Alright, here’s a bunch of stuff I’ve been too busy with (hence the lack of updates on this site).

NHL 10 impressions

Madden 10 impressions

Should a shorter video game be cheaper?

Xbox 360 exclusive gaming rundown

PlayStation 3 exclusive gaming rundown

There’s a lot you don’t know about New Super Mario Bros. Wii

First Take: Wii MotionPlus

Ghostbusters: Best film-to-game yet, or just a bunch of hype?

Is The Conduit the Wii’s best shooter?

Wii Sports Resort: Hands on with new Wii smack-talk generator

Please read these stories if they interest you.  If not, no worries, do yourself a favor and watch The 404!

Shadow of the Colosuss was, by far, my pick for best game on the PS2.  The title came from Team ICO, the masterminds behind the early PS2 cult classic, ICO.  Much has been made about the developer’s highly anticipated third title, a game shrouded in mystery until now.  Who knows how the guys at PlayStation LifeStyle got their hands on the teaser-trailer for Project TRICO–it’s just great to see that Fumito Ueda and his team are very deep into production.

If we’re to believe this is in fact the next Team ICO game (and I do), you need to play ICO and Shadow of the Colossus (especially the latter) to appreciate what’s going on here.  So go out and play them right now if you haven’t already.  OK, good.  Welcome back.  Weren’t they awesome?  What we take away from these two titles isn’t necessarily their storylines alone, but that combined with their gameplay styles.

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If you’re at all interested in stuff going on at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, I wrote up a few stories about what’s happening out there for CNET.

- A new Zelda game is headed to the Nintendo DS – We need this like we need another, well, Zelda game for the DS.

- Motion control for the Xbox 360 – PDP gives Xbox 360 the motion control nobody asked for.

- A storage solution for the Nintendo Wii is finally here - Nothing snarky to say here, this is actually kind of awesome.

- Some brand spankin’ new info on DSiWare – Don’t worry, you’ll probably be rebuying old Game Boy games before you know it.

Check out my CNET First Look video at the Nintendo DSi.

With estimated unit sales approaching 100 million worldwide, Nintendo has proven itself time and time again as the industry ruler of the portable console market. With the DSi–the second refresh of the Nintendo DS–we’re starting to see the company move in an evolutionary direction with its flagship handheld.

The DSi takes with it most of the features the DS Lite had to offer, but adds new multimedia capabilities. The DSi has been on sale in Japan since November 1 of last year and has already sold well over an astonishing 1 million units. Now that Nintendo has announced that the DSi will go on sale April 5 in North America, it certainly leaves everyone asking one big question, “Should I buy one?”

First, let’s look at what exactly separates the new DSi from the DS Lite. In terms of actual form-factor, the difference between the two portables is negligible. The DSi is slightly slimmer, but you’re not going to see the massive change in size like we saw when Nintendo upgraded the original DS to the DS Lite. What you may notice is that both screens are a quarter of an inch larger. The DSi hardware also actually eliminates the Game Boy Advance slot found on the Lite, so you won’t be able to play older Game Boy Advance games or DS titles that make use of the port, such as “Guitar Hero: On Tour.”

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