Joining GameFly has been something I’ve wanted to do for years but was just never sure if it was worth it. Would I rent enough games in a month to cover the cost? How long does it take to receive games? Well my questions have been answered. One of the My Coke Rewards that I could purchase was a 30 day free trial of GameFly. This gives me a perfect way to try out the service and see for myself it it would be beneficial to us.

So I joined on a Saturday and put 10 games in my queue. By Wednesday of the next week, I had received the first two available games on my list. My top choice hadn’t even been released, so naturally they did not have it in stock. I received an email alert when they had mailed the games and was pleasantly surprised to receive them two days later. We played the games and then sent one back in the provided envelope. I then got notification when they had received the game. They then shipped out the next available one the same day.

The three games I have received have all played fine in the Nintendo Wii. Being a casual gamer, I love to play games for about a week and then maybe pick them up again in six months. This way I can play those games and spend less since now I don’t have to buy them. I can keep them for as long as I want. I’ve been averaging about keeping the games a week, so at this rate it looks like we will average 6-8 games a month. That’s not bad especially considering that there isn’t much choice when it comes to renting games locally.

So I will be keeping my GameFly membership since I do think it will be worth the money and the turn around time on games is fast. It’s not as fast as Netflix but it sounds like GameFly is interested in improving their service, so in the future it could be faster.

Popcap releases the much anticipated - well at least in our household - Peggle Nights. This sequel to Peggle was slated for a summer release and with only a few days to spare made it.

First impressions? Love it! Fans of Peggle will love that this sequel stays true to Peggle. Some sequels seems to go in a different direction.

I’ve only played for about 10 minutes but really am enjoying it. So far it’s only available for the PC.

Being a huge fan of The Princess Bride, I was thrilled to see that there is now a casual game.

It appears to be a hidden object game but also has cut scenes from the movie. Plus the voice work features the original actors. The only problem is it’s a huge download, so I will probably have to stay up way later than I should to download it. Darn you satellite Internet.

This one might be a keeper if for no other reason than the Princess Bride storyline. I really love that movie.

If I was into futures trading and other investing options, my money would be on Spore Creatures to generate a lot of dough. This game has been hyped for months now.

Being a huge fan of the Sims and of Will Wright, I am excited to play this game. I’m not sure if it will hold my interest the way the Sims does but it’ll be fun to explore it. I had thought about giving the Spore Creature creator a try since there is a trial version of it available. I will have to see how big of a download it is and if my satellite Internet will allow me to. Ugh.

If not then I might just have to fork over the $10 to give it a try.

Sometimes after a day of using slow satellite Internet I think I should check into European cruises and reward myself for all the headache I just went through.

It is better than dial-up but still a long way from DSL and cable. I miss streaming video, playing games online, and fast load speeds.

Anyway hopefully DSL will one day be available to us as I doubt cable will be anytime soon. I guess I will just be thankful for not having dial-up and try to be happy for now.

I really need to find some Big Fish Games to play. I mean it’s not like I’m choosing acne treatments or anything serious. I’m just looking for a few games to entertain me.

Having a slower Internet connection(satellite Internet) is a real buzz kill and is disheartening when trying to download games to try out. There are a few games that I’ve been anxiously awaiting to try but haven’t showed up yet on Big Fish. I hope they are coming since I’d really like to use my credits to buy them.

It always seems there is so much to do and nothing to do at the same time. How is that even possible? I really need to get organized as I think I would enjoy my free time a lot more if I didn’t constantly think about things that needed to be done. It would definitely make gaming more enjoyable since I wouldn’t be worrying about what I should be doing.

Maybe I will get around to trying at least one Big Fish game today.

It’s been a heck of a week here. Gustav blew through and brought a lot of rain. So much that it flooded a lot of places. Thankfully we weren’t affected. We did head north to miss the brunt of the storm but came back with a nasty cold. Not fun at all.

All this adds up to little time for blogging and playing games. I did download a new WiiWare game called My Aquarium that I thought the 3-year-old might enjoy. Other than that, I haven’t done much related to gaming at all. I miss it terribly.

I am excited to finally see September arrive as soon Peggle Nights will be released. This month I hope to get done what I didn’t get done last month when it comes to home projects. I still want to get a computer desk and a couple of new computer chairs. That is on the agenda for this month for sure.

So hopefully when we get over these colds and get back to normal, I will actually have time to play some games again. But it looks like more hurricanes are on their way, so maybe normal won’t be here until November.