Who ever said that the Playstation Portable is only for action-packed games like the Tekken series and EA sports? I for one have always been fond of playing those classic board games that have been turned into an instant sensation the moment they were “computerized.”

Broodjekaas92 has just released his first homebrew game for the PSP—the TicTacToe v0.4. Now you can pass the time without having to combat all those muscled characters in your screen. It’s like playing Snakes and Ladders in your living rooms, albeit more modern and convenient.

The v0.4 requires CFW 5.00 M33-6 so make sure you already have…

Emerging steaming hot from the cauldron is a terrific little piece of homebrew called PSPLBreakout2, and, like its name wholeheartedly suggests, it’s a rendition of Breakout: That game with all the little bricks up top, the paddle on the bottom, and a ball bouncing back and forth in between. Its programmer, the undeniably talented Michael Speck, who masquerades in the tumultuous homebrew underworld as Gandji, has included a bunch of cool power-ups and dangerous power-downs to make the game a little more interesting. Now, most Breakout clones include prize drops, so it’s up to the brewer to make them uniquely…

Just popping up fresh in the game garden out back is GuitarStar v1.01, released into our gritty mitts from its developer, Festi. GuitarStar is fully compatible with Frets on Fire music, which makes it arguably the fan-favorite homebrewed Guitar Hero clone for the PlayStation Portable. Here’s the quickie changelog, just so you’re aware:

• Fixed a critical bug when trying to play music that contained more than a musical instrument.

What we love especially about this piece of ‘brew is its smooth, colorful graphics, its straightforward gameplay, its quick learning curve, and, of course, its time-tested appeal to fans of arcade action and…