Colossus!

Received a demo for Shadow of the Colossus in the mail today. This is the next game from the team that put out the absolutely amazing Ico. Unless I'm doing something very wrong, it's a pretty short demo, but it certainly gets the idea across and it looks like another stellar game. I don't know how they do it, but this group manages to capture wonderfully realized worlds in their games. Ico took place in a castle that would have been amazing to explore in real life and this one seems to take place in an enchanting little valley. One of the things that sets Colossus apart is that the game is basically a series of boss battles. Gone are the pointless random encounters and frustrating mini battles. This is all about exploration and taking out the big guys. Should be pretty interesting. One of the few titles for the PS2 to hold my interest.

And due to baseball playoffs, Tuesday TV gets a lot easier to keep up with. Yay.

Hachiko Waits is too emotionally draining for McKenna. She finds it too sad that Hachi waits day after day for a master that won't be coming home. And she didn't want to finish the story to find out that something happened to the dog. So my wife is letting her off the hook. Probably a wise move.