Gaming update - 05/13/2009

• After three years, my Xbox 360 finally is giving out on me.  Last week, it began to make a grinding sound whenever I'd turn it on, similar to the sound an older PC would make when its fans gave out.  Microsoft is sending a box to ship it back, and will hopefully have a new or fixed 360 soon.  I'm disappointed that it would happen just shortly before Broken Steel came out for Fallout 3, as I was pumped for that expansion.  Now I'll have to wait a bit to bring my morally ambigous character into the next chapter of Fallout.

• In the meantime, I've been going back through my library of Wii games.  I'm playing through Super Mario Galaxy, and plan on beating it for the first time.  I'm not super crazy about some of the level designs (the haunted mansion galaxy irritates the heck out of me), so I doubt I'll be collecting every last little star.  However, the game itself is a blast.  I've also been playing a ton of Mario Kart, which I'm absolutely awful at.  it's easily my favorite game on the Wii so far, and I'm having fun alternating between solo play to unlock characters and online multiplayer.

• Along those notes, if anyone has any suggestions or thoughts on classic RPG's on the Virtual Console, I'd really appreciate them.  I've purchased Super Mario RPG, and enjoyed it (I've got a review up on this site), and am thinking about purchasing another.  I was leaning towards either one of the Phantasy Star or Shining Force games, but I'm unsure which to go with or what games in either series are worth playing.

• The PS3 is getting a little less love than normal this week, but I'm excited for Infamous to come out so I can play a demo of it at Play and Trade.  I'm not entirely sold on it, but it looks like a blast.  I've also been debating my next PS3 game purchase or possibly buying a new PS2 so I can finally get back to playing some of my older unplayed games on that system.  I've still gotta play through Kingdom Hearts, God of War, and Persona 4, and I'd like to play through Rogue Galaxy one more time.  I've still gotta go through and beat Metal Gear Solid 4, but the "sneak and follow" mission halfway through really irritates the hell out of me thanks to my poor vision.

So, what are you all playing?  Up to anything fun?

• After three years, my Xbox 360 finally is giving out on me.  Last week, it began to make a grinding sound whenever I'd turn it on, similar to the sound an older PC would make when its fans gave out.  Microsoft is sending a box to ship it back, and will hopefully have a new or fixed 360 soon.  I'm disappointed that it would happen just shortly before Broken Steel came out for Fallout 3, as I was pumped for that expansion.  Now I'll have to wait a bit to bring my morally ambigous character into the next chapter of Fallout.

• In the meantime, I've been going back through my library of Wii games.  I'm playing through Super Mario Galaxy, and plan on beating it for the first time.  I'm not super crazy about some of the level designs (the haunted mansion galaxy irritates the heck out of me), so I doubt I'll be collecting every last little star.  However, the game itself is a blast.  I've also been playing a ton of Mario Kart, which I'm absolutely awful at.  it's easily my favorite game on the Wii so far, and I'm having fun alternating between solo play to unlock characters and online multiplayer.

• Along those notes, if anyone has any suggestions or thoughts on classic RPG's on the Virtual Console, I'd really appreciate them.  I've purchased Super Mario RPG, and enjoyed it (I've got a review up on this site), and am thinking about purchasing another.  I was leaning towards either one of the Phantasy Star or Shining Force games, but I'm unsure which to go with or what games in either series are worth playing.

• The PS3 is getting a little less love than normal this week, but I'm excited for Infamous to come out so I can play a demo of it at Play and Trade.  I'm not entirely sold on it, but it looks like a blast.  I've also been debating my next PS3 game purchase or possibly buying a new PS2 so I can finally get back to playing some of my older unplayed games on that system.  I've still gotta play through Kingdom Hearts, God of War, and Persona 4, and I'd like to play through Rogue Galaxy one more time.  I've still gotta go through and beat Metal Gear Solid 4, but the "sneak and follow" mission halfway through really irritates the hell out of me thanks to my poor vision.

So, what are you all playing?  Up to anything fun?