Mirror’s edge is engaging and delivers an intermittently exhilarating experience, but the level design is too often linear and discouraging of free exploration.

A rather more important note: You must’ve heard about the earthquake in Haiti. I strongly suggest you donate $10 to the American Red Cross. You can give a donation by texting HAITI to 90999, which deducts $10 from your cell phone bill (but not automatically; you have to text YES to 90999 afterwards to confirm).

One thing I found from playing way too much Need for Speed on my computer back in the day is that you’ll eventually get used to using a digital input by learning to tap and release the keys in very short increments, like a primitive control system. So instead of turning a wheel 30% to the right for a second, you’ll depress the right arrow key for about 30% of that second. As time goes on your taps get shorter and the control approaches analog quality.