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I’m currently playing not one, but two Pokemon games now and it’s wrecking havoc with my OCD.  I’ve been playing Pokemon White for some time now trying to “catch them all”.  I’ve beat the game and I’m currently wandering around capturing the last Pokemon that I’m able to catch or evolve the ones I have.  But there is a self-imposed rule in play.  I want to have all variations of all possible Pokemon.  So it’s not enough to have just the one and then evolve it… oh no.  I want to catch it and then catch the same one again so I can evolve that one and still keep the previous form.  I realize that I’ve set myself up for failure because there are some that I can never catch or ones that I can’t possibly keep/own all evolutionary forms.

That’s where Pokemon White 2 comes in.  I’m currently playing this one (just got my bug badge) and I find that I’m catching Pokemon in this one and trying to keep track of Pokedex in the previous one.  That way if I catch one that’s not in other, I can trade with myself, thanks to my old DS Phat.  Not only that, but I used my new White 2 game to gather starter Pokemon!  I would start White 2, get a starter Pokemon and then play the game until I was able to trade.  I then traded with myself so I can get all the evolutionary forms of those starter Pokemon.  I also did this for my kids, but I only just gave them the two they where missing because they’re not crazy like me.  Over all I started and restarted Pokemon White 2 nineteen times!  I also got a bunch of Genesect as well.

~Twitch…

I still realize that I have an impossible task seeing as I don’t own any of the previous Pokemon games.  There are lots that are not in the current ones.  It’s not like they jammed in every Pokemon in to one game.

~Twitch…  ~Twitch…

I do need to calm down a bit so I don’t obsess too much and make the game not fun.  I should just play White 2 and then trade with myself at the end.  Yeah… that’s what I should do.  Right after I trade my Ninetails.

What did I go to college for?

Today my wife surprised me with a DS game!  I’ve been looking to get Sola to Robo for some time now and she was able to track one down in the city.  A new copy none the less complete with the soundtrack too!  What makes this story awesome is that I surprised her with a shirt that she’s been wanting for some time now.

Aren’t we so adorable to present each other with gifts on the same day?  Yes… yes we are. ^_^

The other day I picked up Space Invaders Extreme 2 on DS for $6 bucks!  I’ve heard good things about it and so when I found it I thought… why not?  After a few plays, it’s safe to say I like it.  It’s fun, easy to pick up and play but, there seems to be some depth to it.  If you dig old school games with a modern twist I say pick it up.

What’s the best game deal you’ve found?

I finished Aliens: Infestation for the DS the other day and I thought I’d share my experience with the game.  I’ll start things off with saying that my opinion on the game tips one way and then the other.  How so?  Let me explain.

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So I’m pretty sure most can guess what I’m playing.  I’ve got Aliens in my DS and Mario Galaxy 2 in my Wii.  I’m totally enjoying both games.  Mario feels like a continuation of what made the first one so awesome and Aliens is full of pixel action goodness.  I’ll probably to a better review on it once I get more in to it.

What you playing now?  Or is there a game that’s coming up that you’re waiting for?

Fatal Relations, an adult anime PC game released in 1998, has found new life on the DS.  Not as an official game mind you but as a home brew port.  Digital Satin has been working on this digital novel port for almost two years!  That’s dedication to getting a project done.  The release number is an official 1.0 but the team admits that there are bugs and issues with the game even at this point.  If you’re interested in trying this out (as I am), you can download it here from the forums of NDS Uncensored.  It would appear to be a forum dedicate to porting adult games to the DS…  so it looks like today, I hit the mother load. ^_^