So I picked up this game at Tar Jay the other day. It only cost 20 bucks there, Amazon is selling it for 25 for some reason. First off, in spite of the cheap’o price, it won’t run on a cheap’o PC. This little game will take at least a P4 to play and if you have some default graphics card that came with your PC then don’t bother. If you are desperate to get “Desperate” then you can probably get a 60 dollar graphics card at Best Buy and get this game to run.

The game has 12 chapters or episodes (it could be 16, I can’t recall), I’m at about chapter 5 right now. It’s a combination of The Sims meets old school point and click adventure games. So far it hasn’t been THAT difficult, I’ve manages to find solutions to the puzzles pretty quickly. I’m hoping it will get a little more difficult.

The game is however fun and very addicting. The graphics are great, especially of the characters who really look like their TV counterparts. Their voices range from almost dead on (Eddie) to pretty terrible (Gabby). The only one from the show that actually lent their voice to the game is Brenda Strong, aka Mary Alice Young as the narrator.

Aside from the assortment of characters from the show, there are also new characters added in for the game. You play the newest housewife on the block. You have a husband and a son. You also have amnesia and can’t really remember how you met your husband, the birth of your son, etc . . . How convenient! As you snoop around and look into other people’s dirt, you also try and find out what the heck happened to you in the past. Each chapter has an overall goal (for example finding out what secret your son is up to, making sure you get to participate in the “Ladies of Wisteria Lane Fashion Show”) and then a whole lot of goals that are optional (Do you return Eddie’s pills that ended up in your mailbox? Do you help Lynette return something her kids stole from Susan’s house?)

So far, in true “Desperate Housewives” fashion, I’ve slept with Carlos, Karl, Mike (a lot) and even Paul Young . . . ew! I slept with a total stranger I met at the mall, how Gabby! I’ve slapped my husband just because I felt like it. I’ve slapped his secretary because she was a slut coming onto my husband. I’ve broken into half my neighbors houses to steal stuff from them and then pawned it all. I’ve stomped on my competitions prize winning flowers to make mine look better. I stole my husbands prescription pad to acquire some pills. I’m sure there is a lot more I’ve done, I’m just forgetting.

So if you are a fan of the show, the game is a lot like it and pretty fun. I’m enjoying it. It’s cheap and if your PC can run it, it is worth the 20 bucks.

Now to something I’m not impressed with . . . these frozen Bertolli pasta meals. I’m sure you’ve probably seen the commercial, the chef at the Italian restaurant crying because all his customers stayed home and cooked frozen pasta meals in a skillet that tasted just like a restaurant meal. Well the ONLY one I could find that didn’t have shrimp in it seemed to be this spinach ravioli dish. I made it last night and while it was okay, it was heavy on the garlic and later seemed to give me a headache. I will not be buying another one of those things, especially at 9 bucks a dinner! I’d rather spend my money at the crying chef’s restaurant.

Dustin