Shamelessly stolen from Jeph Jacques

I had familial company this weekend, but it didn't stop me from playing Lego Indiana Jones at every spare moment. Oh, you want to hold the baby? Gabe is ready for a nap? You're discussing boring things I don't care about? GREAT! Ah PSP... how I love your stand-by mode.

This game has so many things I love. For starters, the camera isn't nearly as annoying as it seemed in Lego Star Wars. That cut down on the potential frustration level considerably. I haven't laughed out loud during so many cut-scenes in any of my other games. I look forward to every cut-scene to see what wacky antics the Legos twist into the movies. I've even laughed at some of the attacks the characters have. Indy using his whip to steal kisses is definitely at the top of my list. Yes, I'm aware this game dabbles in platforming. For some reason, it doesn't bother me. I'm pretty sure that reason is the fact that you really don't die.

I've gotten through Raiders of the Lost Ark thus far, but I've only found about a third of all the artifact pieces. I have a feeling that this will be one of the few games that I actually do try to complete every little teensy aspect, unless I feel that I need to share the love with other games in my queue.

In addition to Indy love, I spread the joy and love of Professor Layton. I recommended the game to my sister awhile ago, but I had her play a little bit of it to make sure she liked it before either of us bought it for her. Well, she's ended up borrowing the game until I go to Houston in a couple of weeks. I figure she'll either have it beaten by then, or she'll have bought her own copy. Either way, I'll want it back by then because at this rate, I'll have at least completed the story mode of Indy.

My friend Laura spread her love of The World Ends with You this past Friday. After editing a review, I was not interested in this Squenix installment. The gameplay seemed way too wonky, and after Chain of Memories, I'm done with the wonky systems. She asked me to give it a chance, so I obliged. The gameplay is wonky, but it's fun! It has promptly been added to my Want! list. Not that I need to want any more games, but this hobby has never been about needs.

No, it's not my PSP's birthday, but it did get a new game for my birthday. My fellow gamer friend Laura blessed me and my PSP with Lego Indiana Jones. I wasn't a fan of Lego Star Wars after watching a friend play it, but this one looked a little more promising. And the commercials made me laugh. So I think that FF7:CC will lose its place in line for playing time. I'm at the final boss in Puzzle Quest, so my PSP should get some love soon. Maybe today. The final boss in PQ has twice the amount of HP from any other boss and well, ME, so it looks like it will take quite a few tries to beat his sorry butt. And honestly, I've hit my limit in how much I can play an attack form of Bejeweled. I'll save it for my next plane trip.

I mentioned quite a few months ago that pregnancy made me unable to stomach graphic violence in video games. I really hoped it was a temporary effect of pregnancy. Turns out, it's a permanent one. I watched E3 coverage on G4 most of this past week to help me prepare for editing articles for Kombo.com. I swore I was going to get physically ill from the demo footage of Dead Space. It hit me at that point that I was never going to be able to attempt to play Dead Rising again. I'm a little sad about it, because it seemed like such a crazy fun game. I laughed at the comics written about it, and I enjoyed the game reviews. But I can't play a game I can't physically handle. I am officially a pansy, but I've accepted it. I called a friend of mine who loved borrowing it from a friend when he lived in Seattle, so he's getting my copy. At least I know it will be loved by someone. At least I made one Achievement before quitting. Hee.

Still playing a lot of Puzzle Quest when I get a few minutes to myself. I thought I only had a few more battles left. Turns out, I only had a few more battles in the first chapter left. I'm on chapter three right now, and I think I'm almost done with it. I have no idea how many chapters are left. I'll go a couple of more, but not much farther than that since the gameplay, as addictive as it is, does get old quickly. Besides, I'm ready to turn on the PSP and crank out Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core.

It's that time of year again, and my TV is tuned to G4 and my laptop is ready for frenzy copy editing. But just because I have to be poised and ready to edit doesn't mean I can't write a teensy bit. So here are my brief thoughts of the big three press conferences.

Microsoft:

• Plenty for fans of first-person shooters, typical of the Xbox
• Shawn will love Halo Wars -- a RTS for the 360
• Oooh Last Remnant. Me want!!
• Whoa, Final Fantasy XIII will NOT be a PlayStation exclusive? Hath Hell frozen over??
• Netflix has partnered with Xbox LIVE? Sign me up!

• The Motion Plus add-on for the Wii-mote could make gameplay easier or harder. I hear a lot of foul language when it comes to golf games in the future.
• Not sure what I think of Wii Music...
• Shawn will be all over Call of Duty: World at War with that rifle-like peripheral attachment for the Wii-mote.
• Hints towards new Mario and Zelda games... I better get a move on finishing Twilight Princess.
• Reggie Fils-Aime just turned down all rumors and notions of a slimmer DS design coming out this year. Thank God, because I don't want to trade my DS in yet. Of course, he just said this year. Who knows what 2009 will bring.

• Still no Home??
• Games for the PS2?? WTF
• Looks like there will be plenty of games of interest coming out for both Shawn and me on the PS3. *coughLittleBigPlanetKillZone2cough*
• The PlayStation Network video store will give LIVE a run for its money. I'm already forgetting about the Netflix partnership.