Dead or Alive 2

Sometimes our home-video collection of V.I.P. episodes can’t satisfy the craving for cheap thrills and cheesecake action. That’s when we switch to this fast-paced fighting-game sequel. You play as one of 12 characters, including five different lasses whose unique moves and preposterous bazooms are rendered in lovingly detailed 3-D. These gals don’t fight fair: Towering Tina thigh-masters her lucky opponents’ head, and Ryu can’t seem to execute a roundhouse kick without flashing panty. Beyond the jiggled-pixels factor, the furious action comes in standard one-on-one mode or in story mode, in which dialogue such as “You killed my mother!” reveals character history worthy of a Hong Kong melodrama. The best feature of all? Virtual nail polish never cracks, chips, or flakes.