Welcome to another edition of my feature where I'll round up the games/music/movies I've been indulging in for the past month. Let's just get right into it.

Games

• Team Fortress 2
• Publisher: Valve Software
• Developer: Valve Software

Didn't play all that much this month. Just put in several hours a couple of times a week at best. Barely played the new mode and maps, only unlocked a few Heavy achievements. What does this mean? Am I getting tired of Team Fortress 2? I don't think so really, but it's been 10 months already, it's only natural that my activity has diminished somewhat.

• Mass Effect
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: BioWare

Mass Effect is a great game that I thoroughly enjoyed. It definitely has its issues and faults - even major disappointments, but still a great game. Definitely a promising start for the series, if BioWare takes it in the right direction, it could grow into something truly spectacular. I took a crapload of screenshots (some are really, really nice), check them out. [Screens]

• Eets
• Publisher: Klei Entertainment
• Developer: Klei Entertainment

Eets is a really cool puzzle game in the vein of Lemmings in that you cannot control the character itself, but you use items and the environment to guide him to the required goal. The puzzles are fun and inventive and the game sports a wonderful art-styIe. It's available on Steam and Live Arcade. I've uploaded a gameplay video/walkthrough on one puzzle. [Puzzle]

Movies

• Death Proof
• Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
• Starring: Kurt Russell
• 2007

Death Proof is a fantastic movie in which Tarantino once again reinvents himself this time using the concept of a grindhouse movie. Eight hot chicks, one hot rod and an awesome soundtrack make up a movie that oozes with styIe and delights at every turn.

Rating: 9

That's it for this edition. Hope you guys enjoyed it. If you haven't already, check out these games, check out the movies, leave comments, and take it easy. This is UpInFlames, signing off.

Last night I saw Death Proof. It's a fantastic movie because Tarantino just doesn't do any other kind, but admittedly it caught me completely off guard. Death Proof was advertised as a grindhouse feature about a mad killer of the road played by Kurt Russell. Sure, there's some of that in there, but that's not what this movie is really about - Death Proof is a chick flick! However, since this is Tarantino, it's a chick flick you'll enjoy as well - hell, you'll probably enjoy it a lot more than your girlfriend. But there's no escaping the fact that this movie is about chicks - really cool chicks at that. They drink, do crazy stuff and actually have something interesting to say.

It really is incredible to see Tarantino completely reinvent himself time after time while still remaining true to his overall writing/directing styIe. You can totally recognize his writing, but it's not like he took Vincent Vega's and Jules Winnfield's lines and applied them to women. Ok, there's some of that in there which is cool as hell by the way, but for the most part, this is written for chicks in mind. Not women, not girls, not females - but chicks. Hang it up, daddy.

I'm not sure what exactly triggered this, but lately I've had this strong craving to play The Sims 2 again. The thing is, I only have the original game. I've been thinking about getting an expansion pack or two. Or three. Or....EIGHT?! What the hell, EA has sure been busy.

I looked them all up and I'm most interested in the following:

So basically, I'm wondering if any of you guys played any of these titles? I don't usually seek advice on which game to buy because I know what I want, but there's quite a few of these expansions so I want to know which ones are most worthy additions to the core game. Especially since The Sims series is one of the very rare PC games that refuses to go down in price.

So...HALP!