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The game of quick draw, I don't think. Playing Pictionary in one-player mode takes so long that a snail could slither a marathon before the computer has finished drawing the clue for you to guess.

By now, most people must have played the classic board game at least once for themselves, or seen that TV program with professional cockney Danny Baker based on the same idea. What you have to do is guess the identity of the mystery word by just looking at your team mate's drawings. (Yep that's right - if you play with the computer you're actually on the same team, trying to help each other. Odd concept.) The game is played on a multi-coloured board; the colour that your counter lands on dictates the category you will have to draw or guess.

The Pictionary idea is a fabulous one, but unfortunately it doesn't work well on computer. The whole point of the board game is to get incredibly silly with a large amount of mates and be very, very stupid. For one thing the computer's far too good at drawing and for another it's far too easy to cheat. It asks you whether you were right or wrong when it reveals the answer to you. And what red-blooded male would tell the truth and say he got it wrong? Not me, that's for sure.

Much duller than being hung upside-down from the ceiling and having your mother preach to you about how staring at a television screen all day ruins your eyesight.