Earlier this week I posted a Q&A with Mario Wynands of Sidhe Interactive, makers of PSN's newest smash hit, Shatter. Shatter is a very clever title in the vein of Breakout; it's essentially a 'breaking' game whereby players use orbs or balls to smash various objects. Quick reflexes, strategy, and even an ounce of luck are the staples in this genre. With Shatter, Sidhe puts a new spin on the gameplay and surrounds it with a superb presentation. The end result is a fantastic game.

Personal stupidity which usually leads to bodily harm is arguably the most universally comedic part of American culture.  If you're walking down the street and the person in front of you slips and falls over, you'd never laugh (well, most of us wouldn't).  However, watching their blunder vicariously through a television is an entirely different story.  As America's Funniest Home Videos and, yes, Jackass proved, watching a person do anything incomprehensibly stupid to their body usually scores high on the hilarity meter.  Though one could argue they're a few years too late, Jackass has finally arrived in videogame form.  The comedy portion is sure to be intact, but the question is whether or not you'll have to suffer through the gameplay to experience it.