Like a lot of people, I loved the Tony Hawk series, but felt that it was getting a little played out around the THUG/THUG2 era. Wasteland was a total waste.

I've started playing skate, and it's pretty fun. If anyone else has it and is up for a bit of online, just let me know! I'm still getting used to the sticks being the main drivers of the game, rather than the buttons, but I think I will prefer this eventually. I just wish there was a way to push without using your right hand.

In the gaming update realm (I'll only repost the whole list once in a while):

Finished:

Miami Nights: Singles in the City (DS) - A cheesy Sims ripoff, but fun while it lasted.
Cate West: The Vanishing Files (DS) - A really good time. It's mainly variations on "find these objects hidden in this picture", with a bit of "find the differences between these 2 photos" thrown in for good measure. Overall, enjoyable.

PS May have a big announcement soon - like in the next couple of days. And no, I'm not pregnant.

Played quite a bit this weekend, so time for an update. I'm going to keep the ones I've completed on the bottom, just so I feel accomplished at the end of the summer. Also, in case you wonder why the size of the list may change, there are many other games in my collection that I have yet to play, so if I pick one of those to play, I'll add them to the list (like Stranglehold).

Finished:

• Lego Batman (360) - Really, really a lot of fun. I like how they're evolving the Lego series. I wasn't a convert at first, but Lego Indiana Jones made me change my tune. I still need to collect achievements via free play, but I'll leave that for a rainy day. There are a lot of other stories I'd rather play through first.
• Unsolved Crimes (DS) - This is a good game, though it walks you through things a bit too much. Some of the later cases are quite gruesome, but I really enjoyed playing it.

Played enough of:

• Stranglehold (360) - This is as much fun as I thought it would be. The Tequila time (aka bullet time) set up is a lot of fun. I'm just not feeling the "shoot everything that moves" genre right now.

I also traded in a bunch of collection dead weight. I used to loathe trading in games, but there were several I bought cheaply to try out that I am no longer interested in. Good news is that their trade-in values were close to what I paid for them from a super sale a while ago.

To Play (new games added to the bottom of the list):

• Castlevania: SoTN
• Final Fantasy IX
• Dragon Quest VIII
• God Of War II
• Herdy Gerdy
• Ikaruga
• Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2
• Geist
• MediEvil
• Auto Modellista
• Legend of Zelda: TP
• Tales of Symphonia
• Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Mirror's Edge
• The Orange Box
• Civ Revolution
• 40 Winks - sounds cheesy enough for me
• Blazing Dragons - um Terry Gilliam? SOLD!
• Countdown Vampires, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary - Vampire "fun"?
• My Disney Kitchen - complete with verbal assault by Minnie for bad cooking
• No One Can Stop Mr. Domino - I love a challenge!
• Brave: The Legend of Spirit Dancer
• City Crisis
• Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer - bought this because I thought it was Sid Meier's Pirates
• Whiplash
• Norse by Norsewest - sequel to awesome PC game from "back in the day"
• Bode Miller's Alpine Skiing
• Easter Bunny's Big Day
• The Red Star
• Van Helsing
• Yakuza 2
• Xyanide
• Doshin the Giant
• Devil Kings
• Samurai Western
• Kessen
• Primal
• Seven Samurai 20XX
• Odama
• The Tower SP
• The Bible Game
• Broken Sword
• Call of Cthulu
• Miami Nights in the City (DS)
• Lego Star Wars: TCS (X360)
• Unsolved Crimes (DS) - 6/13
• Lego Batman (X360) - 6/13
• Me and My Katamari (PSP) - 6/10
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - 6/10
• The Warriors (PSP) - 6/10
• Assassin's Creed (X360) - 6/10
• Stranglehold (X360) - 6/14

Got some new games via Goozex and the "game fairy", so added these to the pile to play: Unsolved Crimes (DS), Miami Nights in the City (DS), Lego Star Wars: TCS (X360), Lego Batman (X360)

Finished:

• Me and My Katamari (PSP) - Excellent game, but the lack of 2 analog sticks makes play control harder than its PS2 cousins
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - Great game that makes me want to finally finish God of War 2 (PS2)

Played enough of:

• The Warriors (PSP) - too much like its console counterpart, which I finished a while ago. Got bored of it quickly.
• Assassin's Creed (X360) - What exactly is going on in this game? I mean, its storyline is so weird and its actions disjointed... Maybe I'll get back into it, but for now I'm done.

To Play (new games added to the bottom of the list):

• Castlevania: SoTN
• Final Fantasy IX
• Dragon Quest VIII
• God Of War II
• Herdy Gerdy
• Ikaruga
• Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2
• Geist
• MediEvil
• Auto Modellista
• Legend of Zelda: TP
• Tales of Symphonia
• Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Mirror's Edge
• The Orange Box
• Civ Revolution
• 40 Winks - sounds cheesy enough for me
• Blazing Dragons - um Terry Gilliam? SOLD!
• Countdown Vampires, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary - Vampire "fun"?
• My Disney Kitchen - complete with verbal assault by Minnie for bad cooking
• No One Can Stop Mr. Domino - I love a challenge!
• Brave: The Legend of Spirit Dancer
• City Crisis
• Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer - bought this because I thought it was Sid Meier's Pirates
• Whiplash
• Norse by Norsewest - sequel to awesome PC game from "back in the day"
• Bode Miller's Alpine Skiing
• Easter Bunny's Big Day
• The Red Star
• Van Helsing
• Yakuza 2
• Xyanide
• Doshin the Giant
• Devil Kings
• Samurai Western
• Kessen
• Primal
• Seven Samurai 20XX
• Odama
• The Tower SP
• The Bible Game
• Broken Sword
• Call of Cthulu
• Unsolved Crimes (DS)
• Miami Nights in the City (DS)
• Lego Star Wars: TCS (X360)
• Lego Batman (X360)