Gather round, children, It’s time uncle Jeff told you about a dark period in his life.  A period in which he sat, a huddled, unblinking mass, completely oblivious to the outside world, observing with rapt attention the subtle shifting and moving of colored shapes in front of him; alternately laughing and weeping at odd intervals, screaming with joy and agony at seemingly no one in particular.  Now I know what you’re thinking, children, and no, uncle Jeff didn’t have a heroin addiction.  Uncle Jeff was addicted to a game.  A game called Puzzle Quest.

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I have a feeling I’m not alone in saying this, but as a gamer, I often like to have a “standby” game despite however many other games I’m playing.  I might be twenty hours into the latest Persona, and at the same time slogging through mission six in whatever new military FPS is out, but I still like to have a game I can sit down and play for five, ten, fifteen or however many minutes I have available and not feel like I’m obliged to play for the long haul.

Sitting down to play an RPG these days is usually an investment of hours or play per session, and often times interrupting an FPS mid-level feels disruptive and breaks the action (if you are lucky enough to be able to save mid-mission at all).  So, in those times when you’ve got the gaming itch, but not a lot of free time, you need something to fill the gap. 

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