A couple of slightly embarrassing admissions:

* I finally beat Half-Life 2 over the weekend. What a cliffhanger ending, huh?

I know this is like saying that I just found out that Vader is Luke's father, but while I really got deep into the game when it first came out, I stopped a few hours short of completion and then moved on to other titles.

But with the Orange Box coming out soon, I wanted to be somewhat up to speed before I played (still haven't tried Episode One yet, though).

Anyway, what a game. The final level was amazing visually, but the final boss battle was far too easy.

*Slightly embarrassing update number two: I played Guitar Hero for the first time ever this weekend. GH2 actually, on the Xbox 360.

I know, I know. Better late than never, though, huh?

Actually, I only had time to go through the tutorials so far, and I can sense that I'm going to suck on an epic scale, but I'm still curious to give it a whirl.

You guys got any classic games you want to admit to never having played? If it makes you feel any better, I've also never played Diablo or Diablo 2. For shame.

Doug's shameful confession: I played a few hours of 'Brain Age' just to make my brain age. I was all about the "new" this weekend: 'Missile Command' on the 360 Arcade, 'Blue Dragon' Demo, 'Stuntman' demo, 'Ace Combat 6' demo and old-school 'Sonic: the Hedgehog'. Boo-ya!