[Beery]

Thanks for the birthday wishes folks. I've had a great birthday week - left alone with my XBox while my wife (who took the week off work) looks after the kid and cleans the house - brilliant!

I've been playing 'Fight Night Round 3' (a boxing game - I hate boxing but I like boxing in a video game), 'Top Spin 2' (tennis), 'Just Cause' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. But my favourite game happens to be the one I bought for my daughter - 'Viva Pinata'. It's awesome! I've never had this much fun with a sandbox-style game and I certainly would never have expected a kid's themed game to be this engaging. I often get tired of the button-mashing of arcade games and the tension of simulations sometimes gets to me so a sandbox game like Viva Pinata is a nice change.

Right now I'm hoping that the devs take their time with the next patch, 'cos I'm having a lot of fun with other games and I must admit I'm a bit intimidated by the prospect of updating RFB, but never fear folks, when the time comes I'll be up to it.