Transformers: Decepticons is a very entertaining mid-summer treat for DS fans everywhere, especially for those who tire of always having to save the day.

Apparently the life of giant robot is pretty repetitive.

The biggest bomb in B-17: Fortress in the Sky is the game itself.

A good update of a classic game, but you’ll only enjoy it if you enjoy classic gameplay.

Pac-Man purists may balk at this new edition of the game, but CE can be a lot of fun for anyone who enjoys fast-paced arcade action now and again.

The card battling system never gives the player the feeling of being in control. Instead, most battles feel completely random and no amount of card handling skill can deal with a terrible hand when fighting some of the more powerful opponents.

I expected more of Halo 2 on Vista, and I suspect that you’ll feel the same way too.

Mad Tracks is pretty short on gameplay, which is probably a good thing since the gameplay that is there isn’t very exciting.

Shadowrun is one of those games that you want to like, but that ends up disappointing you in the end.

Legend of the Dragon is a quick thrown together cash-in on the TV series. The combat is easily forgettable as is everything else really. Stay clear of it as much as possible, even a rental is not worth it.

If you don’t mind the fact that the game costs more than a book of crossword puzzles that you can pick up at a newsstand, you’ll find yourself enjoying this electronic version of the New York Times’ signature puzzle.

There’s not enough gameplay and too much repetition in this high school game … perhaps in that way it’s too much like the real thing.

Who would have thought that purging a demonic school of evil by taking control of Death’s son would be so bland, tedious, and frustrating?

Soltrio Solitaire can only really be recommended to those who really enjoy the card game and simply have to play it on their Xbox 360. For everyone else there’s just not enough here that’s different or exciting enough to warrant buying and downloading the game.

Freestyle Street Basketball is for those who enjoy outspending their opponents to buy the coolest gear and not so much for gamers just looking for a fun street hoops game.

Shrek the Third is best left to diehard Shrek fans or 360 gamers looking to pad their Gamer Scores.

If you’re on a Shrek high after seeing the movie, by all means go ahead and rent this game. Before your rental is due back you’ll probably have had your fill with it.

Downhill Jam is not a bad game per se, it’s just that there’s not enough in here to make up for everything that’s been taken out of the normal Tony Hawk game.

ArmA is probably “too real”, and too frustrating, for most FPS gamers.

Spider-Man 3 certainly has its enjoyable moments, but camera issues and repetitive combat keep it from reaching its full potential.

Spider-Man 3 certainly has its enjoyable moments, but camera issues and repetitive combat keep it from reaching its full potential.

There’s not enough variety here to keep anyone but the most ardent Spider-Man fans going all the way to the end of the game.

Catan introduces videogamers to a classic strategy game that board gamers have enjoyed for quite some time.

Alpha Prime does a great job of being average.

I can’t help but feel that the past couple of episodes could have used just a little more of that certain something to reach the next level. There’s plenty of momentum here though to leave me eagerly anticipating Season Two.

Pinball FX does a good enough job of recreating the game of pinball to warrant a look by fans of the silver ball who wouldn't mind occasionally saving themselves from a trip to their local bowling alley.

The online version of Middle-Earth is certainly worth a visit, especially if you count yourself among the legions of Tolkien fans out there.

If building the Seven Wonders of the World was this easy, I wonder why there weren’t a lot more of them.

The biggest problem with Gyruss is that there's just not a lot too it. Once you've played it for a little bit you've seen it all, and the only motivation to keep playing is to squeeze a few more thousand points out of it to add to your high score.

Valhalla Knights is almost a good action role playing game for the PSP. Almost.

If Brave showed some bravery in its level design, it could have been a lot better game than it is.

Frontline: Fields of Thunder turns all out tank warfare into a tedious puzzle.

There’s no customization in the game and the business model is extremely light. What the game really comes down to is keeping pretty girls happy so that you can keep watching them in their bikinis, and Hot Dog King manages to make this a pretty boring exercise.

If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines waiting to see how the series developed before committing to it, then Reality 2.0 should be enough to convince you to go for it at this point.

