The eyes. THE EYES.
If you could just tear your eyes away from that Modern Warfare 2 pre-order for a second, I’ve got some downloadable games to pimp.
Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is about anarchic average Joes destroying the physical emblems of a high-pressure urban existence, like toilets, shelves and security guards. As such, it’s going head to head with PlayStation Network’s PA!N.
The nerdily named Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: Rush feels like a blend of Lemmings, elderly PSP hit Mercury and, um, something with cubes in it. You must shepherd a bunch of coloured boxes to the exit by dragging and dropping conveyer belts, barricades, bridges and the like.
Retro-styled DS puzzler Flipper gives players the ability to remodel or obliterate the landscape beneath them – all in the name of rescuing a goldfish.
And finally, this is what Gauntlet-esque hack-and-slash looks like when you breed it with a rhythm-timing game. Coming soon-ish to an Xbox Live account near you.
Satoru Iwata Video Interview - the late Nintendo president spoke with Kikizo in 2004 as 'Nintendo Revolution' loomed.
Kaz Hirai Video Interview - the first of Kikizo's interviews with the man who went on to become global head of Sony.
Ed Fries Video Interview - one of Xbox's founders discusses an epic journey from Excel to Xbox.
Yu Suzuki, the Kikizo Interview - we spend time with one of gaming's most revered creators.
Tetris - The Making of an Icon: Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers reveal the fascinating story behind Tetris
Rare founders, Chris and Tim Stamper - their only interview? Genuinely 'rare' sit down with founders of the legendary studio.
The History of First-Person Shooters - a retrospective, from Maze War to Modern Warfare
I don’t care how nerdi the Rubik’s games is, it is definately a game that will distract you for hours and hours, the challenge in such a little toy is frustrating as fun…