Burnout 3: Takedown: Best game I’ve played in a long time. It’s simple enough to be one of those pick-up-and-play-any-time-you-want kind of games, but also deep enough for the spend-countless-hours-perfecting-one-race-to-gain-enough-tokens-to-unlock-just-one-more-event type of gamer. There’s also a great sense of speed when you’re boosting through oncoming traffic and every near miss is accompanied by a cool “SWOOSH” sound. You can also get some pretty spectacular crashes.

Super Monkey Ball 2: If you like games like Marble Madness and Labyrinth then you’ll probably like this game. If you’re like me and hate both Marble Madness and Labyrinth, you will hate Super Monkey Ball story mode. This game’s one saving grace is its party mode. I haven’t unlocked any new ones, but all the standard modes (except for Race) are quite good. It’s reminiscent of Crash Bash and Poy Poy in some ways.