Little Big Planet

PS3
A ball of fun
There's a scene in Michel Gondry's 'Science of Sleep' where Gael García Bernal breaks into a neighbours flat, takes a hand crafted stuffed horse, dissects it and fills it with a variety of cogs, rods and dreams. When he returns it, the stuffed horse becomes alive, galloping with a stop-motion shuffle to his friend's delight. It's also the perfect analogy for Little Big Planet. 
LBP is Sony's innovative platformer/game creator that aims to turn a world of dreamers into creators, hopefully launching a platform for new gaming experiences for years to come.
Using virtual combinations of cardboard, glue, elastic, springs and a multitude of other materials and devices, Media Molecule have hand-crafted a platformer in the ilk of traditional 2D Mario Bros games. The world however is a living, breathing mixture of fabrics, stitching and clunking mechanics, held together by tactile smoke and mirrors where string replaces strings of code and everything is held together by a forgiving physics engine and a smidgen of luck.
Introducing Sony's new mascot, Sackboy, LBP's charm is easily translated through his likeable, knitted face. With a customisable likeness and the opportunity for up to 4 friends to play together locally or online, LBP is an instant joy to play, packed full of imagination and wit. 
That imagination however, has crafted a finite number of levels, yet LBP has the power to last for much longer, its true hook being the Create Mode.
Giving you (and your friends) the same tools the developers used to create the game, LBP opens up a world of creative possibilities, where you can make pretty much anything you can think of.
This is no ordinary, techy level editor though. It's more akin to painting, where your brush can leave solid stone instead of paint and your sticky hands leave a hodge-podge trail of kooky creatures, impossible machines and home-made puzzles.
Such depth comes at a price though as it's DIY logic takes some grasping to begin with, and the scale can be overwhelming. The dulcet tones of Stephen Fry guiding you through it is always enough to make you carry on, upload to the internet and share your imagination with the world, one dream at a time.
10/10