It’s been 6 weeks to the day since I first played Viva Pinata. So how come I’m only a level 30 gardener? Well this game is a bit like a Harry Potter book for me: both give me a certain feeling of contentment I have not felt since childhood. When I get that feeling I do my very best to ration and savour it to get the maximum feeling of joy possible over the longest period of time. Both the Harry Potter books and Viva Pinata unfortunately also share a more-ishness that makes it very hard to ration them, and I often find myself sneaking a wee binge session.

My biggest splurge the other night came because I found an egg in my Viva Pinata garden - one that none of my Pinata’s had laid. I had gotten a Mine and a Diggerling and sort of forgotten about them until this egg showed up. I had managed to dig up a Dragonache egg! With some work I could produce something really amazing in my garden ... something Viva Pinata’s storyline claims is mythical – a fully grown Dragonache. At about 2am I went to bed tired but filled with wonderful childlike contentment, and dreamt of giant dragons.  And that I had evolved.  And turned pink.