I don't have much to say about it other than...

• Hell yeah, Von Kaiser.
• Holy crap, Sin & Punishment 2.

I hope Punch-Out!! is more than just a nostalgia trip.  I don't need King Hippo in order to have a good time. They could have just put Glass Joe and Bald Bull in it and filled the rest with new fighters. I'd be OK with that.

Nintendo should revive Echo Delta while they're at it. Sorry if that seems random. The original S&P and Echo Delta were both shown at the same Space World convention in Japan, so one always makes me think of the other. I remember Echo Delta--which was canceled even though it was essentially finished--as being a pretty good little underwater shooter type thing on the N64.

Oh, and totally indifferent about the new DS, at least until they come up with some insane game that utilizes both cameras in a unique way. Even then, it doesn't immediately seem like a must-have, even considering my insane hardware urges.

Total whirlwind week this week. I was in Los Angeles for four hours on Tuesday doing an episode of Bonus Round, had some special guests over on Wednesday morning (I believe you'll be able to see and hear the results of said visit tomorrow), and then I rushed into SF for the aforementioned dark room and video games. You'll get to see an interview shot in said poorly-lit room in early November.

Holy crap, it's October already.

Holy crap, we leave for Tokyo on Monday morning! That means that by Tuesday night, Tokyo time, I will have done the following:

• Played Guitar Freaks
• Eaten a beef bowl from the... I believe it's called "Don Don."
• Played Tekken 6
• Looked at airsoft guns
• Considered buying several Transformers
• Inadvertently ended up in the pornography section of a store that also sells anime-themed figurines
• Drank a Pocari Sweat
• Drank an Aquarius
• Drank a C.C. Lemon
• Drank another C.C. Lemon
• Informed Ryan that he is not to purchase C.C. Grape if he sees it (do they even still make it?)
• Seen something wholly confusing on Japanese television
• Lament about how I should really try to learn the language

Between here and Thanksgiving lie some pretty amazing games and, I assume, a lot of late nights as we play and review the games we feel you absolutely must know about. Can't wait. It's easy to complain about how much work there is and everything, but I totally live for this time of year.