First a couple updates.  Two level 60 World of Warcraft characters, and a PSP later, nothing is really different.  Except for the addiction.

Anyone who has not tried World of Warcrat, even those who hate MMOs (ie, me), owes this game a shot.  Yes, it's unstable. Yes, they ignore certain classes and buff ones that are powerful or unbalance them into over-poweredness.  But at the core, the heart of the game is so pure, and so different from many MMOs.  In WoW, you can experience your character's rise to prominence in less than one month worth of playtime.

I played a MMO (MUD, actually) for eight years and never got past level 30 where 100 was the cap.  In less than one year of owning WoW, I have two max level characters and a third nearly half there.

So the game's fun, and hard to shake when you get into it.  Okay next...

Got a PSP, nearly a year-to-the-day that I got my DS.  D-Pad's not ideal for Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max.  Square button's kinda really iffy.  Yet, it is quite a sexy machine, loaded with potential that will be tapped.  The DS seemed to hit its stride September of last year, and the PSP looks like it's ready to get many quality games coming for it.

It's unfortunate that the inputs on the system are total design flaws.

As for other news on the systems front, the GameCube is now officially a monument to dust collection, and the PS2 is starting to see a slowing of quality games since DQ8 came out.  The next generation is rushing in fast, and it's apparent.