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1. I got my Nintendo 3DS at the beginning of the year, along
with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is my
favorite game of all time and, I'll admit, the only reason I
traded in my DSi for the 3DS was to play Ocarina again.
While I love Ocarina, it's also a huge commitment. It takes
dedication, and then there are all the little side quests you
can do. Then once you've completed the game you get to
play the "Master Quest" version. Needless to say, I got my
sword and shield at the beginning of the game and....
That's as far as I got. I wasn't prepared to dive into a game
that I knew would consume my life for the next several
weeks. So I began my own real life quest to find a decent
3DS game that I could pick up, play for an hour or so, and
then tuck away without going into withdrawal. That game
was James Noir's Hollywood Crimes.

2. You are a contestant in an early 1960s game show in which
you compete to solve puzzles. The first week your
competitor plays the game and sees how many points he
can score by solving puzzles of varying difficulty. The
harder the puzzles, the more points you can earn. You get
to play during the second week to try to top his score, or
at least garner enough points to move onto the next
round. Oh, and there's a serial killer on the loose killing
former contestants and you're helping the FBI solve
puzzles left at the crime scenes. Everyone involved with
the show is a suspect. Heck, you're even a suspect even
though you're trying to help catch the murderer. Who is
the killer, and will you beat your competitor to claim the
top prize? Or will you die trying?

3. Okay, the drama here isn't exactly riveting, but more like
when a sitcom tries for a heartfelt episode when the
family pet dies or something. There are two reasons to
play this game: the puzzles and the graphics. If you're a
fan of the Professor Layton series for the DS, this may be
up your alley. Granted, the Professor Layton puzzles can be
a bit more difficult and offer more variety, the Hollywood
puzzles can be enjoyable, if not predictable after a while.
Oh gee, another puzzle where I have to slide puzzle pieces
around to move one particular piece into a highlighted
spot? The fun never ends! But seriously, the puzzles aren't
half-bad - just don't expect a huge variety.

4. This is only the second 3DS game I've played, but I must
say that I was very happy with the graphics. Real actors
are used in the video game so it plays out almost like a
movie. When they talk, their mouths move, but their
words (if you can call them words) don't match the audio.
It's as if you were watching a dubbed foreign film. The
style is definitely 1960s from the clothes, the
hairstyles, and even the opening credits of the fake game
show. The 3D effects aren't as impressive
as, say, Ocarina, but they were decent enough.

5. Although James Noir's Hollywood Crimes is worth a go-
around and I've enjoyed playing it, it's not a keeper.
Besides the puzzles being repetitive, there are also loads
of typos throughout the game and the game itself is pretty
short (you could probably knock it out in five to six hours).
Sure, you could play it again to solve all the puzzles you
passed up during the first run-through, but after that
you're going to want to trade it in (at Slackers, of course)
for something different.

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