You have to play Lumines.

Nothing can really describe just how awesome, or synaesthetic the game really is.  Tetsuya Mizuguchi really outdid himself again with Lumines.  It attacks the senses and feeds on them as you're playing.  I can't say enough good things about it…it's just amazing.  If you have a PSP, or even if you don't have a PSP, you need to at least try out Lumines, you'd be doing yourself a disservice as a gamer otherwise.

I could go into deeper detail on it, but I'd more than likely completely lose everyone as I do it, so I'll save you the time and your attention span.  Anyways, I also got a chance to try out Metal Gear Ac!d, and it's really not too bad.  The card game mechanism that the gameplay is centered on is a little difficult to get used to, but by the time you've gone through the first three situations, you'll have a pretty good feel for it.  The game looks great, and next to Ridge Racers, it's probably the best-looking PSP game at launch.  If you're a MGS nut, you're probably going to have to play it.  And even if you're not, it's not a bad game to try out for a little while if you're bored.

-Jack

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BreakmanX (AKA Matthew Nyquist) founded BreakmanX.com in 2001 after having small video game websites since around 1996. Things really took off in September of 2002 when he started The Game Show with Richie. BreakmanX.com quickly developed a tight knit community of gamers as the crew covered major industry events and interviewed top industry talent. Break later went to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts to get his MFA in Film and TV Production. He worked in Hollywood for seven years with people like Fred Roos (The Godfather Trilogy, Star Wars) and Dane Davis (The Matrix). He's now gone full circle and returned to Kansas to write and direct a feature film (EyesOpenMovie.com), relaunch The Game Show (BreakmanX.com), and spend his day time hours as an tenured Associate Professor.

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