Blargh. Time to get back to classes tomorrow.

Oh well, It's no big deal. Just less time for games again. On that note: I got a lot of gaming time in. During the Summer, I started tracking all of the games I had unfinished, and have been trying to finish them. Much easier thanks to Backloggery.com, by the way.

• Over the summer, I finished 6 games.
• Started 3 playthroughs of old games, which I didn't finish.
• Nearly finished 3 others.
• Made some progress in 4 others.

Overall, not bad. Any other Gamespotters out there get any quality gaming during the hotter months?

...is the the sound my computer made. It seems that it was a little off-balance, and the fan over the graphics card got caught on something, causing it to snap off and break the plastic frame holding it in place. It still works, but no more graphics-intensive games for a while I think.

It was a pretty competent Nvidia GeForce 6600. I don't do too much PC gaming, but I'd like something comparable.

Anyone got a suggestion for a relatively cheap replacement?

Wii Sports is fun and all, but it can't hold your attention for too long (though Star Tropics on the Virtual Console is an excellent time killer.) I finally picked up Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy yesterday, and it's been lot of fun. I sat down and played SSBB with my sister for a couple hours and a bit of SMG. My dad just might be addicted to Galaxy, he seems to be playing it at every opportunity.

I also took up GameMaker a couple days ago. I'm just fiddling around with it for fun, but maybe I'll put up a tiny game soon. I'm starting to get the hang of things. It's surprisingly easy to learn.