Well, Lately Ive been in a bit over my head with all of the games that need playing on my shelf. Since Christmas, Ive been primarily focused on playing/completing Eternal Sonata, but Ive also got Prince of Persia and Disgaea 3 started. On the side Im dabbling in Castlevania X Drcaula Chronicles, and Gunpey on the PSP along with watching anime. Why cant the days be a little longer... there just isnt enough time...

Anyways, for the impressions, Eternal Sonata: Beautiful game. The art ****and character design is very pleasing and detailed.The variation in the locales you visit are very refreshing, and are some of the most unique Ive seen in a while. Monster inhabited crystal caves to colorful yet "spooky" cemetaries infested with spirits to huge blossom and people laden kingdoms.Bright colors are plentiful, and it actually cheers me up a bit while playing it. The music is excellent, featuring intermissions between every chapter in which a piano piece by Chopin is played along with giving a brief account of portions of his life. These intermissions/score pieces are so peaceful/beautiful that I have a hard time staying awake to be honest. Not in a bad way though. The story is the weak point of the game, but still is engaging enough to see it through to the end. Oh, and the combat system is one of the best Ive seen in an action RPG. Love it. 9.0 for me.

Prince of Persia: The game is a disappointment to me. Being built on the Assassins Creed engine, I should have known this game would be repetitious and "not my cup of tea", but the art ****really conned me into asking for it for christmas. Well, after the 3 or so hours Ive played it, I can officially say its mediocre at best, however combat and boss battles are entertaining and its covered in enough coats of ****and artsyness to redeem it at least a fraction. 7.0

Disgaea 3: Old school ****RPG goodness. Definitely the ideal example of gameplay-graphics. Its got an engaging strategic combat system, tons of humour, and one of the best casts of characters around including the ridiculous, lovable prinnies. With 100's of hours of gameplay and a ridiculously steep learning curve, I can tell Ill be spending much too much time with this game.

Dracula X Chronicles is an awesome remake of the game Rondo of Blood that never made it stateside. Also features a revamped version of Symphony of the Night, and the original Rondo of Blood. So, being a big Castlevania fan since the NES, its needless to say Im enjoying the hell out of this game. Glad I finally got to play it. Gunpey is a pretty unique puzzler, but I feel it tried to cash in on the Lumines craze and fell short. Fun none the less. They get a 9.0 and a 7.5 respectively.

As for anime, Ive finished Makai Senki Disgaea, which was a fun watch. Not too deep, but thats kinda what Im in the mood for at the moment. Characters are funny, and they get into some hilarious escapades. Id give it an 8/10. Also purchased the Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu dvd collection, which is also a comedy. Im three epidsodes in to that so far, and im loving it.

Anyways, wow. Long blog is long. Hope everyones enjoying the new year, and is sticking to their resolutions, provided you set any. I myself have resolved to either get another job FINALLY or go back to college. Im having a hard time making up my mind on this.

Worst of worstest. I should stick with GTA: SA. So stupid game. They spend years for nothing. Didn't expect that :( . What do you guys think?