Popular Mechanic's game gift guide has chutzpah

There's going to be a lot of gift guides coming down the media pipes -- even we did one this year -- but every so often there's a few that stand out. For example, Popular Mechanics just posted their games to buy and avoid this season. The games to buy are a standard lot: Super Mario Galaxy, Rock Band, Mass Effect, CoD 4. They thought a little out of the box by saying a GameFly subscription, which is a good fiscally conservative idea. It's their five "avoids" which are sure to make a few people get catty. They are:

• Wii Zapper -- Cheap piece of plastic tarted up. OK, we're still with 'em.

• Ghost Squad -- Sure, sure, fine.

• Clive Barker's Jericho -- Not everyone's favorite cup of demonic tea.

• Guitar Hero III -- Hm? Really? Avoid?
  

• Assassin's Creed -- Oh no grrrl, take off the press-on nails, it's on now!

There's a super-sized serving of titles out there this holiday season, and we didn't expect Popular Mechanics to go for something obscure like Hannah Montana, but Assassin's Creed and Guitar Hero III making the top games to avoid? Really? It'll certainly be interesting to get people's temperatures on Assassin's Creed a few months from now, because tensions about that game are running a little high.

[Thanks Wonderflex]