It’s hard to write a geek blog without paying attention to the big stories, but sadly, I am one of about three people who doesn’t care about Halo. Aside from first-person shooters making me motion sick (I put up with it for BioShock), but I’m always terrible at multiplayer. I think my record for staying alive in Gears of War was 25 seconds. So I’m sure that makes me a bit untrustworthy, but I promise you, I am still a huge geek. In fact, this week won’t be geek-free. I’ve got more than enough to keep me busy while the rest of you play your Halo 3. And for the other two people who don’t care about Halo 3, my dad being one of them, here are some ideas you can do to keep your spirits up while the rest of the world disappears into a next-gen marathon.

• Beat some games I haven’t finished
  So I have somewhere between 10 and 100 games I’ve yet to beat. Maybe since nothing good’s coming out this week (wink wink), I might finish the first Ratchet and Clank or my most recent purchase, Eternal Sonata.
• Read Cerebus
  Hey, there’s a lot of comics I haven’t read. And I’ll bet you haven’t read them all either. Get working on that. I sure will be.
• Retag all my music files
  I no longer feel Green Day is alternative. Frankly, all-new iPods calls for all-new mp3 tags. Maybe now I can make the time to do so.
• Learn a new language
  Hey, with the PS3 and the PSP having no region-lock, I better start brushing up on my Japanese. Gonna have to import a lot more games now.
• Interact with people
  I think the last time I went out was to buy a SNES (remember, that was a time before Amazon.com would ship you your consoles).

Of course, with this season of games, I won’t be waiting too long for distractions. When does Mario Galaxy come out again?