Required playing from the week in video games.

3D Dot Game HeroesThe gorgeous new game "3D Dot Game Heroes" suggests what would happen if either "Legend of Zelda" or the original NES "Final Fantasy" were rendered in eye-popping 3-D graphics. It's retro fun that will appeal to aficionados of video game classics; fans of colorful exploratory games, like "Little Big Planet" and anyone who recently dropped acid.

Also in stores:
-- "Skate 3" expands the award-winning skateboarding franchise with new features, such as the Skate School training center and skate parks, like Port Caverton. While it's no "Skate or Die," at least there are no mohawked punks to get in your way.
-- Pay tribute to late "Conan the Barbarian" artist Frank Frazetta with the PC game "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer." Isn't it time the makers of "God of War" give us kick-butt Conan console game?