Timesink Ahoy!

When I left this morning on my errand to fetch a microscope, I knew that
I'd be passing Toys'r'Us on my return
trip, and that they'd be open by the time I got into their
neighborhood. So I jotted down their number and took my cellphone
along.

Why? Because Amazon and
Toys'r'Us have been in a partnership offering

Playstation 2 bundles (overpriced packages with three games I didn't
want) for sale online for months now. But they've mostly been 'out of
stock', and when they do get them in stock, they sell out in
seconds to minutes. The last few days, however, they have had
them in stock and not run out.

So I decided that the PS2 pipeline must finally be filled. On the
way back from getting the microscope, I called Toys'r'Us and
asked if they had them, and the saleswoman answered in a very
matter-of-fact voice, "sure do." Yowza! So I swung by and bought one. As
I was dropping the microscope off at home anyway, I just stopped in and
set up the PS2 too. Then on the way to work, I stopped at
Fry's and picked up:

• A ten-foot extension cord for the controller


• An 8Mb memory card for saving game settings


• Tomb Raider III (older PS One game, but fun)


• Bust A Groove 2 (still PS One, but one I really wanted)


• Free, non-playable demo of Onimusha

I took a pass on
Oni, since I'd
played the demo on my iBook, and found it less interesting than I'd
thought, and at $50 bucks, I wasn't sure I wanted to dig deeper to see
if it was better than the demo. What I'm really waiting for is
Black and White.
According to
this
article, the graphics look great on a souped-up PC, and lame on a
Playstation, but the gameplay is the same on both, and that's what I'm
waiting for!