Tourist Trophy (PS2) – It’s basically Gran Turismo 4, just with motorcycles instead of cars. Same tracks, same basic goals, and even pretty much the same user interface. It’s a bit less meaty though, with fewer vehicles, slightly fewer tracks, and fewer total race events. It’s still fun though, and handling a motorcycle is different enough from the cars in GT4 to be interesting.
Brain Age (DS) – Some simple puzzles and challenges that are supposed to help ‘exercise’ your brain. The actual benefit of doing so is dubious, but it’s still kinda fun in small doses, so it makes a good diversion in the morning before heading to work. Its handwriting recognition is a bit lacking though.
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – It’s a throwback to the original 2D Super Mario games, blending elements of them together, adding a few new ones, and giving it modern graphics. As a fan of those originals, that’s just fine with me, and it’s been great fun so far. Looks like it might be short though, and it hasn’t been very tough yet.
ToCA Race Driver 3 (PC) – It’s great for the sheer wide variety of different types of racing it has, with everything from dirt track sprinters to F1 to stock cars to shifter karts. It doesn’t feel nearly as realistic as other games though, and you don’t really get to keep and upgrade cars as you go along, which is half the fun of these “carpgs”.