To get my girlfriend to play more, and more importantly, to9 play something other than Mario Kart Wii, I got her the New Super Mario Bros. Wii (which is a stupid name in my humble opinion).
The only thing I can say about it is that it's pure awesomeness, especially in multiplayer. While you have to keep together, the way you block and bounce the other player makes it a very frantic experience. Causing the untimely loss of a 1up of your fellow player will happen, even if you don't actually try do do so.And the more players are playing, the more stressing it gets, as you need to watch your mates more than the enemies or levels.
Other than that, it's standard Mario fare with a few new power ups, which in itself isn't bad either. If you own a Wii and even only remotely like plattformers, just get that game.
In other news, I'm slowly progressing through Dragon Age: Origins. Many review sites already told you how awseome it is, and I agree, allthough I kind of get tired of Biowares formula of very lengthy dialogues and swamping you with sidequests that don't progress the story. Of course I know that they are optional, but still, I'd really like to see a game where sidequests help you finish the main story by other means than simply buffing out your character. Bioware should really try to move on rather than simply repeat the old KotOR formula. Not that this formula is bad, it just is getting to grow old on me.
Also, I "liberated" the copy of Fallout 3 from my brother and I am playing it. While I didn't like it initially when it came out, as I was and still am a militant fan of the two original games by interplay, and I hated Oblivion with passion, I kind of enjoy it now. Don't know why, really. Perhaps it isn't a bad game after all, even though I still think it would've worked better if they didn't abuse the fallout name for it.
