One... More... Turn...

A fair part of my life is playing games, especially computer/console games. Every so often, one comes along that entices me into playing just one more turn, taking on just one more task, until I find myself staggering off to bed in the wee hours of the morning, because I really need to get some sleep. Civilization (in its various incarnations) has always been that way, and does it reliably enough to most people that I've used it as a "Trojan horse" to inflict my sickness on other people. Puzzle Pirates did it to me for a while, with its odd combination of puzzle gameplay tied to "useful" goals in-game... and now, that deadly combination has made it to the PS2 and Wii in the form of "PuzzleQuest". I figured, for $20, I could give it a shot... and played the damnable thing for nearly 12 hours straight. If you're looking for a console RPG that you can take at a leisurely pace, this will do it for you... but it looks like you'll have to shell out $30 if you want the Wii version.