Well, that's another vacation week in the books--the last one until spring, so it's a good thing that we made it count. I think it was a good one. :)

I think I'm approaching the climax of both the major games that I'm working on. That means that both Okami and Metroid Prime are ratcheting up the challenge. By the way, Nintendo, I don't know who told you that hopping across small platforms, in first person, in the dark with only the infrared vision, was fun, but they were wrong. I haven't quite made it across the room yet, and I'm really hoping that you at least made it so I only have to cross the room once.

I was playing Gran Turismo 3 as a break from those, but I felt like even though the game is awesome, the controller was holding me back, so I splurged for a racing wheel controller from Amazon.com. That puts GT3 on hiatus until my controller gets here, so I imagine there'll be a new game on the Now Playing list to take its place for a couple of weeks.

The DS I bought on Thursday is a smash hit--Dana even likes it! She's enjoying the stylus-based minigames that were included on the New Super Mario Bros. card. I can see why a gaming 'newbie' would be attracted to the DS--there's no need to explain the controls, just draw on the screen. If she continues to enjoy it, we may have to get her her own. ;)