Hold those GOTY lists USA, Merv Griffin's Crosswords out on Arcade

I am so sick of these pointless puzzle games on arcade, since July they've all been pure crap.

Not only that, it's $10! That's crazy. You can get Portal AND Bioshock on Steam for that amount until January 2nd.

Sometimes man...Sometimes MS just some seriously stupid stuff. I love my 360 and all but damn. Just..Really? Really Microsoft.. 800 Points?

Is it fair to compare games on sale that have been out for several months to something new? I don't think it is, honestly.

No question those are better without ever playing this, but that's another story. Who knows, it might be half decent. Apparently people out there buy these things.

I would say 'better late than never', but it's just better if this one just stayed in the vault. The show sucked and it would seem the game sucked as well (A friend got a illegal copy and he uninstalled it on his PC after two days),

I am not complaining about this game but I thought Dishiwasher Dead Samurai was supposed to come out in December. I was really looking forward to that game this month.

I bought last weeks Puzzle game and really like it. It's a nice change of pace. This however, not so much. I think I'll pass.

Oh, just stick it on next years list. No one will notice. :p

Um yeah. I think I'll stick with world at war, left 4 dead, and fable 2. Sorry Merv.

Who the heck is Merv Griffin anyway?

The TV show sucks too.

I'm here in defense of these "pointless puzzle games." These types of games are right up my alley, and for myself, one of the reasons I enjoy the XBL Arcade Marketplace.

Though I have not purchased this crossword game, I did purchase the Arcade Puzzle game that was offered last week and have already gotten many hours of enjoyment out it playing with all ages of friends and family over the Holidays.

I love my favorite FPSs as much as the next guy, but sometimes I need a break from that type of gameplay. My angry adolescent hormones left me long ago and Arcade Puzzle offered up a platform that is diverse in use; in that it can be played solo, and co-op (online and local) for when I want to do some casual gaming (I can even use my XBox Vision webcam with it).

In defense of the pricing point, I thought a $10 price-listing for AP was more than fair. The main point being replay-ability and variety, which Arcade Puzzle at least has in spades. If one was to walk into a Walmart or Toys R Us in Anytown, USA, go to look at the jigsaw puzzles, and I believe you'd be hard-pressed to find one for under $10 that wasn't meant for a child. That's for just one solitary puzzle, whereas Arcade Puzzle has approximately 50 puzzle pics (plus you can make puzzle pictures with your webcam) that all can be configured in a variety of jigsaw configurations.

Again, I'm not familiar with Merv Griffin's Crossword, but I'm thinking it is possible that there is an audience and possibility that replay value could make this worth the $10 price as well.

Someone here mentioned that they could get a crossword puzzle for 99 cents. Well, yeah... you could, but that's for ONE crossword puzzle, right? Sure you could pick up one of those crossword books compilations, but if you get a "good" one (all crosswords are not created equal - you have your TV Guide puzzles at the bottom, and your The NY Times' at the top of the totem pole) you're still going to shell out several dollars ($5+).

I used to do crossword puzzles back in the day (Pre-Internets) when I still had a subscription to a daily newspaper, and I sort of miss doing them. Part of the reason I gave that routine up was that a yearly newspaper subscription is not exactly what I would call "cheap" (a lot more than a subscription to XBL). Especially not when I could get most of that same info via the Internet. Which of course isn't "free" either, because I am paying for a subscription for that service as well.

These were individual choices that I had to make as to whether something was worth it or not. I might've complained somewhere along the way because I had to give up something I enjoyed, or didn't get something I would've liked - but these were still my choices that I made about "value," which no one FORCED me to make.

We're not talking about taxes here. If you don't think it's worth it, then simply don't buy it.