Well that idea I think has gone down the toilet, oh well.
On the bright side I have been playing lots of games when I'm not busy at work, watching my kids, or spending time with the wife.

Lets see... Spore: Actually a pretty good game IMO, and yes I paid real money for it. It's been since Warcraft III I last played a strategy game, so alot of the gameplay feels pretty fresh and new again. Bonus: My wife likes the game a lot too.. that's seriously rare.
Mass Effect: Beat if shortly after its release last year, I for some reason decided to play it again, and on veteran difficulty. Still an awesome game even if a few of the encounters such as fights against the worms in the Mako feel seriously cheap at this difficulty level.
Castle Crashers: Absolutely loved it! I'm going to mash on it some more soon I think.
Soul Calibur 4: Bought it for my poor neglected PS3 which had'nt been turned on since I was finished with MGS4. Love the game and have beat it and upgraded more than half the roster now. I'll go back to that one sometime soon too.

Yeah so thats mostly it as far as gaming is concerned in the last few months, unless you want to count my Magic The Gathering addiction, which has been healthy since Oct. of 1995. I'm still amazed the game is still going this many years later.
Even more amazing is that me and my group of friends... even my wife now still play the game whenever we get together. Perhaps its sad, but there are alot worse things out there.

Also I just ordered The Godfather Collection on Blu-Ray from Amazon... believe it or not I have never sat down and watched those movies in their entirety, this will soon change.