Miraculously, I haven't touched video games in almost a month! Sure I've played the occasional Guitar Hero at the bar on Monday nights, but actually sitting down to play a game... well I don't even know what that's like anymore. And I should be thinking - I've kicked my video game addiction! I am stronger than most! But actually I'm kind of depressed. I need some kind of heavy RPG to get me back in the swing of things.

I have a few games that I've never touched - Super Paper Mario, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, MGS3 that someone is letting me borrow, Chrono Cross, which one should I start with? Hm... Either way, hopefully playing some games will make me interested in video game news, because I'm kind of bored with all the news that's been floating around lately. Or maybe I'm just not interested in the games that are coming out. Sigh, apathy...

The only interesting news I've heard of lately is this: the launch of Greenhouse, which is the combined forces of the guys at Penny Arcade and Hothead Games. Greenhouse is an online hub for digital games created by independent developers, and the first game for sale will be (what else?) Penny Arcade's Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (currently with no release date). I'm all for indie games! Hopefully they will all come at a pretty cheap price.

Also, the best Mario Bros. rendition to hit the nets yet: