I am loving that games are finally getting recognition as an art form. While in the unlikeliest of places, an assisted living facility, I overheard the familiar music from the Wii main menu. I had to look around to make sure I wasn't just hearing things and went back to what I was doing once I realized it wasn't just me. I wonder what the casual media will be when I am in one of those facilities decades from now? Hopefully I won't have to find out since health has a huge impact on our lives but I'm sure you get my point.

Those of you who know me know that I am a long haul truck driver. Since I am away from home so frigging much (can't really put it in nicer terms since I miss the family every day) and with space on my truck at a premium, I am having to move away from console gaming (which is the medium at home) to PC gaming with a laptop (a fairly self-explanatory move). This is all still relatively new to me and my laptop being bare-bones, I am even more limited than most other users. Moving on to a more accessible topic though, these are the type of games that I would love to have on my Ultimate Gaming Machine (hereafter abbreviated to UGM):

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Grand Theft Auto IV

Spore

Assassin's Creed

Civilization IV (which I am able to play on the truck now......good game)

Command and Conquer series

Fallout 3

Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe (with decent graphics this would help me be less homesick......or possibly more homesick depending on my mood)

And there you have it! Hopefully I will one day be able to have a good rig (both in terms of computer and truck) to where I can socialize with the family more than just talking on the phone ie whooping the family at whatever game. Happy trails and happy gaming!

To register or not to register a game console after you have purchased it, that is the question. Well speaking from firsthand experience, even though an annoying process, in the end it could relieve you of a lot of stress. Coming from the former owner of a PS3 and a Wii who were both stolen, I can testify to the stress and annoyance and just pure frustration that comes from someone taking a material possession that was still part of your life. I paid well over $1,500 for all the items that I have listed in my collection and now I only happen to retain Resistance:Fall of Man and Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion in my physical collection. Now begins the task of rebuilding after disaster and havoc. I will keep all posted here and on my MySpace (www.myspace.com/wolverinesnightmare) as best I can. My first task: to get a job starting back from the bottom. Cue the dramatic music that always starts off the 80 hour adventure games!