Another week where more releases pile onto my lap faster than I can possibly hope to play them.  Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Bully are now on the pile, which mocks me mercilessly.  Meanwhile, as I go to the game store to pick up the various latest releases, my five-year-old son Xavier is thrilled to find a used copy of "Godzilla: Save the Earth" in some abandoned corner of the local Gamestop.  "Godzilla: Destroy All Monster Melee" is one of his favorite games currently... I guess he just likes giant monster fights.  As far as I can tell, G:StE is basically an identical game to G:DAMM, but that doesn't stop him from being incredibly excited about it...

We have a ritual around our house where as the boys want to do various things they have to provide "codes" -- this is our generic term for little pseudo-educational minigames they have to play with me to get what they want.  It started out as them needing to recite a "monster summoning code" when they wanted me to chase them around the house, which was something like counting to 10, but it has evolved into a general mechanism that includes spelling, addition and subtraction, etc.  Tonight's code was learning to write the word "Godzilla".  The boys are much more motivated when they like the subject matter....