Recommended and encouraged, even if it is too darn short.

This is a classic example of graphics look better but the gameplay isn't as compelling as the competition.

The real Mario/Sonic event comes next year with Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In the meantime we have Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, a fun distraction when playing with friends and an exercise in skipping animated clips of characters cheering when playing alone.

There is no excuse not to own GripShift.

Those who enjoy hack-and-slash, giant bosses, heart wrenching stories, endless sheep killing, and games that poke fun of themselves and other games will adore NIER if they can get past the ugly outer layer. If players give it a chance, at the very least a rental, they'll discover how fantastic and funny this game really is.

Yes, Real Heroes is a little rough around the edges but when you are in the thick of gameplay that won't matter as you get pulled into the world of firefighting.

It's innovative in ways that "Tomb Raider" hasn't been for years. Moreover, it's just plain fun.

The game is decent for an on-rails shooter.

Dodgy controls keep Carbon from being worthy of serious consideration.

While it might not turn hardcore heads, youngsters will get plenty of mileage out of Ice Age.

The game seems unpleasantly short, however ' in less than sixteen hours of play I had cleared six of the game's ten story chapters.

It is fun to tool around with the customization of your kart and interact with some hyperbolic personalities that function as your neighbors but at the end of the day, it feels like the racing aspect took the back seat.

Electronic Arts has made another offer that you cannot refuse.

A breath of fresh air in a sea of mediocre movie based games. With more gameplay variety than the average game and just an overall happy feeling, there is a lot to be enjoyed here for both fans of the movie and gamers alike.

What is perhaps most remarkable about Throwback is the intentional lack of effort to updated and broaden the appeal of a franchise that is highly dated in the gameplay department.

If you can get past the obnoxious level of cuteness and wearisome controls, though, you'll uncover a cheerfully fun Wii platformer.

Turok manages to revive the ailing franchise. The dinosaurs look awesome and fighting them is just as cool.

Truth be told, there is perhaps a little bit of irony behind TMNT: Smash-Up. Odds are, the less of a TMNT fan one is, the less one knows about the franchise, the more one might enjoy it.

Not the best game ever, but one of the better movie based games and easily one of the better Batman games in recent history.

The possession mechanics are ingenious, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're ripped off by some other company in the future. A lot of the puzzles and scenarios [are], in a word, unforgettable.

Zombie Apocalypse is a fun little shooter game with a few flaws, but most of those flaws don't seem too glaring when you bear in mind that it's a $10 Xbox Live Arcade title.

Any FPS player itching for something new and fresh should definitely check out Shadowrun, anyone else will probably want to save their money for something a little more substantial.

Outlaw Tennis is top-notch in almost every category, but the incremental unlockables sap a hefty amount of the replay value. This game is a winner, but that godawful design decision almost sunk the entire title.

Despite its budget pricing and great humor, this game is hardly up to the great standards for budget titles set by Raze's Hell. However, if you are an Evil Dead or Bruce Campbell fan you should pick this up right now.

F.E.A.R. Files offers gamers a brief chance to pick up where they last left off with the series, but due to the now archaic game engine, F.E.A.R. is no longer even as good as gamers remember.

Overall, Vempire really does try to stick out from the block elimination crowd, and it succeeds in that matter, but its gameplay problems will most likely keep you from getting hooked.

Had the development team taken another six months and perfected their use of the Unreal 3 engine and the tools at their disposal, this title would be one more of Square Enix's instant classics.

It seems like keeping it simple worked out for Monsters vs. Aliens.