Yes, it’s been quiet on the PS3 front. But, as with every console launch, you can’t expect the first year to be great. We’ve only had a hand full of good titles on 360, and the great games are still for late 2007.

So, both consoles are not getting much love. But there are still small gems that get released once in a while and I’d hate to miss out.

First up, Pac-Man Championship Edition. Honestly, I’ve never enjoyed playing Pac-Man, but after seeing the 1UP show of last week, I had to give this complete make-over a try. And I love it! It’s got that same short adrenaline rush experience as Geometry Wars:Evolved used to give.

As for the PS3, not much new happened on the games front. It’s still a beautiful machine, made by people with good taste (awesome gui/music visualizer/etc .. it has Sony written all over it) and the cheapest Blu-Ray player out there. And damn, how could we ever have lived without!

I bought the BBC’s documentary Planet Earth on Blu-Ray. It is jaw-dropping. The most beautiful scenes of nature you will ever see, things you’ve never witnessed before in amazing high resolution detail. One negative thing though,… DVD will always look crap from now on… Now let’s hurry up with more BR releases plz k tnx!

And after a long wait, Calling All Cars, a PSN game by the creator of God of War, finally arrives in Europe. It’s supposed to be an awesome multiplayer game (preferably with everyone in the same room), with a sort of NBA Jam feel to it… I think we can’t go wrong with that! Also, WipEout, the PS1 original, is available and will be tried again just for its soundtrack alone.

Ha! How do you like that! Not one, not two,… but three sets of pictures (although small sets but still).

First up, a few shots of the fireworks in our little town, dating from last year though. Always very impressive what they do with our tax money. Worth checking out each time though.

Next up, Christmas 2006! It’d be called London 2006 if we’d have taken more pictures during our 2 day shopping spree, but hey, we were in a hurry!

And finally, our trip to Barcelona, where we met up with Franky, a fellow Orphan from World of Warcraft and crazy New-Zealander, together with his girlfriend Iwona!

Finally! I’ve been waiting for these for ages now! My pc (Elke’s old pc) is really starting to show its age (and installing Vista was NOT I repeat NOT a good idea… on any pc). Since the Macbook Pro was due for an update since long, I’ve waited… and waited. And it finally paid off!

Announced at 2:45pm CET and ordered a few minutes later, I couldn’t be happier! Well, I could, if it wouldn’t take weeks to arrive… That’s what you get with BTO of course, me and my bright idea of preferring QWERTY and 7200rpm HDD …

Still, good times ahead. No more World of Warcraft at 1024×768 (lowest settings)! Among other things … !