The Brog's Best Downloadable Game Of 2010: Pac Man CE: DX

I'd write a formal review, but I can't stop playing this game.

Long ago on a Sega Genesis far, far away, my mom routinely mopped the floor with me whenever we played Tengen's Ms. Pac Man. An unflinchingly brutal game that my mom was incredibly stellar at. I would have been better off holding the controller upside-down. Finally I have something I can show her up on. In the final weeks of 2010, Namco Generations re-reinvented their Xbox 360 downloadible hit. Not since Critter Crunch have I let such a small and polished game occupy so much of my time. [As of the typing of this, I am ranked 248th out of 48,000 PSN users on the highly competitive Championship II level].

What is most vexing about Pac Man Championship Edition: DX is that its a modern game. There are tense bullet-time moments when the player is close to death. Possibly an unintentional wink to this age of kill streaks and instant killification [its a word I just made it up], an added layer of creating a 'mambo-like' line is included amongst maneuvering past speedy ghosts before the glorious satisfaction one feels when they get to devour said techno-colored ghost queue. Not since Peggle Nights has there been a game that has shown me that, its okay for videogames to be videogames.

Honorable Mention: Joe Danger, Plants vs. Zombies: GOTY Edition, Alien Swarm, Catan