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On a whim the other night, I checked Toys 'R Us.com for the coveted PlayStation 2. There is an enormous backlog on these systems here in the US. It has made it quite the popular Christmas gift. Lo and behold, they had new PS2 2 slimline consoles for the fantastic price of $149.95. If you check Toys 'R Us now and other sites like eBay, the cheapest you'll find new PS2 slimline consoles for is around $200. Tack in another $25 for shipping and you're almost paying $100 extra. Screw that!

I sort of got re-interested in the console after talking with a co-worker these past few weeks about this game, Katamari Damacy.

When the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky, he orders you, his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens above. How, you ask? By rolling everything and anything on earth into clumps, so he can replace what's missing in space.

It seems to be just the right mix of irreverance and ease of play that I'm looking for in a game. I guess my interest in consoles hasn't really strayed from my days with Super Mario Bros. on the 8-bit Nintendo and then Super Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing on Nintendo 64.

I'm really not one of the fighter game types. The Mario Bros. and racing kart games seem to be more up my alley. It looks like Sonic the Hedgehog is also available for the PS2. That looks like fun. But what else?