Laura Gentry

It’s not that Lego Batman was a bad video game, per se. It’s just that it was sort of a let down after the Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones series. The game play scenes were great, but the game play itself felt limited and, at times, clunky and frustrating (the boats and the helicopters should have been cool, but they ultimately ended up making C and I grumpy … it also could have been that we were hungry).

I’m not sure what the developers, TT Games, have up their sleeves for the next Lego game, but I have two suggestions: Lego Harry Potter (seems like a no brainer) and … Are you ready for this? LEGO BACK TO THE FUTURE. Can you imagine how great that would be?

Of course, they can probably only create a game if the movie theme coincides with an actual Lego set that you can purchase and build. But a girl can dream.

I’ve got a bit of a virtual violent streak in me that goes back a couple of decades and, I think, may have started with Wolfeinstein 3D. I spent an absurd amount of time snaking my way through the dizzying halls of a Nazi compound, shooting down the bad guys. I remember a lot of nausea.

So now there’s an iPhone app for the game and it’s literally the last thing I need in my life right now. I have way too many distractions. What I really need to do is go outside and stare at nature or read a book or clean my car. I’ve yet to decide if I’ll actually buy the app ($4.99). For some reason, when it comes to these developer apps, I become incredibly stingy. I’ve only purchased one other iPhone app and that was a fully-featured video poker app to prepare me for my latest trip to Vegas. Hint: IT DID NOT HELP.