FidoDido1980

Chris, I'm English myself, and sorry, but we're rubbish. Though I'll admit that Capello does give me a faint sense of hope!

YES, Mr. Game & Watch's is EXCELLENT. That really made me laugh as I saw it!

Scott kindly gave us the heads-up on Buy.com opening preorders and revealing the Feb 14th date.

'Tis a mystery, Rowan! We've already been promised some sort of peripheral, but no news on what that peripheral is has been revealed. :o(

It's $80, guys. Price is in the top right.

Of course, a lot of work goes into stuff like this; hence the high price, I suppose.

Not released anywhere, so far.

Well, in my defence, I have spent quite a bit more than a "10-minute whirl" on Galaxy -- I'm up to 21 stars, which constitutes a good few hours of play. I'd totally agree with you if I hadn't played it at all, but that's not the case.

Sadly, the harsh truth is that the sheer number of games released nowadays means it's pretty difficult for a games writer to finish all titles of note. I also think 25 - 30 hours of gaming per week is a long enough period of time in which to gain a frame of reference.

That's not to say I don't appreciate your viewpoint - you're absolutely right to say that games writers should also be players. Yet we must be realistic, and accept that more games than ever are getting released. In a nutshell, I have more games to play than I have time.

And yes troy, I do both play and enjoy games. ;)

Should also add, however: it's pretty unreasonable to imply I don't like or don't play games, simply because I'm only one-sixth of the way through Super Mario Galaxy. There are other games out there! ;)

Sorry you feel that way guys, but I have lots of games to get through, and that means I simply can't complete everything that comes across my desk. I'd say I spend around 25 - 30 hours a week gaming, and when combined with writing, university, and the rest of, well, life, that's all of my time gone.

As I said above however, I'm pretty sure Galaxy will be one of those games I pick up and resume at some stage.

I know! To be honest, Galaxy is one of those games I'll pick up again at some point. It's just finding the time. I really need a few 50-hour days in my schedule.