After seeing a couple of pictures of the actual unit (oo-er), the red DS in the Mario Kart bundle actually looks pretty sweet. It’s probably one of the few red things I’d willingly own After a playing a bit of Mario Kart 64 recently though, I’ve come to realise that I’m probably going to get schooled online when I eventually get my DS.. ..so maybe I should stick to the calming environment of Animal Crossing.

I also just found out that Hideki Naganuma - awesome Jet Set Radio musician - did the soundtrack for the new Sonic Rush game on the DS, which makes it instantly desirable. I’m not a massive Sonic the Hedgehog fan, but I quite enjoyed the copy of Sonic Advance that Sam picked up for the GBA at a garage sale.

Another item I’ve been wishing for will definitely have to wait - Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence has been pushed back to next year. I almost wonder if I should grab a cheap copy of the original MGS3, but the new features in Subsistence tell me I should wait.

And of course, my Xbox chooses now to apparently start dying. We’ve been having trouble opening the drive tray lately, and tonight it took several attempts and some just leaving it sit there for 10 minutes before it let me eject the disc.

*sigh*

So the 360 is here. I’d usually talk about how I felt left out of the fun by not getting one at launch, but Amy has already discussed that over at GamerDad.

It’s such a great article, because it’s true - if the cost were a little lower and they were actually to be found in stores, I probably would be trying to wrangle one, because my initial disinterest has been replaced by excitement about the new Live Arcade and the fact that they are already supporting far more legacy games than I expected. There are a few 360 titles I think look good - Kameo and DOA4 of course - but on the whole I’m most interested in the indie and classic titles available on Live Arcade, and the promise of something on there in the future from my hero Mizuguchi. Plus I’d be able to start filling up my Gamercard. Poor thing looks so empty.

Again though, the point is moot, because there aren’t any consoles available and likely won’t be for some time. Not that I was expecting to get one, but I was thinking there would be a few in the local K-Mart, but no, all 17 sold out immediately to people who starting lining up outside at 5am. In Algona, Iowa. Amazing.

So where does that leave me and my lust? The Nintendo DS, of course. Selling off a bunch of stuff to raise money for a DS, only to have to use it to pay bills and such was probably the low point of the year for me. But what can you do? Snakes on a plane, man. I can still look forward to playing it when I get a better cashflow, grabbing a new router and playing Mario Kart and Animal Crossing online. Can’t wait.

I got your videogame / giantess fetish site right here, folks.

Wow, I think something is actually going right on this crappy day - coolpowers.com is about to expire, and I didn’t fancy paying NetSol’s $35 registration fee, so I initiated a registrar transfer to Dreamhost, who will only charge $9.95 a year. I’ve heard several tales of woe from people trying to transfer away from NetSol and was expecting the worst, but it looks like this is actually going to go through.

I guess you’ll know if it doesn’t, because the domain will expire and coolpowers.com will redirect you to some sleazy site trying to sell you the domain and/or boobs.