You know what I'm not a huge fan of? Melon slices. Yep, I said it. Come and get me, melon council. Cantaloupe, honeydew--these things don't do much for me. You know what I'd much rather have for that twilight period betwixt breakfast and lunch? That's right, video game demos. Thankfully, Vivendi does games much better than fruit slicing, and I've got an acute case of Wiiitis in my right wrist to prove it. A couple of highlights (beyond the always wonderful experience of having PR people earnestly discuss wacky video game plots with a straight face), after the jump.

Crash of the Titans (Wii, PS2): Don't know how old I look, but the woman repping the latest Crash Bandicoot assumed that I wasn't old enough to remember the first game in the series, which by calculations, would make me about 15. Can't wait for those sweet E3 parties--maybe I'll have my permit by then. Anyhoo, the gameplay is pretty standard Bandicoot fare. The spin this time out is what users can climb atop villains and, more or less, posses them. The PR woman affectionately referred to it as, "jacking," which seems to a derivative of carjacking, making Crash of the Titans sort of a cross between old Crash games and Grand Theft Auto, only, you know, for the kids.

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Wii, PS2, GBA, DS): The plucky little purple dragon is back, and this time he's totally crushin' on Cynder, the villain from the last game, A New Beginning. Played the Wii version of the game. Seemed fun, but I have to say, I think I've advanced my carpal tunnel symptoms by a few years, thanks to all of those tail attacks, but any game with flying pirate ships is aces in my book.Also, bonus points for featuring the vocal talents of Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, and Futurama's Billy West.

Timeshift (Xbox 360): Ah, if only Vivendi could have gone back, before their first previews, they wouldn't have had to scrap the whole game and start again, but alas, here we are, with a thankfully re-imagined version of this first-person shooter. The admittedly complex plot revolves around two suits that allow their users the ability to slow down and reverse time. One of the wearers is evil, the other good--the good one, as it so happens, is you. The villain, used his suit to create a dystopian universe--something akin to the battle scene in Children of Men--surely what any of us would have done, given such a powerful article of clothing. It's your job to right wrongs by, um, running around and shooting bad guys. Just like in real life. You can slow down and reverse time in the process. Pretty neat. Vivendi is wicked-psyched about the graphics. Walk up close to something and you can see its textures. Shoot a piece of scenery and it blows up. Fain falls on the walls and lens. Pretty neat, but the remainder of things looked pretty meh for a 360 title.