when to eat, when to speak or when to take a leak. At least I made a bunch of new friends, got some good memories that will last for the rest of my life, and gained new respect for the war veterans.

In many ways the army is a cakewalk to what it used to be (or so I've heard). Our training camps are shorter (though a week in the woods in -10F weather with 2 hours of sleep every night is quite enough for me), we get to go home almost every weekend, and fancy electronic devices such as smart phones and laptops exist. I'm not sure if I'd still be sane without my DS to take my mind off of things every now and then.

In the last six months I've had the time to play several DS titles: Dragon Quest IX, Pokemon SoulSilver, Ace Attorney: Miles Edgesworth, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Puzzle Quest, but no other game was as engrossing as Infinite Space. The game could use improvements on almost every aspect, but it's still one of the best and most refreshing JRPGs I've played in a long time. The story is great, the combat is difficult yet rewarding and it's not like there are too many space combat RPGs out there. I congratulate the developers for doing something bold.

I've also had the time to play one PC game: Divinity 2 Dragon Knight Saga. This game caught me completely by surprise. I tried Divinity 2 Ego Draconis when it came out but thought it was horrible. Now a new polished version of the game has come out and what an improvement it is. Ego Draconis hardly ran on my PC and DKS is a technical marvel compared to it. I can't believe they've made such a beautiful game on the Oblivion engine. If you are looking for a game to pass the cold winter, D2DKS offers over 100 hours of gameplay – try to find better value than that.