I think that everyone goes through this kind of thing. I mean you gave many reasons as to why you might not be into it, but maybe these situations have you re-evaluating your life and life choices. You may not be burned out on gaming, but just everything in general, and that takes a lot of the luster out of anything. I mean you have life changes going on (grad school and the gf thing) and sometimes we all try to re-evaluate the meaning things have for us and draw a blank. I think when things settle down for you, you will rekindle the love of gaming.

I like the collector's edition of Tales of Vesperia's cover.

That would be interesting. I wonder if the "Other M" will be psychotically difficult like Ninja Gaiden 2?

I am going to have to say the Boos from Mario. If you look at them or face their general direction they cover their eyes and pretend you can't see them.

It is fairly short, but it has multiple endings depending on how you interact with people. So if you can stand to replay a few times to see all it has to offer then I would say it is worth $40. Otherwise if you don't own 2 or 4 I would suggest those, or you could even wait for the PS2 remake of the first Silent Hill.

PS One- Lunar 1 & 2 collectors, Megaman Legends 1 & 2, Castlevania: SOTN, Tales of Destiny 2 (Eternia), Parasite Eve, Xenogears, Threads of Fate, Breath of Fire 3, Silent Bomber, andLegend of Mana.

Dreamcast- Shenmue, Sonic Adventure, and Resident Evil 3.

Playstation 2- Zone of the Enders 1 & 2, Tales of the Abyss, Xenosaga 1-3, Yakuza 1 & 2 are pretty rare in my area too.

Gamecube- Resident Evil 0 and Remake, andTales of Symphonia.

Xbox- Jetset Radio Future, and Conker Live and Reloaded.

ColecoVision/Atari 2600 combo- hundreds of games like Asteroids, Yars' Revenge, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Missile Command, Donkey Kong (barrel jumping one), original mario bros., Chicken Cross the Road, original Frogger, etc.

For me it is Tales of Vesperia, and Resident Evil 5.

It isn't a DS oldie but while I was looking for a DS oldie I found Megaman Legends 2. Haven't played that in 4 years, that game is amazing.

I am both, but there is nothing wrong with some strategic rushing.