By now, everyone should be well aware of this. Never underestimate Blizzard’s ability to hype a game. Yesterday at 5:00 PM PST, the Internet crashed thanks to Blizzard’s announcement. Blizard.com, Battle.net, IGN, Infoceptor, WarcraftIII, DiabloII, and World of War were all down and even sites such as Gamespot, Gamespy, and Gameforms were effected, their sites slowed to a near halt. It is now dorkclub.com’s sole purpose to someday have the ability to crash the Internet. All I need is 6 million fans.

In other news, I do not know how much longer I can hold out. I was Target yesterday and their copy of Animal Crossings was taunting me behind its glass shield. But I’m scared. Animal Crossings is a scary game. The fact that time passes just as it does in our own world leads to some rather daunting gameplay. Should I miss something special, I would have to wait an entire year before I could have the chance to experience said event once again. Whoever thought a game whose gameplay involves doing nothing could be so, well, involving? I was planning on purchasing either Starfox Adventures or Animal Crossings, but the more I hear of the ladder title’s glory, the more I’m impressed by it. Likewise, I had a chance to play a demo of Starfox Adventures yesterday, and it was, much to my disappointment, standard Rare fare. The game feels like it was made specifically to impress players and reviewers, but not to contain any actual fun. This certainly isn’t Rare’s next Conker’s Bad Fur Day. It’s more like their next Banjo-Kazooie. What to do? Should I purchase Starfox Adventures, one of the top reasons I picked Nintendo’s cube of joy over the competition’s offerings or should I buy Animal Crossings, who’s laissez-faire attitude will prove to be one of the most enjoyable, and frustrating, games I will ever play? The life of a gamer is a hard life to lead.

Now, I must go watch A Clockwork Orange. Last night was The Shinning, and I must keep the Stanley Kubrick marathon going. Tomorrow: not Eyes Wide Shut. Actually, I already did watch Clockwork Orange. Pretend this update was last night.