Lemmings quite handily proves that the more things change, the more things stay the same. And, to recap the essence of Lemmings for PSP by way of another rhetorical axiom, if everyone jumped off a cliff, would you? Why, yes. Bought a PSP, didn't I?

So it follows that Lemmings for PSP stays true to the ridiculously funny puzzle game that first hit the game scene back in 1991, a game of micromanaging a horde of lemmings, commanding them singularly or in groups to help build an escape route from each level, dig here, climb there, build that, jump there, don't forget your umbr---ahh you idiot! Classic stuff, clearly timeless and Sony did well not to mess with the winning formula, aside from the ubiquitous graphical buff-up and richer sound effects for a new generation of gamers on a new generation machine.

That said, there never really was much to it and Lemmings is still just a whimsical little interactive ditty good for giggles and a brain tease or three (or 156, in this case). It or versions of it are readily obtainable on the web or in retro compilations, likewise true to the doomed mass migration formula, usually cheap, often free and available on platforms much more conducive to quick giggles and the odd brain tease, like cell phones, PDAs, every console ever made (or so it seems) and Mac and PC. Buying Lemmings again for your PSP, especially at US$40 / C$45, verges on redundant or would at least seem to indicate you have either a) too much idle time, b) too much idle money, or c) both. If so, go nuts.