Since I got no feedback on what games I should get (cause no one reads this blog), I had to rely on my own uninformed and flawedjudgment when buying myself a couplenew PSP games.

I wound up getting: Lego Star Wars II and Key of Heaven (aka Kingdom of Paradise).

Been playing Lego Star Wars II mostly so far. It's not a short-gaming-session-friendly game. It usually takes me over half-an-hour to finish an individual level and much longer if I try to find all the hidden items. So, it isn't a game I can really play on my 27-minute bus ride to and from work. I don't like leaving my PSP on standby all day, and LSWII doesn't have a save anytime you want feature. You actually have to beat a whole level before you can save. What LSWII does have going for it is the billions of collectable and unlockable items. The game itself is okay, and its treatment of Star Wars really isn't that brilliant, but I'm a sucker for unlockable content.

So, I'm still playing Tekken: DR on my way to and from work (Wipeout Pure is impossible on a shaky bus with glare from the afternoon sun). My interest inT: DRhas been renewed once again because of two things: 1) I found a reliable way for Eddy and Christie to beat opponents above the Raijin level. 2) I learned that the menu screen changes if you get 4 characters past Tekken Lord (I'm that much of a sucker for unlockables). Tekken: DR is awesome. (Oh, how I wish they'd make a Virtua Fighter or Soul Calibur for PSP).

Key of Heaven was more of a gamble. I've read mixed reviews on it, and it really doesn't sound like it's a very popular game. However, the combination of beingpresented by SCEE (who made Wipeouts Pure and Pulse), having downloadable content (I'm also a sucker for downlodable content), promising over 20 hours of gameplay, having customizable martial arts moves, and taking place in a mythological East Asian-type world sold me on it. Haven't played it much yet, just enough to get a sense of what I'm in for, and it looks like it should be good.

I'll be sure to write up full reviews of each game when I get the chance. At least they should keep me busy until Wipeout Pulse and God of War: Chains of Olympus come out.