An enjoyable strategy game as long as you are OK with the fact that its gameplay is distinctly old school at heart. If you're looking for innovative play and strategic depth look elsewhere, but otherwise it’s a pulse-pounding, mouse finger-twitching good time.

More frustrating than it is fun.

Genesis Rising is pretty, innovative, and a complete mess.

The cooking game concept is off the wall enough to have the potential to be a fun party game, but Cooking Mama is not challenging or deep enough to pull it off. Instead it gives you too much repetition and frustration, kind of like getting stuck eating meatloaf every night.

Portable RPGs have become pretty stale of late, and Puzzle Quest is just the breath of fresh air the genre needs.

There are other interface issues and annoyances in Silverfall, but I’ll spare you from going into them in detail. Overall they all conspire to add too much frustration to Silverfall and the game’s interesting elements just can’t compete with this.

An enjoyable game in spite of its lackluster graphics and tendency towards some repetitive gameplay.

A good game with some of the best uses to date for the Wii controllers. There are some graphical issues and some odd control response but not enough to call out a hit on.

UEFA’s card-collecting aspect is a long shot on goal, but for some it will be right on target.

The highlight of the game is definitely its Treble mode, and UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 is worth a look if you don’t have a soccer game in your PSP collection.

In Great Invasions, The Dark Ages refer to the hours upon hours you’ll spend trying to make sense of things.

The Dream of the Turtle is not quite a nightmare, but it’s not a good dream either.

A masterpiece of action gaming. Story, production values, gameplay, ... it’s the whole package, and it runs just beautifully on the PS3 too in case you’re interested. Unless you absolutely hate action gamers, you’ll absolutely love God of War II.

College Hoops 2K7 does a great job of capturing the atmosphere of college basketball, and there’s a lot of game in there for the NCAA basketball fan.

Enjoyable on the Wii and the swing control goes a long way towards making you feel as if you’re actually swinging a club. The controls aren’t perfect yet, but they feel a lot more realistic than pushing a stick up and down with your thumb.

It won’t make history in the annals of strategy gaming, but Making History is a decent enough diversion for those with an interest in World War II strategy on a global scale.

If you’re looking for a WWII shooter for your PSP, then Call of Duty is not a bad choice as long as you don’t expect it to match the excitement of the other games in the series.

Overall ProStroke Golf is like an afternoon spent at an old muni course. You can have some fun with it but overall it’s bland and functional.

You’ll get plenty of enjoyment out of it for just over $3 a map, a gaming bargain these days.

NBA Street Homecourt is pretty much a no brainer for anyone looking for a fun exaggerated game of hoops.

Icon is an average fighting game but the graphics, style, and interesting use of music make it more entertaining than I thought possible.

A fun and addicting arcade -racing game that fans of the series will enjoy, it’s just missing some key features that would make it a one of the series’ best, for that we’ll have to wait for the true sequel later this year.

Burnout Dominator is an enjoyable game, but I can’t help but be disappointed that there’s no crash mode in the game. This has been a signature mode of the game from the beginning of the series and its absence is very noticeable here.

It's pretty safe to say that your enjoyment of Uno Free Fall will depend more on how much you like Tetris than how much you like Uno. If you're a DS owner, opt for the DS version of the game as it provides several games packed onto a single cart.

Immortal Throne takes an enjoyable game and ratchets up the fun a couple of notches, which is exactly what an expansion game should do.

The Awakened will only appeal to those intrepid adventure gamers used to a healthy dose of frustration in their gameplay.

Lumines Plus is for those who enjoy a puzzle game with a pulse.

The most accessible F1 racing game to date.

A pretty short game and the gameplay that you do get isn’t very good. Spend your game playing time elsewhere unless you’re truly desperate for more Achievement points.

Once you master the controls you’ll enjoy the game for a while, but it will eventually you’ll find it hard to keep your interest in the game due in large part to the randomness of the tricks and the impossibly difficult to pull-off uber-tricks.

