megalowho's Blog: PSP's and MMO's

I have a recurring problem with my gaming habit at times, and that is impulse buying things which I know will have little redeeming value in the long run, but god damn I just have to own that shit right now regardless. It happened with the Wii, which I picked up at the Penn Station K-Mart simply because it was there. It happened with a number of XBLA titles like Heavy Weapon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Soltrio Solitaire (ugh). It happens every time I see a cheap Genesis cart on ebay. And it's about to happen again, and there's little I can do to stop it. I want a PSP and I'd like to get into another MMO.

Nevermind the fact that there's very little I'm actually interested in playing on PSP, and still plenty of worthwhile DS games I could play if I need a portable fix. It doesn't really matter that I have a stack of 360, PC, PS2 and Wii games that need finishing, a few of which even need starting. And it's besides the point that I don't even play games when I travel much anymore, the iPod is much easier to work with on a crowded subway. I'd like a shiny new toy, and for whatever reason the PSP seems to be it. I'll pick one up this afternoon and surely regret it in about a week or so. Probably try my hand at some Monster Hunter Freedom 2, FF Tactics and Crush when I get one. Maybe God of War as well. Bank account what?

Then there's the MMO bug, which has been buzzing around my brain lately. Having a PC has opened many new doors in this regard - as a previous Mac only user I loved my WoW time but can safely say those days are behind me. So why am I looking into Guild Wars, LOTRO and Age of Conan? Do I really care to know what Tabula Rosa is all about? Maybe Warhammer Online could be fun, though I've never been the biggest PvP fan so I'm inclined to hold out and see just what kind of content they're planning on delivering there. I'm sure I'll be dipping my toes into one of those waters soon enough, maybe even fire up my WoW account. And unless I'm presented with something amazing and brilliant it'll be forgotten about soon thereafter.

Things could be worse I suppose, I could lack the disposable income to satisfy my gaming urges. And it'll all go into the collection, so one day I'll look back and be glad I own all this stuff. Anyway right now all I can think about is that cross media bar and some hybrid mage builds I'd like to try, so off I go to Gamestop to see what I can see.