Okay, we're back.

Primary Smash drive is done, and while I still poke at it every day, it's not my drug of choice anymore. So here's last week's XBLA titles, in short.

Bliss Island
Achievements: 12 (all offline, 200 gs)

I initially played this game while smashed on Saturday night, and thought, "This game is fucking ugly, and really dumb." I woke up, though playing it might have just been a dream, and tried it again. Still fucking ugly, still really dumb. It seems like they were shooting for an appeal factor with young gamers, but young gamers are still going to think it's pretty ugly, if not really dumb.

Looks like an easy 200, though, and it only costs 400 points. Tempting.

Brain Challenge
Achievements: 12 (9 offline for 140 gs, 3 online for 60 gs)

Again, I was smashed when I tried these, but I get the impression this is XBLA's answer to Big Brain Academy and the like. I do appreciate that the achievements seem to reward you for being smarter than your friends, especially the online ones, so I'll probably end up picking this up. Unlike Bliss Island, it was not fucking ugly, either.