Merry Something!

It seems everytime I move my writing tends to take a backseat to life as it happens. Well I finally found a new apartment last week and I'll be moving in by the first of January, so hopefully things will settle down a bit and my posting on this blog will become a little more regular. As for today, I just wanted to jot down a few quick notes before grabbing some breakfast at Shitty's. 

1. Kate leaves for Maui tomorrow, and while making her a mix cd it occurred to me that I need to start finding more new music. There are cobwebs forming on the shelves and in the corners of my dreary Ipod Library.

2. Super Mario Galaxy is the best 3-D platform game I have every played in my entire life. Every adventure Mario has ever had seems to have been building towards this epic flight through the cosmos. Kate and I play it together every chance we get. It makes me feel like a kid on my NES again. Pure joy. 

3. Sin & Punishment: Successor to the Earth for the Wii's Virtual Console is a must-buy. I was an N64 gamer and remembered eyeing strange import games like this in magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and Gamepro, crushed that I'd never have access to them. Thank you so much to Treasure for re-releasing this lost classic. Sin and Punishment is the swan-song to the N64, and even seven years old, it still has a lot to offer purely from a gameplay and story perspective. Fans of Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, and Ikaruga take note: Sin & Punishment is your new favorite game. I can't wait until the sequel comes out for the Wii in 2009! Check out the trailer below:

4. Bill Willingham's Vertigo series Fables is much better than I initially gave it credit for. I still have my reservations about the art, but Willingham's scripts are perfect, and have managed to completely drawn me into the fantastic struggle between the residents of Fabletown and the forces of the Adversary. I'm currently halfway through Volume 3: Storybook Love, and have taken the next four volumes out from the public library to read over the holidays. We'll see how it takes for me to start reading the spin-off series: Jack of the Tales.

5. Atlantis Coffee, the coffee shop where I work in downtown Regina, has finally fixed whatever was wrong with the stereo system. Translation: we can now play our own music at work again. Fuck yes!

6. In case I don't get the opportunity to say this before the day arrives: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!