So in my quest to blog more, and my quest to spend less time on random internet sites that are bad for me , i'm going to try something new and review a book every week. i've been able to read 2-3 books a week at my top speed, so it shouldn't be too hard. i hope you all like it out there in computer land.

This week's book is On Demand by Justine Elyot . it's an adult book, and i'll try to keep this review as pg-13 as i can, but you may not want to click read more if that's not your thing.

I have always been a huge Aquarius fan so when I heard that Looney Labs was coming out with an updated version I was giddy with happiness. Looney Labs sent me a review copy of Aquarius but it got lost in the mail so they sent me another one. Luckily this time I received it.

For those who don't know Aquarius is a neat game that's sort like a hippie version of dominoes. Basically you have a secret goal that you try to keep people from knowing. This goal is one of five elements. Then you use the element cards that connect in various ways like dominoes to connect seven element cards together. The first person to get seven panels connected via their element wins. Some nice added fun and complexity is the action cards mixed in like "Zap a Card" that allows you to pick any element card off the table and put it into your hand. Or cards like shuffle goals that allow you to change someones goal. Let me tell you it really stinks when you get one turn away from making your seventh connection and someone plays "Trade Goals" on you.

Moving on to what makes this version better then the original version. The game is still pretty much the same basic premise, that have just added a couple of things that make it interesting. One great addition to the game is diagonal cards. In these cards the elements are split on the card in triangles instead of in squares. This adds new way to grow your connections.

I am happily listening to my DVD/CD from Serj Takian's Elect the Dead Symphony. For those that don't know Serj Tankian (singer for System of A Down) teamed up with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to do a concert. They also released a DVD/CD combo which I pre-ordered. I just received it and I freaking love it. I would highly recommend any Serj Tankian fans or just general music lovers to check it out.

So yeah USPS lost my review copies of Chrononauts and Aquarius so their reviews are going to be delayed. After talking to Looney Labs they decided to wait and ship them out with the new versions of Eco-Fluxx and Family Fluxx when they become available. They also requested I review them separately so I will be reviewing all Looney Labs products separately per their request.

I have review copies of the new versions of Chrononauts and Aquarius on their way to my door as we speak. Once I receive them and get some time to play them I will be posting another double review. I love both of these games especially Aquarius and am looking forward to getting to play the new versions.

When I was at DaishoCon I was able to pick up two new games to review. The first being Stoner Fluxx which I bought from my good friends at ChAdam Games, and the other one being Martian Fluxx which I bought from Gnome Games because the vendor room was closed. I picked both of these games up for a reasonable price and was able to find some people at the convention to try them out with.

Probably the most awesome thing to from from the Harley Local 605 Channel aka HarleyLocal605 Productions.

The first Episode of Harley's EPIC Movie Reviews.

Okay do we really need to have a Family Guy spinoff. I mean I like the show and all but seriously do we really need this. Also why is it Cleavland that gets his own show. Isn't he one of the least interesting main characters? Why not Brian, the Mayor, or maybe even Death. Wouldn't that be more worth watching than the incredibly dull Cleveland. Also what happened to his son? At first he is an super hyper short kid and now he is a lazy big kid. They even changed the voice actor. The only thing that is the same is his name.

So I had heard a while back that Cory Doctorow had a released a really good book under creative commons about what the world may look like if the way things have been going with Homeland "Security" continued on the path that they were on. I was meaning to read it for a long time and I finally did. All I have to say is that this book is amazing. It's about 150 pages long so it doesn't take too long to read and it is well worth it.

Two days ago I recieved a flash cart (CycloDS Evolution) + 2gb MicroSD card as an early christmas present and I have to say IT IS AWESOME! For those who don't know a flash cart is a way to use homebrew games, game backups *wink* , mp3's, ebooks, movies and even Linux on your DS via a flash card. (Click for more)