hey mgreig, Phoenix is on its way, i got caught up moving, which caused the delay.
anyway, if it's still there, i'm going to pick up Age of Empires next week during the B2G1, so i'll post here or pm you about it. this game rocks so much, it's kills advance wars, and i have to say, it's even better than Fire Emblem. hopefully i can pick up a couple other awesome DS games like Metroid Prime hunters.