Yeah, it's kind of a hodgepodge but it's a beautifully crafted hodgepodge lol. Glad you liked it. There is a Part 1 to this Philharmonic Suite and it's good too but I like the Finale better.
Nice review. I still need to get this. It's one of the glaring holes in my DS library (though there are so many good DS games that glaring holes are almost inevitable).
Woohoo for employment! 
Soul Hackers is coming out already? Man, that snuck up on me. I won't be getting it right now but I'm interested to hear about it. I really don't know anything about the game.
When I was a kid we had a Nintendo 64 soundtrack compilation CD that had a different arrangement of the Sabrewolf theme. Now I'm curious why lol. It also had some cool songs from Blast Corp, which I never played. Good picks though, and good work on Dwayne. What's that spikey thing on his right arm?
I have plenty of backlogged games (check them out here). As for specific suggestions: Alan Wake, Mirror's Edge, Baten Kaitos Origins, Soul Reaver, Klonoa 2, Vanquish...I could list things all day lol. Personally I was thinking of starting Demon's Souls soon. It was free on PS+ 
I just finished it myself tonight and I wholeheartedly agree. Infinite is an incredible experience and I'm glad I played it now rather than waiting for a price drop like I usually do.
I'm not familiar with that piece of crap from last year but I'll be sure to avoid it lol
We haven't bothered with the challenges at all but I wish we would. Weekly replayability would be nice. Our main problem is that our 8-month-old son is going through a very needy phase on top of teething and whatnot. Makes it difficult for both of us to do something at the same time 
That's kind of depressing. You would think, at this point, that Telltale would have a good enough reputation to put anyone's mind at ease, BBC included. Of course, the people making the decisions at BBC are probably some suits with no familiarity with the games industry. Poo. Well, we can still hope...
Halo 4 is great. My wife and I played through it and still hop on multiplayer sometimes. We talk about playing the campaign on a harder difficulty but haven't done it yet.
I am very envious of your copy of the Metroid Prime Trilogy. The first Metroid Prime is my favorite game ever but I was a poor college student when the Trilogy came out and couldn't afford to get it. Now it's super expensive 
