Last week, fast "food" chain Burger King officially announced the release of limited edition computer games featuring their brand's intellectual property, available for a brief time in the US in November and December. In a clever - and probably expensive - move, the retail franchise commissioned a series of interactive playthings that should irrevocably burn images of a disturbing King, the "subservient chicken" and Whopper Jr. onto the brain stems of youth.

According to GameSpot, the games are adaptations of existing genres, so there's a stealth action title, a driving game and a Hot Wheels-style arcade racer. They'll be available for multiple platforms on one disc and will retail for under $5. Methinks they won't be ground-breaking, but they're sure as heck a step up from the plastic bumpkiss I used to get (when I was an impressionable tyke) in Happy Meals.