This week in The Top 5, we take a look at those games that are great for a quick burst of pick-up-and play fun. The ones that help cleanse your palette in between lengthy bouts of Fallout 3 or Resistance 2.
5. WipEout HD

Racing games are great when you only have a short amount of time to play. You can squeeze in a race or two in no time, especially in a game as fast as WipEout HD. The only problem is that one race can quickly lead to five, which then leads to you forgetting to pick up the kids …read more

Are you tired of hearing about Mega Man 9 already? Go surrender yourself to a home for crazy people and never darken my line of sight again.
Oh come back, I love you anyway. I just thought you might like to see GameTrailers’ video review for Mega Man 9. Just in case you’re, y’know, undecided. I’ve said it before, but I like GameTrailers’ review narrative.
Get ready for the shortest “Story” category summation you’ve seen in a long time.

Okay, so technically this game isn’t available on PSN yet, but I turned traitor and purchased the WiiWare version.
Oh, you know you did the very same.
Mega Man 9 roll call! Which robots have you whomped so far?
My husband and I are working together on this project, and he’s basically been the chief executioner. I’ll be willing to say as much under oath when robots are our masters and humanity is tried for war crimes, one by one. I welcome our metallic overlords.
Among the dead are Galaxy Man, Splash Woman and Jewel Man. Have I inadvertently given away which weapons work …read more

Mega Man 9 nears release! Playstation 3 owners, get equipped with September 25th.
“Oh thank God, maybe she’ll finally shut up once this is all done.”
That’s what you think, ignorant background voice!
First, IGN has a review of Mega Man 9 up. I’m going to go ahead and say it’s the first one of its kind. I’m also going to say that it’s going to cause a big stinky stink because it brands the graphics with a 3/10. Never mind that Inafune and his team set out to do something very specific here and that they fully accomplished it, according to the …read more

1) Did Zero really “kill” the [Light] family between the events of the Classic Mega Man and X series?
KI: No, Zero did not kill them. According to the way I created him, Zero is not such a person–it is not in his profile.
And the dreams of a thousand Mega Man fanfic writers spiraled to earth, charred, like the failed flight of Icarus.
Keiji Inafune, Mega Man’s creator (who is as cheek-pinchingly adorable as the little blue Astro Boy offshoot he designed) has a small Mega Man-related interview up at Capcom Unity, Capcom’s fan forums.
Gasp at his inspirations! Marvel …read more

The Mega Man Network has been doing YouTube recollections (”Resets”) of past Mega Man games to get our joints oiled up for Mega Man 9. Being a flagship Playstation title, Mega Man 8 is relevant to our interests. And so is this Reset.

That’s my husband narrating, so be especially nice to him. Or I’ll poke yeh in the eye, like.

Capcom’s launching a marketing blitz for Mega Man 9. Aside from terrible T-shirts, aspiring Blue Bombers can expect to equip themselves with E-Tank energy drinks. If Red Bull gives you wings, E-Tanks give you Leaf Shield.
You can see why I never got into marketing.

My Playstation 2’s been getting a lot of exercise lately, thanks mostly to the late acquisition of Mega Man X Collection and Mega Man Anniversary Collection. I consider the latter to be vital training in these last days leading up to the release of Mega Man 9.
Oh God, what happened to my lightning-sharp reflexes? What’s become of those summers I wasted away in front of the idiot box? Was it all in vain? If I can’t beat Mega Man 2 in normal mode, it only means Mega Man 9 is going to cook me for breakfast.
As for presentation, why hasn’t …read more

Are you tired of relying on your “Born to Roam” wolf shirts to get you laid? Do you want something that the chicks will find equally irresistible? Well dust off the condom in your wallet because you’re about to earn the chance to buy Capcom’s Mega Man 9 T-shirt.
Really though, this is the shirt that will draw in the ladies. It’s an intentionally bad tribute to the original Mega Man box art (avert your eyes if you’re sensitive to images of demons). Since the horror is intentional, the black magic works backwards and attracts positive company instead of repelling it.
It’s …read more