Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve updated you all on what I’ve been up to. I presume the previous posts did give you some ideas ;) but to keep this site a bit consistent, it’s time to list it anyway. So, 2 weeks… here we go!

/played
Dead Rising (360)
Although an awesome game, with amazing graphics and my favourite enemies in of time… zombies, I didn’t play that much yet. It’s worth getting a 360 for though. It’s Dawn of the Dead, the videogame. No better way to describe it. You’ve never seen such a realistic shopping mall and such perfect representations of zombies in a game ever!

Phoenix Wright (DS)
I’ve played the hell out of this game. For an adventure/detective/lawyer game, it’s very addictive, not to mention LONG! The 4 first cases take a lot of time and are just ports of the old GBA version, but the last case takes as much time as the entire GBA game together! It’s nice to see how Capcom added the DS specific extras to this case, with 3D animation and dusting for fingerprints, which requires you blowing in the mic and using the stylus. They knew such a long extra case might get the player yawning and with all these additions to the gameplay during this final case, the crazy characters you meet and the twisting and turning of the plot, it keeps you excited until (and after) the credits roll. Probably the best title to date, on the DS. The sequel can’t come too soon.

Xenosaga 1 (ps2)
Getting back into an RPG is hard after not touching it for weeks, but the story pulls you back in quite quickly. Just a pitty I don’t have that much spare time for an 80 hour RPG. Certainly not 80 hours episodes…

Ultimate Ghosts n’ Goblins (psp)
It’s beautiful, but it’s dead hard. It does make you want to throw that PSP out of the window, but instead I just put it aside :P. Maybe some day I’ll try again. Only because it’s soo pretty.

Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (psp)
I really suck at stealth games. The stories of the MGS series always intrigued me, but I could never get far before getting frustrated. This solves it however, a digital comic explaining me the world of Snake, without the annoying gameplay (this sure won’t make me friends with the MGS hardcore :D)

Lego Star Wars 2 (ps2)
I love the old Star Wars movies and I love Lego. It’s a perfect combination! It’s really funny and even fun to play, but trying to stay awake? Coffee might help. It’s not that interesting, except for the fact you are replaying all the movies in the Lego universe. Although quite entertaining, only advised to the Star Wars hardcore.

Tales of Legendia (ps2)
I’m not technically playing it, but it’s keeping me from playing anything none portable :D I got Elke addicted to the damn game. It has beautiful music though and the cartoon sequences are drawn by people from Ghibli, so you can’t go wrong there. Although I didn’t like the combat system, Elke doesn’t seem to mind. She’s in for about 15 hours now. Dunno how much to go before I get the TV back ;)

/watched
Family Guy
Some random episodes. Still cracks me up.

Futurama
Same. Funny. One day I’ll get all on DVD. Or Blu-Ray ^^

The Big Lebowski
My kind of movie. Due to being sick last week I could catch up on some dvds lying around here, and although not amazing, still very much worth a watch.

Super Size Me
Watched it a second time, best way to keep yourself away from fast food and anything else that’s bad for your health. Awesome documentary.

House of Flying Daggers
I had this dvd here for way too long. Finally, also due to my sick days off, I found the time to watch it. Although I did prefer Hero, it’s a great movie none the less. The bamboo scene was just “wow” :D

Pirates of the Carribean 2
If you love the first, you’ll love this one. It keeps you on your toes for the 3rd though, but it’s the first time in months I gave money to go to the movies and it was worth it!

/listened to
My Neighbour Totoro OST
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence OST
Various Aerosmith songs
Some Xmas songs (if you know me, you’d say I’m late :P)

That was exhausting… Anyway, I’m back on track with my gaming! The PSP finally has some fun titles again, the DS got recharged a zillion times thanks to Phoenix Wright and both 360 and ps2 have some nice titles waiting for me to finish.

Speaking of consoles, I went ahead and pre-ordered me a Wii. And sure, you’re all invited if you bring your own Wii-mote! ^^ 2 months to go!

And the Belgian Wii site is up and running: http://wii.com/nlbe/.

249 Euro is what most people expected (although I went for much less) but it’s still cheap compared to 360 and PS3. Sort of. We are paying 60 dollars more than the US and 100 more than Japan, so if you know a cheap way to import, I’d advice it. Which will be no problem, since the Wii will be region free for most of the part.

Too excited but also too scared to hear the EU release date/price. The Wii launch is following the same pattern as the DS launch,… so is it possible we get the Wii only in March? … and for 100 dollar more than our Japanese friends?

It better not be true, but seeing as I’m pretty sick today I’m gonna lay back in the sofa, put my mind on something else and wait it out :P Someone send me a text message when the EU news is out please. Thank you come again ;)

Seeing these videos shows some very nice and powerful iPhoto-like application for the Wii, but I don’t really get it. First of all, the Wii isn’t HD, so you’re pictures will look pretty crappy and low-res on a tv. And what about storage? Can I just watch pictures on SD cards?

I don’t see the point, but it looks fancy none the less ;)

Seems the Wii will play more roles in your living room, than you’d expect! Check the videos here!

Thanks to Yuki

Check it out here! That’s a lot of new titles :D … Suddenly I don’t mind the PS3 being delayed.

Tnx to Yuki

USA anyway. Nothing on EU yet. But that doesn’t sound good. Usually the dollar just gets replaced with the Euro, so I can’t say I’m too happy :/

Tnx to Kotaku

He ain’t no kitten no more! Since Myuu joined the family he’s acting more like daddy kitten ;)

Not so much hidden if you’re the patient type. Just don’t press start at the main screen, let the zombies make their way to the mall and you’ll be treated to a fun little movie about a mother and her daughter driving through the night into a horde of zombies.

I let the demo main screen loop for ages, so didn’t expect to see anything in the retail version either. But there was, and it’s a nice extra none the less.

My wallet is singing Oh Happy Day even though I’m crying. Us Europeans are seriously being screwed over again. A 5 month delay when a worldwide release was promised, damn it!

Anyway, guess I’ll be spending my PS3 cash on Gears of War and DOAX2 now…