Nervous Brickdown Review  With plenty of panache and some clever
twists, Nervous Brickdown manages to make the classic Breakout
formula feel fun and fresh again.  There are plenty of ways you
can make an old video game concept feel fresh again. You can
gussy up the graphics, turn 2D into 3D, or maybe even slap some
recognizable personalities on the box, be they fictional or
otherwise. However, Nervous Brickdown goes its own route--or
should we say routes? It offers a suite of unique variations on
the classic brick-and-bat gameplay typified by such games as
Breakout and Arkanoid. Some of the variants in Nervous Brickdown
offer just a simple twist, while others virtually rewrite the
formula, sometimes making the game feel more like a shooter or a
dungeon crawler than a Breakout clone. The differences also go
beyond just the mechanics, with each variant sporting a striking
visual style and some fitting, often quite catchy, music. The
results aren't always consistent, but Nervous Brickdown hits
more often than it