Time sink

It's been a while since I last wrote a full-length blog entry on gaming... and it will probably be a little while longer before I write one.

Bottom line, I've been playing Chibi-Robo (massively cute and extremely clever), Tomb Raider Legend (good, but too short), Lego Star Wars II (always awesome) and Taito Legends 2 (love Qix and the Space Invaders sequels, so far not too impressed with much else).

I've now moved on to two games that, together, threaten to devour my soul for all eternity. Final Fantasy XII, which I had been saving for just such a summer drought, needs no introduction and will likely warrant a lengthy, pointless discussion from me at some point in the far-flung future. Picross DS is a little more low-key, but still completely awesome, since it's a collection of picross puzzles you can play using the touch screen, with hundreds of puzzles already on the game card and the promise of many, many more to be made available via download. Time well wasted.