73 Stars in Mario, and counting. I'm doing a lot of the comet levels now and holy dear lord are they evil.

Resident Evil 4.... let's just say I'm a little obsessed with it now. I'm on the second to last chapter (just killed "It" and Jack Krauser... talk about fracking intense/difficult battles!!) and I'm almost to the end. Totally looking forward to doing the "Separate Ways" and "Assignment Ada" missions too -- hellbent on that Chicago Typewriter weapon. I think it'd be wicked to just run around mowing everything down. Wendybeth, if you go thru the game a second time, do you keep all your weapons at the end of the second playthrough for playthroughs 3+?

Money is kinda tight right now tho, unfortunately -- there's that whole "Xmas Gifts" and "Cruise" thing to pay for soon -- so I guess GHIII and/or DDR will have to wait until after a tax refund :P

Yes, you do- so long as you play on that save game section. I've been taking a break from it, but I think I need to play it again.:D

Have you seen the RE5 trailers? It looks a lot like RE4 but set in Africa or something.... Of course, the Ps3 version looks frigging gorgeous, but if they make a Wii version it will be worth giving up the graphics to play with the fantastic controls.

No, I haven't- I'll have to go and check the website. Too cool- a new Splinter Cell and a new RE to look forward to!

Glad to hear you like RE4. I bought it for Alex and he later said he had no interest in it - but qualified that by saying it was because he's not familiar with the game. It was cheap though, so I'm not returning it. Just glad to hear he'll probably like it :) Got him some other games he specifically asked for, like Mario Galaxy.

I can't imagine he won't like it, Morri- it really is fun. It's not a game I would have normally picked up, but I am so glad I did.

It keeps my interest for about 40 minutes once or twice a week. I'm in Chapter 3 somewhere (I don't know how many there are).

It is very old school in that action is very linear and movements paths are pretty rigidly defined with minimal puzzles. It took me a bit of adjustment to get back into that mode of thinking.

I'm enjoying it (and have come to appreciate the controls though that is still a reason I start to weary after about 40 minutes) though.

WOOOOOT! I beat RE4 last night. Blasted that bitch into oblivion -- on my very first try too! Now that I don't need any power-ups or anything for the second run-thru, it was funny to play the first part of the game again with the souped-up weapons.... really the very beginning was the hardest part of the game for me! But this time around - bambambam with my Exclusive Red9 and those bastards dropped too their knees faster than Paris Hilton. Aaah, bliss!

Now you have time to look around for all the goodies you might have missed first time around because zombies were trying to rip your head off.:D

GD and I have been messing around with the Wii Sports fitness thing. It's wonderfully silly. At one point I supposedly had the physique of a 72 year old. :p

Our addiction to Everybody Votes and Check Mii Out is undeniable. They don't update fast enough! I never thought I'd actually mess with making strange Miis, but now I made a gingerbread man for the contest, and I can't wait for the next one. :D Too much fun.

Interesting though, all 3 of these "games" involve competition, and 2 involve competition between GD and I. No wonder we love them. ;)