So far, free Guitar Hero Van Halen rocks. Need to take guitar hero 5 back to the store because it keeps freezing in career mode, but the guitar is great, and the free extra game is awesome too. First two songs, Panama and Runnin with the Devil. Awesome stuff, and great guest acts so far including Blink 182, Billy Idol, the newer song Stacy's Mom, and more to come.

had an offer from a co-worker's son to buy used games, and finally got off my backside and sold 13 games at a reasonable price in between trade-in and ebay since I continue to not find the time to sell used games (or go back and finish them). It was time though since not only do I have GTA chinatown wars, but I got the gift of a couple mario games at birthday time this summer as well as buying the next layton game on the DS, and I have plenty to do when traveling for away tournaments (I still coach which kills my time at the gaming console).

But the real plus side is that I put a dent in the time I think I need to finish some games and made some time and money available to get a disc of arcade games, GH5, send away for GH Van Halen, borrowed GH Smash Hits, plus just picked up Halo 3 ODST. Between those, some more achievements on Halo 3 I forgot to get, and the songs yet to play on the bevy of other rock games, I am going to be busy busy.

plus i finally figured out how to get my DS online (had to switch my home network security settings and then update the computer, laptop and the xbox) so I got some extra puzzles for Layton and some cool stuff for GTA Chinatown wars.

p.s., if you like puzzles at all, Professor Layton 1 and 2 are great games. But don't forget to bookmark a hint guide on your computer. You might need it.

Just a quick recomendation, if you have a DS, and like GTA at all, you need to get GTA Chinatown wars. Very fun, lot's of stuff to do, good driving controls, able to lock in and fight, etc. There is also the extra of good drug dealer side missions to make money that reminds me of an old freeware game I think a lot of us played where you would buy drugs at a low price and try to sell them at a high price without getting busted. I have no idea of the name (it was probably druglord or drug wars or something) but GTA captures that. The PDA you use to navigate menus and the gps to find your way around works great and so far the missions are fun, and not too easy, not too hard. I would have given the game a 10 if it wasn't so easy to get busted. I had $5k worth ofecstacy and hit a telephone pole, cop drags me out of the car and BOOM, back to no money, no drugs. I considered seeing how far I could throw the DS, but was able to calm myself, go to my safehouse, get some coke, and make some money to start working myself back from zero.