Chili Con Carnage

Chili Con Carnage
Eidos (PSP)

Before you even play the game, the title alone almost warrants a purchase. Chili Con Carnage--yes, that is the official name of the game--thrives on its superb brand of wackiness, hearkening back to the days when games where oddball by nature. The whole affair smacks of parody in the best way possible.

A cursory look at CCC will conjure up thoughts of the game being a mere Grand Theft Auto clone, but nothing is farther from the truth. CCC uses GTA's MO but is more "LOL" than "WTF" IMHO, know what I mean? Oh, you don't? In simpler terms: Where the GTA series is built on shock value, CCC uses that very template while maintaining a more light-hearted vibe throughout. We clear here? Good, let's move on...