After going around the office it was finally my turn to succumb to the dreaded flu so I'm spending the day on the couch wrapped up in a blanket. And with this I finally have some time to sit and play games. I guess some good can come from the bad after all!

I've been trying to make some progress on Dark Messiah this morning, but it is extremely hard to continue while fault after fault slow me down. From little things like arrows not registering a hit when they should, up to massive bugs like falling through the beach twice! I think I might just give up and start playing Burnout Paradise which has sat on my game rack since it was launched.

I should clarify that when I say "I finally have some time to sit and play" I mean I can play through some of the longer games I've been putting off like Dark Messiah, Burnout and DoW Soulstorm. It seems that for the last week any time I've had spare has been eaten away by the XBL Arcade, more specifically the Catan game. I don't know why it is but boardgames on Arcade just get to me, as previously seen with Carcassonne. And if Microsoft ever release more boardgames I may just be lost forever!