So, like, what's Final Crisis about?
I do not even know. Although Countdown is supposedly leading directly into Final Crisis, it's not very good at making things clear. Moreso than any book I've read in recent memory, Countdown seems to require a straight readthrough - none of this one-issue-a-week crap - in order to piece it all together. And even then, it seems like the point is to generate mystery, rather than explain things. Eh.
I can't tell if Final Crisis is going to be Darkseid vs. the DCU or what. Was everybody in Monarch's army killed when Earth-51 exploded? I'm just barely keeping track of all this via Wikipedia. Which is where I learned that the cool-ass evil Scarab Beetle from Countdown: Arena was from the Zoo Crew Earth! Holy crap!
Pre-ordered MGS4.
Having successfully navigated the confused and wandering thought processes of GameStop employees, I now have $5 in on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Already watched the Saga Vol 2 DVD... which is just another twenty minute overview of the entire series, but delivered with the unbeatable MGS art direction that kicks ass every damn time.
And now I have my key for the Metal Gear Online beta, which starts in mid-April. So there's something to do for the week before GTAIV comes out.
What is going on with Crossbow Training pricing?
Link's Crossbow Training was $20 at the end of last year. Now it's $25 everywhere. What the heck happened? Price of plastic going up?
Kingdom Hearts TCG expansion out and awesome.
Although I've already forgotten how to play the game, I'm heartened by the four boosters I bought this week. A big problem with the initial release was a sort of boring selection of cards... but I've already pulled plenty of Jack Skellington, Hercules, Beast, Jiminy Cricket, Mushu, Peter Pan, and two-thirds of Huey, Dewey and Louie. I also now have a much nicer selection of Worlds... which is great because the first set pretty much only allowed a deck full of Traverse Town cards.
We're suitable for entertaining.
Although we moved a year ago, we hosted our first New House Game Night this weekend. The main attractions were the dual forces of Rock Band and Smash Bros, but there was even a little LocoRoco. And on the tabletop front, two games of TaleSpin and three of Chrononauts. Everybody else took more interesting pictures than I did, so I'll wait until they fill their Photobuckets before reporting more on this epic event.
