I can tell you what I'm damn well not going to be playing this weekend. Metroid Prime: Hunters. While the Gamespot review wanks off about the incredibly fluid, intuitive control scheme, my experience is directly opposite: I'm about ready to gouge my stylus through the lower DS screen in frustration.

Who can play a game this way? The stylus works okay as a mouse, but holding the DS in the air with one hand and using the stylus with the other quickly leads to hand cramping. I can balance the DS Lite on my knee, except then, I can't actually see those tiny orbs floating around shooting at me. As near as I can tell, the only comfortable way to play this game is hunched over your DS at a desk, squinting. Unfortunately, I like my portables portable... as in not requiring a stationary flat surface to play on.

So that leaves me pretty much out of ideas. I've been in the mood for a Diablo-like, but unfortunately my torrent of Titan Quest hasn't finished yet. Note to Ironlore's lawyers: just kidding. Actually, I don't really know if it's been released over in Europe yet. All signs point to 'no'. Perhaps it's just time for a Diablo 2 hardcore run. What the hell... it was on sale around the corner for 40 clams. Purchased.

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