The other day I started a Game of Monopoly on my Pocket PC, an HP hx2415 running Windows Mobile 5.0, against three computer competitors. I bought property it an effort to run the game as long as possible without them winning, thus ensuring that I had a large net worth at the end of the game. That game went well, and I ended up with a score of 77 thousand. The next day, I started a game that I wanted to be a quick and easy victory. It wasn't. I play that game over a period of three days. At one point I had 30 thousand and the last computer player, Guybrush (who came up with that name? seems odd to me. lol), had 15 thousand. We would go around the board and I would lose about a grand or two to him, but then he would lose about the same to me. It was a stalemate. Finally, I figured a way to beat him through manipulation of trading properties. I ended that game with a net worth (pictured left) of $116728. That must be some kind of record.

Meanwhile, I've been playing alot of the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta on my Xbox 360. And I gotta tell ya, its fun. The graphics are great, the new weapons, like the Brute Spike Grenade, are just the beginning. I already got it on Pre order and cannot wait until Sept 25th to finish the fight...