Gizmondo: Games

Table tennis meets Dead or Alive Xtreme Volleyball, essentially. Matches take place on tropical beaches against girls with names like Mercedes, Bubbles and Booty, none of whom are wearing very many clothes.

It's hard to work out how to aim shots precisely and for the first few matches you inevitably find yourself just trying to whack the ball back without worrying where it will land. After a while things start to make more sense, but the gameplay isn't challenging enough to hold your attention for too long.

Which is why the girls are there, presumably, but we just find them irritating - particularly Summer, who is supposed to be Irish judging by the way she yelps "Eejit!" and "Fair play t'yer" all the time, and cowgirl Rusty, who endlessly shouts "Yee haw!" and clutches her left breast when she loses.

All in all, this one's fun, but not for long.