I’ve had Super Mario Galaxy for a little less than a week, and so far it’s been pretty much everything I hoped it would be. There are still times that I can’t get used to walking around on the bottom of planets, but that’s a small detail. In almost every respect it has been totally awesome. I’ve picked up about 35 stars so far, so I’m a little bit more than a quarter of the way through everything. Despite her reluctance, I even got Amber to help me a little bit with the co-star mode.

The game is one of the best looking I’ve seen on Wii. The art style is very well done and the game has an unrivaled level of polish. This just goes to show that those other developers releasing games that look like ass aren’t trying very hard. Perhaps they’re working too hard trying to figure out more ways to waggle the controller? It’s kind of sad.

One way or another, we’ll have our very own Saturn Aura XR by the end of the month. Since we’re getting rid of Amber’s truck, she’ll be the lucky one driving it every day, but I think it’s safe to say that my car will be retired as primary trip vehicle. We’re trying to see if we can sell the truck privately and get a little more than the trade-in value the dealer offered. We’ll give it a few weeks and see if there is any interest. If we can’t sell it, we’ll just go for the trade-in at the end of the month. So if you know anyone who might want a Blue ’98 Dodge Dakota, let me know or just have them search Craigslist Madison.

This pic looks exactly like ours from the outside. This is the real one.

A few more pictures of the car.

And if you haven’t seen it already, go check out the Metroid Retrospective videos over at GameTrailers.com and get pumped up for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on 8/28.