Back during the days before I owned a PlayStation, I was intrigued by Parasite Eve, but had no means by which to play it.  Last year I traded a PowerMac G3 for a handful of my friend's games, PE among them.  After months upon months of procrastination, I finally threw the disk into my console.  So is it worth playing the decade-old game at this point, or should you just concentrate on today's selection?  Hit the link.

So Patapon was one of those quirky strange games that I'm usually attracted to. Some rhythm, some strategy, even some RPG levelling up. And a heaping dose of style. It was far from perfect but I spent hours upon hours playing it.

Naturally I was excited about the sequel, and they sweetened the deal by making it $20 and not long ago announcing it as download only... a strange choice that I can't help but think won't be helping its' sales any. But that's no matter... how's the game play?

In a word: AWESOME

Back in Februrary, I brought word of a Game Boy flash cart that is specifically designed for Little Sound DJ.  Designed by chiptuner, BleepBloop, the hacked cart features a USB port for easy transferring and backing up of your files.

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I like Tower Defense games.  I like them a lot.  So a TD game for on the go is almost an instant winner to me.  Creeps takes the tower defense formula, adds an attractive hand-drawn art style, and a lot to do for only $4.99.  But is this game worth its asking price or is it just more shovelware?

People love haircuts.  Big haircuts.  Small haircuts.  Wacky haircuts.  But plant haircuts?  That has to be a first.  Leave it to Nintendo to take a simple task like hedge trimming and spin it into an adorable "hair salon for plants" game.  Easy to learn but difficult to master, Bonsai Barber makes excellent use of the Wii's motion controls and brims over with the usual Nintendo weirdness and charm.  But enough talk, let's get trimming!

I feel confident enough to say that Rhythm Heaven is the only game in which you can eat eggs, play ping-pong, synchronize swim, build robots, karate chop clay pots, and bounce soccer balls around - and do all that between 120 to 240 beats per minute.  To complement the schizophrenic settings, a cutesy yet sharp visual style is pleasing to the eye.  But when we break it down, a game like this is only as good as its gameplay.  So will Rhythm Heaven strike a chord with fans of the genre, or will it have gamers beating their DS screens to death?  Hit the link.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I sat down to play Lux-Pain, though from the back of the box I imagined it was going to be an Phoenix Wright / Hotel Dusk Room: 215 type of thing. You know, point and click, conversation trees and some light exploration. If that were the case I might be more apt to have enjoyed the game more, but with limited gameplay and some bizarre localization choices I was left scratching my head more than "playing" the game.

But it's not all doom and gloom, I promise! Just a title gearing for a very niche audience. Does that include you?

Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic is about as descriptive and apt a title you'll ever come across.  A 2D, arena based fighting game featuring plastic kung fu dolls and heapings of rag doll physics, Rag Doll Kung Fu hedges all its bets on this gameplay hook.  And when I say "hedges all its bets", I really mean it: this is a pretty bare bones package featuring not much else but the requisite fisticuffs enough to call this a game.

Out of the huge wave of gimmicky controllers and accessories for the NES, the U-Force has to be one of the sleekest and most mind-blowing.  It's basically just that big murder screen from Minority Report, but with 8-bit games to play, rather than Tom Cruise's to frame.  A precursor to the Wii Remote and distant cousin of the Power Glove, the U-Force definitely made its attempt at motion controls known with it's clam-shell beast of a controller.  Enjoy this video of me rambling on about how it works and testing it out on Super Mario Bros.