Impending Fun

Through November, I was a little surprised the overall game quality on Pokerstars hadn't deteriorated as much as I expected due to regulars grinding hard to clear their last milestone bonus/SNE etc. Today is the first Friday in December, and the games are terrible for a Friday. It was bound to happen eventually I guess. On the positive side, even though I haven't played much today so far I've run exceptionally well and am up a little over a dime in 3k hands or so. It's always nice for both the games to be great and run well, but I'd certainly prefer to run well playing in less than stellar games than run like ass with great tables! It didn't hurt that a very solid reg who steals a ton 4b/called QTo vs me in a CO vs BTN war. My JJ held.

As for the title, I have a ton of entertainment available to me over the next couple of months. Currently, I'm playing through a Lufia 2 remake for the DS, which despite horrible reviews is actually a moderately enjoyable game with some nostalgia bonuses. It is true they would have been far better off simply updating the original rather than changing next to everything, but what can you do. I have copies of FF1 for the PSP as well as Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep in my gaming backlog ready to go when I'm through with Lufia. WoW: Cataclysm also launches on Tuesday with the new expansion only content. The old world revamp has been great, and I expect the new stuff will be as well.

A couple days ago I dropped by EB and picked up a copy of the Goldeneye "re-envisioning" for the Wii. I haven't touched it, but plan to give it a go with a friend on Monday. Should be good times and I'm loving the golden gun colored controller that came with it. I also preordered three games at that time: Radiant Historia for the DS, Ys 1&2 Chronicles for the PSP, and the Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together remake for the PSP. All three of those games will be released in the next two and a half months, so I had better get playing or I'll have one hell of a backlog.

In addition to gaming, I have a lot of sports to watch coming up as well. The Patriots are looking good and should be making the playoffs. The Flames are well... trying their best - they won a spirited one tonight in a shootout against Minny (I'm loving Henrik Karlsson and his fist pumps). Perhaps even better, on new years one of the best hockey traditions begins - the World Junior Hockey Championships. Canada is going to have a fairly low profile team this year with respect to star power, but we're always something of a favorite.