Picross 3D

Nintendo has rolled out a new entry in the picross line up.
This version is (can you guess???) 3D. The 3D aspect you would think would make the puzzles harder. But in fact the 3D only makes the puzzle harder by a slim margin. Turning the puzzle makes more clues visible . The control tend to leave something to be desired. When you go to turn the puzzle if your not careful you mess up the puzzle. Not a big deal to most but being a video game dork like me I want each little puzzle with all 4 little stars. (Yes I am a sad little man, Well a sad BIG man). But when it all comes down to brass tacs the down side is not really that bad compared to the up side. This game is very simple to get the hang of and quite addictive in the long run. As an added bonus Picross 3D has additional puzzles to download every so often. This is one of those games that you play and forget that it is actually good for your brain. Like brain age and Sudoku the puzzle make you use parts of your brain that you might not normally use. But who really cares about that CRAP? Video games are supposed to be fun and I think that Picross 3D fills that bill to a big old T. On a scale of 1 - 10 Picross 3D gets a 8. I would like to give it a 9 BUT the controls tend to piss me off. From time to time.

Touch the Dead

Eidos brings this new twist to an old dog.(woof)
This Light gun title has been ported over to the touch screen. When I first popped this game in to the old Ds. I figured that it wouldn't be much of a play. I mean all you have to do is tap (or touch) the zombies . it just seemed liked it was going to to easy. Well I was kind of right . Head shot are fairly easy to pull off. Shots to hit any part of the body are easy. How is this game going to be a challenge? From the start your a prisoner in a ( Shock alert) Prison . Crazy crap starts to happen and you cell door opens up. As you wonder around the connecting rooms you walk in to a bathroom and find . Any guesses? A gun . Just laying there , Ok no the didn't spend the budget on story . This becomes painfully clear as the game plays on . Looking at the graphic tells you that the money wasn't spent on them either. If you can figure where the money went I for one would like to know . I am sure Eidos would like to know too. Level fight is rarely tough and in the times it is , it comes for being over run by zombie. That is one of the points they got right. But even in that it only becomes a matter of remembering where John and Fred zombie and all their friends were standing and then next time around there you go. The boss fight can be a different story even though the show where to shot that seldom makes it any easier. So I begin to ask why have I gone back to play this game again from the sound of what I have said it sounds like crap. Well it maybe crap, but this crap has zombies in it and I can't get enough of shooting zombies. The ease of shooting makes it fun . watching zombies loose a jaw/leg/head can bring a shite day up . Even though the graphics / sound and control at times leave me wants more. Out of 10 I would give this game 7.