CRUSH3D

Crush 3D

Despite the violence its name suggests, the world of Crush 3D is really that of the mind of the main character, Danny. The crazy doctor named Doctor "Doc" Doccerson has used him in an experiment to explore the workings of the human brain, and as expected, the computer has gone haywire. And by "haywire", I mean "wants to help Danny work through his obvious emotional baggage by making him move through gem-laden platform puzzles". Even in his own mind, he isn't too sure of himself... otherwise, he'd be able to jump a little further and scare the computer into letting him go. The concept is not entirely unique—we've had psychotic computers try to kill us all before. Even aboard the starship Enterprise... and they had years to work out the kinks of artificial intelligence. But here, on Valentine's Day in 2011 (the year wasn't changed from when Crush was released on PSP in 2007), young Danny has to get through the rigorous puzzles of the computer named... erm, "C.R.U.S.H." Trust me, everything is explained by the end, and it plays out in similarly adorable fashion. Playing is at once both interesting and occasionally infuriating.