A Man And His Dinosaur

I've got a new favorite game! For now. That is subject to change upon my acquisition of StarCraft II. But for now, I've been playing around in the Halo universe with both Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST. If you don't have it, Borrow it or buy it. It is worth it. The only thing that could make it better would be if you could get it for free. Which I did. The local video game store, Game Over, had a used copy for $29.95. But they were offering 20% off due to the fact that the original game box was missing. On top of that, I received an additional 15% off because I'm a member. That brought the total down to around $20. Now, you might be wondering how I got . this for free. Well, it helps if you have over $30 in store credit. On to the next game.

Mini Ninjas! Cait used her Game Stop gift card to get this and she loves it! She runs around as, well.. a mini ninja. The ninja fights mini samurai and saves all of the forest creatures from enslavement from the evil warlord. Besides being adorable (her words!) she says that its a great way to unwind and kind of veg out. No real thinking involved. Besides the main quest, on each level, you can find plans, shrines, statues, animals and other things that almost amount to a side quest. And since we got it for the XBOX 360, it should be some fairly easy achievement point. I think at some point I'll run through it and grab the achievment.

For our third game of the evening, Alden (Cait's brother) got her Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii. While we haven't played this yet, I know Cait is really excited to get started on it. I am too. It means that I can have the XBOX back to play ODST! Of course it won't be in full HD glory, but oh well. That just means that we need a new TV for the bedroom (hint hint). But as for now, there isn't much I can really say about this game. I'll write something after we've played it. And now, I leave you with this:

Halo Me This

Happy Video Game Day! That's right folks, today is Video Game Day. Not to be confused with National Video Game Day which is on September 12th. I would like to thank Shawn for the title of this post by the way. I felt that he needed to be acknowledged for his contribution for this post. I know I intend to celebrate tonight with what will hopefully be the final battle in Dragon Age. And although the consoles (like the big 3 you see above) are what people primarily refer to, we can't forget about those that helped pave the way. Ones such as the Atari (any will do), Nintendo (once again, pick any), Sega (I mainly remember Mortal Combat at my friend's house. That and Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast.), and who can forget the arcades? I've read that in Japan, Sega has developed an arcade that updates your Twitter as you play.

And while all of those mentioned (and I'm sure there's some that I've forgotten), We can't discount the computer. I know Cait will be celebrating as well by playing the Sims 3 Ambitions. From what I've heard, that game is pretty fun. But in all seriousness, we can't continue to let these little known holidays continue to slip by unnoticed. I say we stand up and let the world know about these! Or I could just be rambling and looking for an excuse to play video games. Who knows? I wish you all the best as you celebrate this holiday!

- Brent