I decided to enjoy a fortnight without any work to do by finally starting, and then completing Ninety-Nine Nights on X360. This took a long, long week. I'm glad of the new S rank and a cool 1000pts, but I have to say that it gets extremely repetitive, extremely fast. I originally bought the game because I enjoyed the Marketplace demo, and I figured it might be a nice diversion from the tonne of shooting games that dominate the system. It's not the best game, I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone who is not a big fan of hack'n'slash-type titles. 
 
For Xmas day, I received Eternal Sonata, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Strange combination, I know, but I had specifically requested Eternal Sonata because I was away from gaming when it was released, and the concept of a JRPG combined with a musical theme appeals very much to me. I haven't yet had a chance to put it in, because I first focused on finishing N3 and then moved onto the latter gift: Ghostbusters. 
 
This game, in my opinion, has gotten a bit of harsh treatment from Ryan in his review. Sure it's not the greatest game ever, sure you might find the action a little repetitive, but it's a totally different action from the usual shoot/run/cover of many other titles out right now. The title is very light-hearted too, and it's nice to not be gaming in a ruined environment for a change. There are faults, mind you, and I'm not going to ignore that, but as a fan of the series, it's really really good fun to play the role of a Ghostbuster, and over the past few days of playing it, I have found the good has outweighed the bad. 
 
Phew, well that's a long post about my holiday season gaming. Over the coming weeks I'm going to aim to complete Ghostbusters, then start Eternal Sonata, all the while occasionally getting an hour on GOW2's Insane campaign, which I am finding to be much harder than the original.