Well I finally got the red ring of death this week. My 360 started to go wonky and just freeze after 10 minutes of playing a game or watching a DVD and then after a day of this it just would give the RRoD. I filed a report online and should get a box soon, and after a few weeks have it back. The good part of in this tragedy is that it'll give me time to focus on other games on other consoles.

In the majority of my free time this week I've been playing Final Fantasy Adventure on the Game Boy. It's not really a FF, it's actually the first game in the Mana series. It was just titled a FF cause most people would rather play a FF than a no-name game, which is a disturbing trend these days. The game is just like the original Legend of Zelda, the gameplay is nearly identical, as is the quest, what sets it apart is, and presumibly gives it a right to use the FF moniker, is that you level up and distribute points for different attributes. The item system is close to LoZ as well, the A button is used for your weapons while the B button is what triggers your assigned item or magical spell. The only downside I can think of is the poor localization, also the story is quite weak and generic.

Outside of FFA I've been playing my Wii more, mainly Mario Kart Wii, I have plenty of unlockables to get and can devote some time to the online portion of it to get better. I'm thinking of starting a new game in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and finally beat it, but I'd also like to start Dewy's Adventure, so I don't know what I'll do.

I finished my volunteering this week on quite a weird note. I got more than enough hours to cover my scholarship requirements so I'm glad that's outta the way. I worked with two people primarily, the owner of the company and his secretary. Most of my time was with the secretary, she was very nice and almost too kind, she'd always offer to get me a drink from a gas station and would always apologize for everything. The owner was kinda condescending but he was rarely there so I didn't get a chance to know him. On the final day the secretary told me she was quitting because he hadn't been paying her. As she was writing her letter saying she was quitting he came in and then they had a fight I guess you would call it, but either way it was quite awkward. I don't know if she's still gonna work there but they had sorted it out, at least he thought he did, the worker at the bank was putting the checks into the wrong account. On two of the days there was another volunteer there, a girl named Yur, I think that's how you spell it. Didn't talk to her the first day but we talked for a good half hour and then went to lunch the next day.

Well my past week playing games hasn't been to extraordinary. As you may remember I have like 200 games to play and I started 2 new games to cut the list down. First off is Musashi: Samurai Legend on the PS2. It was developed by Square Enix and is an adventure game reminiscint of The Legend of Zelda series. From first impressions, I love the art style, it's a unique cel-shading different from others, the gameplay is rather slow however and the voice acting is over the top but I should play to the end.The other game I started was Beowulf on the 360. My first impressions of this game is that it's a stinking turd of a movie game. That's it. The only redeemable trait, and the only reason I'm playing it is for the easy achievements which are beginning to not be worth it, especially on hard.

I have stopped playing Breakdown (Xbox) at the last encounter because it is nearly impossible. I know that there's a slim chance of beating it but I've read what happens so I don't have much reason to do it. But I will still give it one more shot... eventually. I'd give my highest recommendations to Breakdown, it is truly a gem in the rough, the story is great and the perspective you play in is even better, the gameplay is so-so and if you play it save yourself a headache and play on easy. Now that I'm done plugging, I'm also in the last chapter of Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law on the Wii. I love the show so it's no surprise that I love the game. The writing is gold and the cases are intriguing, my only complaints stem from a lot of trial and error and that Steven Colbert didn't lend his voice to it. I also started playing Drill Dozer on the GBA which is another gem in the rough. It's a great 2D platformer done by the Pokemon guys showing that they can branch off, and do it well. The game is innovative, fun, and it pushes the GBAs hardware to the limits.

I bought my first WiiWare game and first impressions are good. Basically Gyrostarr is a Tempest clone. The graphics are actually really good, it's very neon to say the least. It has 4 player support with what looks like some fun controls (2 people sharing option) but from playing a few levels with the Classic Controller it's kinda jumpy but well worth it for $7.

I started volunteering at a business Tuesday and Thursday. It's called The Men In Pink and they offer support to people who have spouses or relatives going through any type of cancer. What I'm doing however is entering companies into a database, which I love. It's just the owner who is rarely there and the secretary. I'm volunteering for a scholarship and must get 40 hours by July 7, I've done 2 days and have 13, and I work there all next week except Friday.