So I haven't been as into video games as I used to be, but the past month and a half have seen me jump right back in, here's what I've been playing:
Wii games:

Wii Sports, what can I say, now that pack-in games essentially don't exist any more it's not up against much competition, but even stacked against the old-school pack-in games, mario/duck hunt, sonic, turtles, super mario world/all stars Wii sports does more than stand up to the competition, it decimates it. The only other pack in game that I think has done as much for a cosnole is Mario/duck hunt.

Rayman; Raving Rabbids, this game is pretty awesome, although I don't think it's as amazing as wii sports, and i don't feel that the replay value is as high as I'd normally like (I tend to demand a lot of replay value from my game choices) still, for a launch title it's pretty damn awesome.

Zelda; Twilight Princess, I'm almost ashamed to say I've barely played it, I'm gonna hold commentary until I actually play it some more.

Excite truck; rented it, then picked it up used, it's pretty fun, although the lack of 4 player is a serious oversight.

Super Monkey Ball Banan blitz; I was sorely disappointed, as were a lot of people, it feels like they put 50 unfinished minigames on the disc, instead of polishing the best ones.

DS Games

New super Mario Brothers: This one's pretty rad, especially the multiplayer stuff, a must have if you're a DS owner.

Wario Ware Touched, I'm a big fan of wario ware, in all its iterations, so this is a no brainer for me.

PSP games

Lumines II ; Just started this today, and I'm pretty pleased, it's essentially identical to the original, with new puzzles in puzzle mode and no changes to gameplay at all, it's the perfect sequel to an awesome puzzle game.

WTF; a Wario Ware Wannabe for PSP, playable, but not one I'll be coming back to.

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X: more mega man goodness, If you're a fan of the franchise (like me) you won't go far wrong with this one.

LocoRoco; This is probably the wierdest game I've played in a while, it's pretty fun too, I haven't played it for long, but it's been pretty enjoyable so far.

GitarooMan Lives; I had the opportunity to play the original gitarooman on the playstation, it was surreal to say the least, and Gitarooman Lives seems to be either a direct port or pretty close to it, I've only played the first level, but it's pretty damn good, and plays well on the psp.

and that pretty much wraps up my recent games splurges, I ordered a DS-Extreme, so I'll be seeing how DS homebrew works out when that arrives.

I hope everyone had an awesome new year, We did.

So I'm thinking about upgrading my cellphone and getting a new service contract and thought some of you might have some suggestions, here's what I need from it:

~Bluetooth capability to sync info with my mac.
~High speed connectivity for when I'm out an dabout and can't hop on an open wifi network
~ability to use the phone as a bluetooth dial-up modem, this is important, I need to be able to dial in to a specific network, so this needs to be there in addition to the high speed network capability.
~Ideally it'll be a music player as well, this isn't a dealbreaker, but it'd be nice, currently my Sony k750i plays music and has removable storage in the form of a memory stick pro duo.
~If it plays music it has to have removable storage, but most do nowadays anyway.

so, any suggestions are welcome.

and I hope all of you are having a kickass christmas.