I think Wii point-and-shoot controls will finally make this game easy enough for me to become fully engrossed in.

It's like Phoenix Wright, but instead of law, it's about the stock market. I can't wait [for an announced American release].

Ever heard of Panel de Pon? No? How about Tetris Attack? Pokémon Puzzle League? Well this is the same game, but with obligatory DS touch control and network play. I dream about this game.

I finally bit the bullet and clicked on the large Confirm button to begin my 10 day free trial of Burning Crusade. Then the page tells me I need to download a client updater. This updater, through the satanic, dark magicks of the Blizzard Downloader, will have taken in the neighborhood of ten hours before it is ready to even begin installation. This really only serves to remind of WoW's, and every MMO's, major failing in the subscription model: rather than paying for a product, one effectively pays for time, time which is already a volatile and precious enough resource. The fact that I'm not actually paying is only a minor technicality.

Progress: 20%

I was trying to get perfect scores - which I remember doing in the original with much pride - but I got to the bonus stage in the first world, and it's ridiculously impossible. There's rising lava, and enemies everywhere, and bullet bills, and coins in the middle of nowhere. It's the kind of challenge that would be great to master, and I do intend to at some point, but currently there just isn't room in my schedule for this level of dedication.

Progress: Total score: 2905

Oprah? I'm done.

Progress: Gave Up -- 235 points

Progress: Working on scores - current total: 2872

Progress: Gave Up -- Bosses are too hard! I shall return.

Depressingly bored, I decided to see if I could collect some more stars in SM64DS, and I did. But the shoddy controls annoyed me too much to keep at it for very long. Goddamn.

Progress: Gave Up -- 105 stars

Progress: Finished Flipside Pit of Trials, Duel of 100