DeathSpank mixes comedy with challenging play

Dying in video games is easy; comedy is hard. DeathSpank has plenty of both. Its titular hero is a blockheaded slab of beef who stabs first and asks questions later. His search for a powerful artifact leads to a series of increasingly absurd missions, like rescuing a bunch of kidnapped orphans not for their own sake, but so the mayor can use them as political props.

DeathSpank

RATING T for Teen

PLOT Kill everyone and take all their loot.

DETAILS Download for Xbox 360, PS3, $15

BOTTOM LINE Mayhem mixed with a little Monty Python.