Boo!

Want one really good reason why I've been AWOL all weekend? It's because of Boo, the little ghostie from the Mario universe. He's a little on the idiotic side, but he's effing adorable. Guess I like him for all the wrong reasons, eh?

Come on ... how can you not dig a face that says, "I'm evil, but I wanna party down with my bad self!"

Bonus points because he's not stuck-up like Peach, annoying like Toadette, or scary like Waluigi. And double bonus points because his head doesn't detach from his body like Dry Bones. (Actually, since Boo is rather blobbish, I'd be interested to see the effects of trying to detach his head from his body.)

Also, I find great amusement in watching him steal apples from monkeys and then try to escape their poo-flinging ghostie-chasing madness.

Thumbs up to the Mario Party franchise. True, it's retooled and repackaged more often that Madden's NFL ... but, then again, EA's selling itself short by not making Boo an unlockable character.