So pretty ...
I saw my future TV in Circuit City tonight.

A 32-inch, flat-panel Vizio LCD HDTV for $629. So pretty ... particulatly for my uses. Most notably, ESPN and videogames. I watched the Super Bowl between the Patriots and Giants on a 32-inch Vizio that Munchie bought, which already piqued my interest.

But as I saw the Duke-North Carolina women's basketball game in HD, then saw someone running through Halo 3 on another Vizio in the store, I'm not sure how I didn't drool. Or how I didn't buy the TV right then and there.

Then again, I'm still unemployed. Yes, I have a pair of part-time gigs in the waiting, but I haven't been officially hired to either one yet. And while I do have the funds to buy it, who knows how long before I get my next job(s), so for the time being, no large impulse buys.

But once I get my HDTV, I can finally give in and buy an Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 -- especially since there are more games out now I want to play. Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4, any myriad of EA Sports and 2K Sports titles, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII, the new Gran Turismo ... I'm finally seeing next-gen titles worth playing, and if the 360 can take care of its hardware issues, that would make a nice purchase.

Oddly enough, though, I'm really looking forward to a pair of PSP releases in the near future: God of War and Patapon. I'm always one for quirky, off-the-wall titles, and given how much I love PS2's Okami, Patapon seems like the sort of game I'd love.

And the sort of thing to hold me over until I can call that Vizio mine.