MLB 07 adds even more to the series’ traditionally strong network support. In addition to Infrastructure and Ad Hoc games and leagues, you can also pick up roster updates and MLB news. Perhaps the coolest thing here though is the real-time gamecast support that lets you follow games in progress. Talk about a baseball fan’s dream feature.

War Front: Turning Point won’t turn the RTS world on its ear, but if you’re looking for an RTS in the traditional mold you should take it for a spin.

If you’ve played the first three episodes, then by all means play Episode 4. It’s one of the better episodes in the series and will hopefully build some momentum for the series as it enters its final two episodes.

In spite of the “cutesy” appearance of a Disney game that’s too hard to play for the wee set, Disney Magic is a lot of fun to play. If you enjoyed Meteos, then you’ll like this variant on the game.

Supreme Commander’s enormous scale makes for some enormously exciting gameplay.

The potentially interesting aspects of the game have been completely buried under bloated and far too frequent conversations and mundane battles.

Alien Shooter Vengeance manages to make the whole scale slaughter of thousands of vicious aliens tedious and repetitive.

Stardock has managed to make a great game even better.

The multiplayer aspect is fairly average, but you’ll enjoy the single player game so much that you won’t care.

If you were to convert The Legend of Zelda into a platform game and threw in a dash of Hello Kitty cuteness, the result would look a lot like Gurumin.

MVP 07 NCAA Baseball steps up to the plate and hits a double – not as exciting as a homer but a solid hit nonetheless.

There’s plenty of great RPG action to be found in this galaxy.

Not a bad game, but not up to the usual Sam & Max standards.

At least another year away from a run at the championship.

If you have a high level character, it’s hard to find a reason for you not to buy The Burning Crusade. An entirely new continent filled with great content and with some really imaginative zones to explore make the expansion a must buy.

Lost Planet is more about style than it is about substance.

If you’ve ever wondered how you’d perform on American Idol but you just don’t have the stomach to face public humiliation, here’s the perfect chance for you to see how you’d do.

It plays a little shorter than Culture Shock and the puzzles are easier, but Situation Comedy is still chockfull of Sam and Max nutty goodness.

My dual sympathies go out to gamers who find themselves playing this short and dull game.

Ace in Action will keep kids occupied for a while, but there’s not quite enough to it to hold the interest of older gamers.

I can’t count myself as a fan of professional boxing, but I did find Fight Night 3 to be very enjoyable. I liked the challenge of needing to fight smart to win, and found that this made the game far more engaging to me than other fight games.

A good choice for those who like puzzle games that require you to use your reflexes along with your brains.

A little more challenge to the puzzles and a little less emphasis on realism in the physics department would have helped make RoboBlitz a better game.

It’s hard to recommend this game to anyone, even fans of the movie. You get six easy puzzles and six frustrating puzzles for your money, with no incentive to play through the game a second time. You’re better off simply watching the movie again to get your penguin fix.

League Heroes is dungeon crawler meets superhero brawler.

Great Shooter.

There’s a lot of potential for a great game here, though. Hopefully Superman will return again and this time bring more gameplay with him.

Fans of tactical shooters or those who enjoy some challenging and enjoyable gameplay should definitely take a trip to Vegas.

NFS Carbon is simply a lot more fun on other consoles.

The game selection in each is pretty thin at five games, and to top it off none of them are particularly entertaining. Odds are that you’ll just play through them all a couple of times and be done with it. The lack of any kind of detailed feedback or progress tracking means there’s little motivation to keep playing beyond that.

The game selection in each is pretty thin at five games, and to top it off none of them are particularly entertaining. Odds are that you’ll just play through them all a couple of times and be done with it. The lack of any kind of detailed feedback or progress tracking means there’s little motivation to keep playing beyond that.

On its own there is not enough in the game to make it compelling and the gameplay is just too lackluster to sustain interest.

Puzzle fans will enjoy Luxor but its lack of variety limits its appeal to other gamers.

Strategy gamers won’t feel the need to resurrect this annihilated empire.