The Resident Evil 5 trailer has successfully gotten me into Resident Evil mode again. And the excitement got me drawing old school Chris. Of course no one can be sure who's in RE5 yet, but I'd love to see Chris and Jill back, especially if they decide this is the last one. I think they're about my favorite video game couple ever. I also wish they'd play out the tracking down Umbrella in Europe scenario which I've been waiting for for so long. But it seems like they threw that one away like so many of the games they scrapped.

I'm also back to wanting to finish reading the books. I started reading City of the Dead years ago, but never finished it. It can't keep my attention very long at all, but I'd like to finish it before I move on to the next book. I guess it just draws out details that I don't really care about. I've read The Umbrella Conspiracy twice already because it was a very good and interesting book. I liked the way it handled the inconsistencies between Chris and Jill's games, while still covering the story pretty accurately (not so much can be said for George Romero's RE1 script). I liked being inside Wesker's head as well because you seldom really get a look at what makes the villains tick. And his "death" was so giddily gruesome. I was also happy with the treatment of the more minor characters, particularly Forest since he's one of my favorite characters and the book gives him a personality which we never actually get to see in the game. I know there's a lot of critics of the books, but I happened to like the two I've read in full. And hey, Capcom must be pretty happy with them if they keep hiring the same woman to write them.