In Sickness and in Gaming

I have been very sick. Oh, so very sick. Got a stomach virus, got better for a week, then got infected AGAIN. It seems this frikkin' virus is almost a pandemic, sweeping across Massachusetts and the rest of the counrty. It has been nicknamed the boom virus; you can probably imagine why. Me, I don't have to. :S
My poor wife also got this virus from hell, and there was a period of time where we were both deathly ill. Not a good predicament to be in. At least we have no kids that would also have gotten sick. That would have added to misery.
We are gradually getting better. Enough of this *bleep* is enough.
I have been playing games when I have not been puking or worse. Started Persona 4, good game so far but it starts real slow, at least for me. It was a good three and a half hours before I actually got to go dungeon diving. The story is great, it's just the setup seemed to take forever. Really not a knock on the game, I am after all the impatient type, and very eager to see where the games' story takes me. Plus great music (and the game comes with a bonus music disk, niiice.), graphics and delightful persona splicing. Looking forward to more...
Also playing Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Good game, although at this point my thoughts for this game could be summed up as "Um...". Gameplay mostly consists of going on missions, beating up on Heartless, rinse and repeat. There is a panel system where every single weapon, magic, action, even level you earn must be placed, which at this point is very frustrating to me. Plus I could care less about any of the main characters, even Roxas. Despite this I do like the game, which will likely get better as I'm only about 10 hours in. Oh, and the camera sucks...but that's standard to most Kingdom Hearts games that I have played.
Finally, just got Thor for the DS. It rocks, it's by Wayforward, nuff said.
Hope everyone is well. I suggest lots of Purell, you DO NOT want to get the Boom virus. Take it from me, I know.

Disgaea:The tiny version

Been playing Disgaea DS (aka Disgaea:Hour of Darkness) recently on the DS (duh!) I got this game for the Playstation 2 a while ago, but did not get that far as I was overwhelmed by how many things you can do in this strategy RPG. What I played was great though, and as I do with far too many games in my collection, promised myself I would play this game again. Still haven't gotten back to that version....
I liked the game enough that when I heard there was a DS version out that was a port of the PSP version with the new Etna mode, I wanted to get it. I somehow managed to get a copy sans booklet and case at Gamestop (I was lucky to find even that; I don't think I have seen that game used since.) I had the booklet from the PS2 version for reference if I needed it. I figured since I could play the game anywhere, I could get into it more readily.
I'm still ttrying to figure out a lot of Disgaeas' nuances, but damn if it isn't fun:quirky, imaginitive, and often hilarious. The only problem I have is that you can't save mid-battle, only at the castle.(At least as far as I can tell.) Not good for a portable version of the game.
At this point, I'm pretty much grinding a few maps to power up some of my characters, as I was soundly defeated by a mid boss (who is called, appopriatly, Mid Boss.) Plus I need to level up some created characters because as of right now, they fall over in stiff breeze.
Oh, and I do plan to go back to the PS2 version. There is so much to do in the game that I'm sure I would have a totally different experience from the DS version. Now, if I could just find that illusive Disgaea 2....or maybe I'm getting way ahead of myself there.