I must be getting older.

I pay hundreds of dollars for a PlayStation 3 and I end up using it for Go! Sudoku more than anything else.

There is nothing wrong with Go! Sudoku, but given what the PlayStation 3 is capable, using the console to play a simple game like sudoku feels like a waste.

I should have finished Oblivion and Dreamfall long ago, but I haven't touched either in months because my desire to play sudoku is greater. I've barely started Oblivion, and I bought that game with my PlayStation 3.

And whenever I crave something action-oriented I go for the instant gratification of Guilty Gear X2's Survival Mode. (Thank you, Pelican, for making a PlayStation/PS2 controller-to-USB adapter that works with my fighting pads.)

Two years ago I decided to cut back on my video game purchases because I was becoming jaded from playing too many games that were good but no better than or different from ones I had already played.

Now I'm not even playing those better and different games.

I am beginning to wonder if I no longer have the patience for games that make me "work" for their rewards.

You might think this means I have an increased desire to get a Wii: the new home for pick-up-'n'-play games, but the opposite is happening. As I become more casual about my game playing habits the idea of owning two game consoles, even two that do a lot to differentiate themselves from one another, sounds increasingly silly. There is a list of soon to be released PlayStation 3 games that I want to play (or at least I think I want to play). A list of Wii games in addition to that list of PlayStation 3 games would mean spending a lot of money on a lot of games and probably not getting a whole lot of use out of a whole lot of them.

The PlayStation 3 games I want to play, overall, appeal to me more than the Wii games I want to play. I keep telling myself that anyway.

Oh, and there's also my DS Lite, computer and, uh, mobile phone. Those things also play games. Adding a fifth gaming platform to the mix sounds ridiculous.

This is new. I had been excited about the Wii from when it was announced until recently--I was waiting for a black Wii. When I sold my GameCube last year, I kept most of its games and accessories so I could use them again when I bought my Wii. Now that it looks like I won't be buying a Wii, I have to figure out what to do with all this stuff.

Maybe this ultra-casual thing will pass when I finish Go! Sudoku. Only 558 puzzles to go.