Once upon a time, I was hoping to get my special lady Majesco's DS game full of New York Times crossword puzzles for her birthday. Unfortunately, the birthday came and went before the game hit shelves, so she got Cooking Mama for the Wii instead. It's.... ok.

Undeterred, I check back on the game's official page every now and then to see if an official release date has been announced (GamEBstop's listing it as May 15th). No dates to be found over there, but one can spot the ESRB rating in the lower-right hand corner, which would indicate the game is ready for sale. And thus the reason for this entry!

You see, New York Times Crosswords for the DS is rated T for Teen. It's a game of 1,000 crossword puzzles. That's it. It appears somewhere within these hundreds of word games are "Drug Reference, Mild Language, (and) Mild Suggestive Themes."

Again, these are crossword puzzles. Taken from the New York Times.

Think of it what you will. Personally, I blame Will Shortz. That dude's been pushing his wordier simulators on America's children for too long.

Edit: I just had to rename this post. Apparently I used the title "Bad Words " a while back. I'm glad to see what Jeff and I were so concerned about back then never came to pass. Phew.