Update: I’m going to blatantly steal the following comment on this article and repurpose it as a subheading:

Roblef said: “Oh, cool. Drug etiquette and communication strategies training, now for the DS! Sweet”

I’ll openly admit that I’ve been skeptical about this one, in a downright frowny-faced, preaching-the-end-of-the-world fashion. But over the past few weeks my doubt has been softened by a steady stream of positive buzz and actual hands-on time with ChinaTown Wars.

From what I’ve seen, Rockstar has made no compromises, and has siphoned out every last drop of ingenuity and horsepower they could muster for this, their first outing on the Nintendo DS.

The icing on the cake was this trailer, which convinced me once and for all that, excuse my high school lingo: This game is going to F#*ck!ng Rule! And THIS is just the drug-dealing mini-game…