New Toys

I got a few new toys over the weekend, namely 2 new Nintendo DS games and a new mouse for the PC.

The DS games that I picked up are "New Super Mario Bros.", which quite honestly is an awesome return to the classic Mario games I grew up with. Jump, stomp, grow, throw fireballs and defeat Koopa. Sure it doesn't use the touchpad much, which was a major beef of mine when I first heard about this game, but it's still good. The other game that I picked up is "Brain Age" which is essentially a highly addictive set of puzzles and challenges that are designed to make your brain smarter. Both games are pretty awesome and well worth getting if you have a DS.

As for the mouse, well I am sad to say that after 7 years, the original MS Intellimouse Explorer (aka the giant bear sized mouse that ones hand could barely cover) bite the dust. The cables within the mouse finally came loose (which apparently is a well known design flaw for the mouse which MS would replace if this flaw happened within the first 3 years of ownership) and that was that. I have replaced the mouse with a MS Lasermouse 6000, which seems to offer all the features the old Intellimouse Explorer had but without a wacky design I don't like (ie. Logitech's MX mice).