In my waiting for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to be released, I decided I needed to keep myself busy with some other game...

I wanted to get Galactic Civilizations II, but had some trouble getting a copy. Normally, as GameStop is only 3 blocks away (I'm in New York City), I would always go there. But, as I had a large gift card to Electronic Boutique, I went 20 blocks to their store. When I got there, they said the game was pretty old and they were out-of-stock ... it was released 3 weeks ago.

So, since I wanted to use the gift card, I went online to ebgame.com. I ordered the game on March 3rd with 3 days shipping. On March 9th, I got impatient and decided to check on my order. When I visited their site and entered my tracking number, I was informed that the order wasn't even shipped yet. If it's "out of stock", then let me know when I order it! So, I canceled my order, and decided to let me gift card sit for awhile. I might as well save it for the PS3 whenever it comes out.

Now, with my order canceled, and no new games to play, I decided to go back to some older games. I dug out Rome: Total War and reinstalled the game. This game is fantastic. At first, before I could play a full campaign, I had to replay the prologue missions ... which were dull. But, once that was completed, I choose Alexandria as my new nation and went on to conquer the known world. The game has some great elements. As a strategy game, it is highly addiction - I was up til 2 in the morning saying, "Just one more turn" over and over again. As an action game (the battles), they are pretty intense and you never get the same battle. There are some minor flaws, but I wont go into them here. Anyway, I found something to keep me busy til March 20th.