Whew. I haven't been on GS for a while now, but the need for some game tips has brought me back. In other news, I leveled up. Hooray. Level 12. Go me.

For Christmas, I recieved Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I'm not a gigantic Zelda fan, but I played The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the GBA a few years ago and enjoyed it. I wish I hadn't sold it, it was one of the best games I've ever played for the GBA. But I digress. This Zelda game is also one of the best DS games I've played. The best thing the Zelda games have going for them, in my opinion, is that they walk the fine line between difficulty and intuitivity. (Intuitive-ness?) They aren't easy, but they're not super difficult. Everything makes sense after you think about it for a while. The only time I had any real problems was on the second-to-last island, I couldn't figure out how get through the labrynth. But with the help of a well-written walkthrough, I figured it out. My favorite part of the game were the awesome boss fights. They were all very original. A very good game.

So I after I beat Zelda, and was back on GS, I started hunting down my next game to play. I had been kind of dissapointed in Final Fantasy Tactics (Which I may come back to, I just don't really want to yet,) and Jeanne D'Ark, so, to revive my faith in the SRPG genre, I decided to pick up Disgaea: Afternoon Of Darkness. I had read about it's great story and humor, and also heard about it's great replayability/addictivity. I'm glad I picked it up. I'm only on Episode 4, and it's already got me hooked! It was a little confusing at the start, but I can definitely see why so many people like it.

I think I might write a review for both these games in a week or two... that'll keep me busy.

Song of the Day: "This Is All I Came To Do" by Dinosaur Jr.

Being mostly a handheld gamer, I usually don't buy PC games. But I love playing many of the freeware games I've found over the interweb. Here's a few of my favorites, for your free gaming lesiure.

Tripline: I downloaded this one a while ago and just started to get into it again. It's an engaging puzzle game where the point is to connect three of the same shapes in a row, without ever crossing your previous lines. (Hmm... It's easier than it sounds in the first few levels, but it has a steady difficulty curve.) If they ever made this for the DS, I would be hooked!

Spheres Of Chaos: Warning: this game will make your eyes hurt. But it is awesome anyway. It's like 'Asteriods'... on crack. Every enemy is at least six bright colors, and when you blow stuff up, the whole screen erupts in multicolored psychedellic explosions. That's my kinda game.

N: No kidding. The game is actually called N. This is my favorite game of the three. You play as a little awesome ninja that's hunting for gold. The physics are beautiful. The deaths are glorious. And it's all for little square pieces of gold.

Anyhoo, you should do yourself a favor and go download these games. You won't regret it.

Song of the Day: "Every Thug Needs A Lady" by Alkaline Trio

So last night, I got kinda bored and got out some of my old GBA games. The first one I turned to was Mario Golf, and that was like, total nostalgia. (Okay, I know I'm only 15, but still! ) I played it for a little while, but then needed something less... difficult. I'm not saying it's really hard or anything, but I was half-watching TV at the time, and I just didn't wanna focus.

So I picked up my old Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland game. That was also one of my old standbys back in the day. I remember how I used to be able to beat the whole thing in about 2 hours, it's not that hard. But now, picking it up after a few years, it was more difficult than I remembered. But no less fun.

Anyhoo, I was kinda inspired by the game, so I started doodling... Here's the result. I like 'em.

Song of the Day: "Everything Is Alright" by Motion City Soundtrack

Oh heavens. It seems that i've been away from GS for far too long. I have lots to catch up on.

For instance, I just found out that Sony is now allowing the PSN on your computer, to directly download onto your psp. So now I can buy those PS1 games for my PSP! The only thing is, almost none of the PS1 games are worth buying. Seriously, every single one is either an obscure title or already has a sequel on the PSP. The only one i'm kinda interested in is Syphon Filter. This makes me frustrated. Hopefully, they'll release a bunch of new PS1 games when firmware 4.0 comes out... *hint hint final fantasy, please?*

My birthday is on the 3rd of December, and the only game I asked for is the new Legend Of Zelda for DS. Any reccomendations for Christmas? I'm thinkin' maybe Picross. I'm into puzzle games like sudoku, so I heard it might be interesting.

Ha, I downloaded a pack of new themes for my psp off the interweb after finding out you could change the appearance of the XMB with the new firmware. I loaded them on my psp and just started trying them out. I've found my favorite, but one that really cracked me up was the beef-looking one. I found out later that it was supposed to be a cookie-looking theme. ;D i still think it looks like beef.

Song of the Day: "Aerodynamic" by Daft Punk

I keep trying to post a blog, but i keep getting an error message, saying, "Your HTML is not well-formed - please check for unclosed tags." So what does that mean? What am I allowed to do in this blog text editor? What am I not allowed to do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.