To kick off the insanely long list of my addictions, should be the category which takes up the most space in aformentioned list. Which would be video games. I play video games a lot. A LOT. I'm usually more of a console gamer, but ever since an unfortunate incident involving my PS3, a faulty blu-ray drive, some duct tape, and a wild platypus (kidding about the last 2) I haven't had much chance to play any console games, aside from my trusty PS2. As such, I've been taken with playing emulators as of late. Mostly the best GameBoy Advance emulator ever, the Visual Boy Advance(http://tinyurl.com/vbal121).

The current game I'm addicted to is Mario Tennis: Power Tour. I didn't really like the first Mario Tennis for the N64, but this one has, in my opinion, much better gameplay, coupled with a lot of new features, like power shots, various training mini games, and a plethora (yes, a plethora) of characters to play against and choose from. The in-game graphics aren't amazing, but that shouldn't be dissuasive considering its a GBA game, right? Right. They're decent enough to not be a sore to look at, and that's good enough for me. The music is... well, its Mario-ish. It's upbeat and it makes for pretty good background music for a tennis match.
The gameplay itself more than makes up for lacking in any other department though. Power Tour utilizes a decently in depth level up system so that you directly choose how your character and also your doubles partner develop as a player, and there's dozens of power shots to learn so they never get too old or boring. Unfortunately for me I just recently beat this game, both through singles and doubles, and even more unfortunately, there's no beginning of another tournament after you play with the Mario characters in their special tournaments. Still, its a good game that I like to come back to frequently because its easy to pick up and play, regardless of skill level.