Hey everyone.

I'm still around, like GPFontaine said. I check in to see what's going on every now and again and, yeah, sorry about the Dr. Boll thing.

It scares me how believably I can emulate that guy...

However, I am most certainly *not* M3GA MAN. Dear Lord no...

GPFontaine's right, too, about the DPP. It is actually backed up this time. I just felt silly paying for web hosting when I updated once every... three? four? months. I won't lie, though. The bug is creeping up on me again. Maybe it's dissatisfaction with the current state of gaming. I'm not sure. I feel like I'd *rather* play crappy FMV games than a lot of the new stuff that's coming out, no matter how well-reviewed it has been.

Actually, I'll mini-rant about that. What IS coming out?

I think right now I'm excited about Lego Batman, a new DS Castlevania, Animal Crossing for the Wii, and the Bioware Sonic RPG. This year's E3 really took the wind out of my videogaming sails. It doesn't help that my television likes to make up its own mind about whether it wants to stay on or not. Plus, work has been ridiculously busy. Lastly, I find myself wondering what the hell I'm doing with my life and I feel like I'm *Gasp* wasting time gaming. Granted, I'm not doing anything substantially better when I'm not gaming, but you know how it goes. I'll snap out of that.

I've been playing "Spore", though not that much honestly. Like a lot of Will Wright's stuff is has some fascinating elements. I'm not, however, losing hours to it the way I did to "The Sims" when I first got my hands on it. I'm most of the way through "Portal" ("test" 18 of 19) and that's been fairly enjoyable. I find that steam has been a Godsend for getting my hands on some great deals ("Beyond Good and Evil" for five bucks, "Portal" for ten, and "Bioshock" for fifteen? Yes, please!).

Oh, and I find it incredibly amusing that Marky Mark has gone from being a Sega CD "Make My Video" star to headlining the cinematic adaptation of the "Max Payne" series.