Obligatory title for future rungood purposes, obviously.

I bought some computer stuff and a Nintendo DS this month, so poker playing is on the back burner for a while. So, I’m mostly just putting in points to keep iron man on FTP (I don’t want to spend medals on buying a month). After the win and two other 4-figure cashes last month, I’ve not cashed any of the last 30 tournaments I’ve played in. The little bit of coaching I got from JCarver was interesting, but I didn’t really end up getting anywhere in the SCOOP ME. I still think tournaments can be used as a catalyst to want to grind SNGs, so I may try to play the $50s next month or something.

On the video game front, I’ve already worked my way through Retro Game Challenge. Although I love and have fond memories of lots of old games, I generally dislike the collections that have come out in the past few years. This, however, is totally different. The plot involves being sent back in time and forced to play video games and complete certain challenges in each game. The games are all clones/parodies of existing games like Dragon Quest, Galaga, and Star Soldier, even down to the engrish in the games. You read game magazines and such to pick up tips and find out about the next games you’ll be playing as well. Plenty of humor and definitely worth playing. Namco Bandai can do no wrong, especially with the game-within-a-game genre. WarioWare: Touched! is fun, if short, but now I’m on to Dragon Quest V.

April 19 update: 2nd for $5500 in a tourney yay.