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Merry Chrissymas, people!
Here are some quick highlights from mine.

• My mom got me something that surprised me and that I wanted: a 500 Gig external HD. Score! Now if only I had somewhere to plug it in in here…
• Jonathan got me Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters as well as some Microsoft Funmoney (he says to buy Rez HD when it comes out) Anyway, I wasn’t expecting Ratchet and Clank, but from the bit I’ve played it, it plays millions of times better than other such games I’ve played on the PC (Monster Hunter Freedom, Daxter) because the camera doesn’t suck ass. I’ll play it some more in bed tonight, but already I’m liking it more than I expected. I may have to pick up Up Your Arsenal and Going Commando on the cheap.
• I got not one, but two copies of I Am America And So Can You. Colbert would be proud, I’m sure, though less proud when I return one. Oh well.
• My family still enjoys Scene It: Lights Camera Action. The game could explain the rules better, though, so you know when it’s a round where you have to buzz in. But I got everyone upstairs to play a game, and everyone was having fun, even though it’s obvious Mom doesn’t like doing the worst, even though she does. I’ll have to pull everyone up here again soon. It’s nice actually being able to share what I spend like… all of my leisure time doing with my parents, even if the game is quite a bit different from most of the games I play.
• I got Guitar Hero III, but not Guitar Hero II, so I only have one guitar… that will be remedied tomorrow, I think, with a combination of returns money and Hastings credit. GHIII on Medium is quite a bit harder than I remember Guitar Hero being. Like, I can still beat it, but I’m nowhere near acing them. Maybe I’m just out of practice.
• I think my presents went over well, though I’m sure I’ll be coaching my mother on how to use her iPod for weeks to come. But that’s okay. She was already bragging to people about getting one, and how she’s so technological or something. Heh. So Mission accomplished there.
• Earth Defense Force 2017, which is one of the things I got for Jonathan, is an incredibly mindlessly fun game with humorously horrible voice acting, and I recommend it to 360 owners. We just got done playing a lot of Co-op, and it’s a blast.

Jonathan’s going to bed now, cause of his crazy early shift tomorrow, so I believe I’m going to try out Zack and Wiki and then lay down and play more Ratchet and Clank. I hope you all had a great Chrissymas, too! Mine went pretty darn well. Heh. Goodnight!