I picked up Game & Watch Gallery 3 for 30 cents (30 cents!) at GameStop this weekend. I think that is officilally both the cheapest game and the best deal I have ever found.

I am still playing through Chrono Trigger at the moment, and it is still fantastic. If all Square Enix re-releases are like this, I might just have to pick up their Final Fantasy re-makes as well. I have always been turned off from them because of the $5 Square Enix tax and the fact that I'm not that into Final Fantasy.

Found a few other deals when I was out, so I have a ginormous backlog now to play through. I only have until next week to play all of these before it's back to the grind. Plus, I gotta eat and sleep! I'll have to make a checklist or something for my next blog; it's seriously ridiculous how many games I have purchased in the past month. Ri-freaking-diculous. This was definitely a gamer's xmas for me this year. :D

I finished Kung Fu Panda today. Wow, that was a short game. I mean, I didn't expect a lot from it, but it had to have been less than 10 hours.

I fell short of two Legendary Challenges, so I will have to see if I can go back through and play those levels (not sure if I can?). And I need to find 1 more rare coin to unlock the Shanghai multiplayer level. Got the rest of them though!

Anyway, it was a fun diversion while I was stuck in Chrono Trigger.:P Heehee. Now.... back to Chrono Trigger!!

I bought an Xbox!

Some games came with the set I bought, but none of them will boot up because they are scratched and/or covered in some sort of film (like toothpaste residue or something). I will have to have them re-surfaced.

I know I need to pick up Fable. I also know about Halo, but I'm not a big FPS fan.

What other Xbox exclusives do I need to get??

I didn't go out for the doorbuster sales, but I did go out in the afternoon to pick through what was left in stores with all the big sales. I found a few good PS2 deals:

• Dance Dance Revolution Supernova w/ dance pad - $15
• Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 - $10
• Tokobot Plus - $10

Also, about a week ago I found Tony Hawk's American Sk8land for $8.

I tried for Amazon's Animcal Crossing: City Folk Black Friday deal, but I didn't get it. I think that deal must have sold out in like 3 minutes.

All in all, I'm a pretty happy, thrifty gamer. :)

I..think...this game...could actually be fun. :shock:

Watch trailer.

 

So pretty...

So very, very excited! Now I just hope they don't f*** it up with motion control. And please, please, add online multi-player battles. Please.

I've been playing The World Ends With You. Is anyone else playing that?

Controlling the second character... wtf and how? My success rate at that is a crapshoot. :?

I've been playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village, finally. I didn't realize it was going to be allllll brainteasers. I thought there would be more adventuring in between the puzzles, a la Trace Memory. Blah. It's compelling enough that I'm still playing, though, so that says something. Thank god for GameFAQs, however, or I'd have given up ages ago. Too much maths! Me hate teh maths!

If I recall correctly, my SAT math score was something like half my verbal score.

I do very well at all the diagram puzzles though.

By the way, don't even bother buying any hints. Every hint I've bought so far just repeats the original problem in a new way. Gee, thanks, I know how to read. Now tell me something useful like which matchstick to move first.

This Penny Arcade comic pretty much sums it up.

I hate to say this but Hwoarang is really moving up on my list of characters I kick ass with in Tekken.

>_>

I hate to say it because my goto guy has always been Jin Kazama, and something just feels wrong about beating Kazama with his rival.

I am a little ashamed.

I've been playing Puzzle Quest.

That's really about it. :|

I've also been trying to use the mouse with my left hand because my right had has been a little achey--I think because I've been at my computer for way too long at a time. Take a break, you say? Never! I must adapt!

I'm getting better at it. Still pretty slow compared to using my dominant hand, but steadily improving. The only thing is, it makes my forearm tired, because I have to really focus on keeping my hand and wrist steady.