What the up is

I haven't played a new game in weeks. Other than Smash Bros., it has been months even since I've tried something new and fresh out. I have been struggling to think of a topic to write about here at Laser Blade Games Div.

Now that it has been a year since I've gotten my XBox 360, I have finally cooled off on playing it at the insane rate I was up until Xmas. I still love it, and play it pretty often. But I've also been playing the Wii a lot more. I have so many games that I haven't even played half of the way through yet, and I am having a blast chipping away at all of them, all at once.

I don't stick to one game, then move onto the next. I'm constantly popping games in and out of both systems, switching the AV cables to go from XBox to Wii... Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, Undertow... I even started playing Shadowrun again. It's still great!

Back when I was 26, I used to be an XBox.com nerd. I'd be on there a several times a day at work, checking what my buddies were playing, checking gamerscores, even reading forums. Ah, to be young again.

Now that I am to be wed next month (!) and the bills are stacking up, I've become a much more frugal gamer. Actually, I think it's just that no games have come out that I want. Besides Smash Bros. of course. There are a few DS games that I might have bought if I weren't in the red, but really, the DS doesn't do it for me so much. I can't get into it. The only games I've gotten all the way through are New Super Mario Bros. (too easy, short) and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

So, I'll keep playing what I have until Gears of War 2 comes out.