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What have I been playing: post-E3 depression

The fact that E3 was an epic failure filled with disappointment is not news to anybody. One thing the failed expo left me was an itch to go back to Haedo-3, my Animal Crossing DS town.
I have this love-hate relationship with the game. I quite enjoyed my brief visits to my town, but I must confess all I did was sell fruit. I realized... most of this is about selling fruit, waiting for the fruit to regenerate, plant more trees and sell more fruit.
I remember I was super obsessed with the game with it came out, but I can't be bothered to keep selling fruit to pay Tom Nook's loan. I have real debts in real life that I have to pay!
Another indication of how sick this game is, was when I tried to explain the game mechanics to a co-worker and ended up comparing it to WoW (aka grinding to get new abilities = selling stuff to buy more stuff).
So the million dollar question: Am I excited about AC Wii? Even though I know I will end up hating it too... I can't wait to move into a new house, buy turnips, collect bugs and sell cherries.

What have I been playing: pre-E3 Microsoft edition

Technically, I don't own a Microsoft console, so the closest is my macbook pro that lets me play a couple of ports of games for Windows.

After the announcement of Diablo III I decided to give diablo II a try, only to remember why I abandoned gaming on computers. After the latest OS X update, certain hardware configurations don't work with the latest diablo II patch. ARGH!

All the hope was then moved to Sim City 4... another mistake. This was a rushed port, never optimized for Mac OSX full of slowdowns.

Then Civilization 4 saved the day. It works perfectly, it is super addictive and has satisfied my needs for an awesome strategy game.

If I had to make a couple of predictions about MS this is what i'd say:

• Those leaked "avatars" (like Nintendo miis) become a reality
• Games for Windows fail to impress anybody
• Bungie shows off a Halo spin off (and possibly announce multi-platform development)
• LOTS of Gears of war 2
• Microsoft remote? Maybe... they've already copied the miis
• Killer Instinct 3? Dreaming is free