The idea of a cooking game never really appealed to me, as I'd actually like to be rewarded for my actions. I want to eat! I was willing to give the genre a shot, however, after Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked ended up on my doorstep just waiting to be reviewed. I have a Wii and enjoy the Food Network, so it should be a win-win situation…right? Well, not so much. Playing the game is like getting part of the way through a sandwich only to find the bread is moldy in the middle – it was good to start, but once the mold is discovered the whole thing becomes tainted.

Have you played Sony's Home? Well...I guess you don't actually play it. In fact, I don't really know what you do in Home other than walk around and have your words censored. A lot of people are crying foul over Sony's word filtering in Home, saying that words like "gay" (the term most preferred by homosexuals apparently) are being censored. While this keeps people from saying things like, "That's so gay" to refer to something being stupid, it also stops people from saying, "I'm a gay man" when referring to their sexual preference.

Another word you can't say...hello. Hello - how dare that word use hell!

I always enjoy watching things like the Food Network or cooking competitions such as Top Chef on Bravo. I see these people talking a foreign language (the language of cooking) and making the most interesting things, and I love when the judges rave about the flavor of something and act like it's revolutionary. I know how to microwave and that's about it. So, upon seeing an ad for Personal Trainer: Cooking, I thought perhaps this was my chance to dive into the world of cooking and actually try doing something I'd only marveled at before. It isn't a game and it isn't fun, but it's a great little application that has produced some pretty good food. A sense of accomplishment and something to fill my belly is all I need to appreciate this product.

Did you love creating your little critters in Spore and raising them up to be universe dominating creatures of death? If you're addicted to your little creature buddy, now you can get them made into a statue for display purposes at only about $50 (not a bad deal considering the technology involved).

The only catch...no Sporn (aka Spore creatures made to look sexual, like a giant walking penis).

What if you were a god and had the ability to single-handedly create and mold a race of creatures to your liking? Would your creature be a religious worshipping vegetarian or a power hungry carnivore? Would your creature have four eyes and two arms? Would your creation look like a giant penis? In Spore almost anything is possible, as you work your way from the primordial ooze and eventually into the dark recesses of space. Though there are some problems, it's still a fun look at evolution and user creativity.

Looking back on the history of the Digimon and Pokemon franchises, I think Digimon wins out with a cooler mythology and more interesting creatures. The last Digimon game I played, which just so happened to appear on the DS as well, was a decent RPG adventure. So you build onto that formula and create something amazing the next time…right? Normally…yes, but if you're Bandai Namco you do the complete opposite and instead make a frustrating game that will please hardly anyone.

I picked up my copy of Spore yesterday, and though I only got enough time in so far to make it to the creature stage, I'm already loving my creature's journey through the ages. It seems other people love the game too, but you wouldn't know that if you went to Amazon, as angry DRM haters have given the game 1-star ratings for that reason and that reason only. It's actually funny to read about these sad losers and how they say you're renting the game instead of owning it. The matter is silly too, for who needs an infinite number of times to install the game? I install a game once and leave it on my computer until I'm tired of it and then I delete. I've never installed a single game more than three times ever.

You know who hates Spore - bloody pirates!

It's not hard to see that the majority of gamers are male based on these Spore creature vids fans have already made...and a bunch of lonely, penis fixated balls of raging hormones. Did someone see Superbad too many times? Is this phenomenon the digital version of that movie gag? Heck, I think it would be more normal for these guys to be working on a bunch of half-naked women or vagina shaped monsters. See, that's normal!