I picked up the new Grand Theft Auto to pass the time while waiting for Halo 2. I'm also playing Fable. With all my travel recently I haven't had a huge amount of time for playing, but it's nice to have some new good games.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)

True to the other games in the series this continues the tradition of being borderline acceptable. The amount of swearing seems to have increased, and the theme has moved to a pure gang banger model. It's pretty fun, but clearly a game I wouldn't let my young kids play. For me the graphics seem a bit dark, lots of back lit scenes, but still very playable.

Fable (XBox)

I've been looking for a new RPG for a long time, and I really dig Fable. The inital 45 minutes of the game is a bit tediuous, but after that it gets pretty cool. A simple stat system with an interesting moral stat (you can be a good or evil person, your actions decide) is fairly intuitive.