Since the last entry, I...
*Played a lot of "Grand Theft Auto IV." I stayed home to play it, expecting to binge on single-player. But I got caught up in a lot of multiplayer. Cops N Crooks -- a mode in which teams take turns either as the crooks protecting one of their own, The Boss, as he races to an extraction point or as the better-armed cops who try to stop them -- is an immediate hit. I played that mode a few times and all cackled in glee throughout. It's makes for magnificent mayhem.
*Spent a 40-minute subway ride mostly reading the in-game tutorial for "The World Ends With You." There's a lot to soak in, but I think it will be worth it. Not since "Bully" have I started a game that is set in such a distinct, under-explored environment (in this case, a stylized modern Tokyo). Not since "Kirby Canvas Curse" have I begun a DS game that seems designed to make radical use of the machine (in this case by forcing me to control characters on two screens during battles). Very promising.
Next: More of the above.