Mass Effect is another game I felt looked interesting, but have steered clear of because it looks time consuming. If I were still in high school or college with a bit of time to spare, then I'd probably get into it.

Both Perfect Dark (Xbox Live remake of the old N64 game) and Bioshock 2 are due out in Feburary, those will be my next two game purchases, and probably my last ones for a good long while. That Bioshock 2 collector's edition looks very nice, including a real vinyl soundtrack, an art book, and a set of posters. Extremely temping, until you see the steep price tag of $100. Guess I'll be buying the standard edition, while that extra stuff looks nice, I don't think it is worth an extra $40 over the games price. Pity, that stuff would have gone nicely with my Mr. Bubbles rag doll and my somethinginthesea.com Rise Rapture, Rise LP.