But remember Raz - you don't get xbox points for playing a DS game

$10.00 Sin&Punishment, PaperMario

and I forget the prices on Solomon's Key, Donkey Kong, Alien Crush, Castlevania IV
because I dl'd them ages ago.

I've never had any issue with any of my VC downloads: Sin&Punishment, PaperMario, Solomon's Key, Donkey Kong, Alien Crush, Castlevania IV.

I love that shirt! I miss the old C64 days! I used to run a C64 BBS back in the day, using Ken Pletzer's CNET bbs program (the copy protection for this software was a dongle you'd plug-in). Talk about memories! 300 baud - 1200 baud..... That also reminds me of dialing into Qlink to play at jackrabbi...

Raz00000000: as to the Zelda comment you made.... I can tell you firsthand that you will want to submerge your DS in water once the Dungeon Repetition kicks in. In fact, I found it so mind numbingly laborious that I gave-up play it altogether. hmmmm.... let me hypnotize you with the phrase "Submerge...

ok, if we are talking not hard but annoying, then for me it would be Sephiroth in the final battle from FF7... I think the battle lasted close to 30 minutes (or maybe it just felt that long )

Q-Bert
Venture
Pac Man
Pepper II
Mouse Trap
Three Wonders
Pang
Tron
Rygar
Ms. Pac Man
Black Tiger
Targ
Zoo Keeper
Kickman
Commando
Lode Runner (even though my favorite build of this game is for the C64)
Amidar
Burger Time
Popeye
Tutankham (because of the color palate)

I'm on my 2nd 'Phat' DS. I've never had the hinge crack, although I hate to say that both units I bought had the L buttons crap out on me. It may not seem that bad, but I have a few games I got for christmas that are impossible to play now without the L button (Brothers in Arms & Dementium).

I recently discovered the Podcast and was a bit sad myself to see that the last episode was ages and ages ago.
But now I'm moist and happy to hear a new episode is on the way!