consolesI can’t feel my arms.

As some of you may know from Engadget’s coverage, there are currently a lot of consoles in my house. In the past few days I’ve played a lot of new games, moved some muscles that aren’t used to that much commotion, had some dreams shattered, and gave myself a quasi-permanent eyestrain problem. A quick rundown:

The Xbox 360: I’ve surprised myself by how the Xbox continues to impress me. We’ve had it around forever, but I never really got into playing. That is, until we got Gears of War. Can someone say “most awesome game ever?” How about I do it for you. I think what makes this game so much more fun that other shooters is that you have to be slick about it. You can’t just go running around and blasting away. You have to be stealthy. It’s so much more fulfilling to sneak up on some Locust and chainsaw them in the back. Or face. Whatever.

In fact, I enjoyed this game so much that I decided to purchase a Gold account so I can play online. That was fun, too, except for when one dude told me to shut up. No, buddy, YOU shut up. If it weren’t for me the Cogs would’ve pwnd your butts all over the map. Humph.

The PS3: It’s really pretty. Genji is absolutely beautiful, but not all that fun. I probably shouldn’t judge it too much, because I didn’t actually play it for longer than 10 minutes. I need to see some more fun games, PS3. Get on it.

The Nintendo Wii: /cry. Wii Sports is fun, for the first 30 minutes or so. And then you’re like “OK, let’s move on to something a little more challenging.” Making a Mii avatar was cute, but there’s not all that much novelty there. I had very high hopes for Zelda, and I still do. The graphics aren’t where I expected them to be, even without HD. I got used to the gameplay of Zelda pretty quickly, but the story moves slow (initially, I haven’t left the village yet). Yeah, after an hour of playing I was just leaving the village and fighting some kobold-like dudes. It’s great to fight with the combination of the Wiimote and the nunchuk, but DAMN! My arms actually started hurting! I mentioned that on the podcast, but it’s even more true after a few hours of Wii-ing. Wii-ing? Oh, that’s terrible.

World of Warcraft: Even with all of these consoles around, I probably spent the most time this weekend in WoW. I went up two levels, to 55, and so now I’m even closer to making it to 60 before the Burning Crusade comes out. I’ve been listening into my guild’s MC runs over Vent, so I can get a feel for what it’s like to be in one of the major raids. It’s such a huge time investment, but since I’m looking forward to endgame content it seems worth it right now. I hope I feel that when when it’s all said and done.

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