In the Red Faction: Guerrilla demo that is now available for every 360 and PS3 owner—even if you didn't preorder the game—you can take control of a massive walker and use it to simply walk through buildings. It is, very simply, glorious.

For a while, the demo was only available to preorder customers (because who doesn't want to put down money on a game to see if they'd like it) but now the demo is available to everyone, free and clear. I heavily suggest you give it a try. The game wasn't much on my radar before; I found the original merely competent, but in the demo there is a mech, a turret section, and a small area where you can use your throwable explosives to blow up buildings, gas tanks, or people.

Yes, the ability to stick the grenades onto someone's face and watch them run around in a panic before detonation is still there. It's still as good as it ever was.

Watching an enemy take cover, only to blow up that cover and then smack the baddie full on the chest with your hammer, is an experience everyone needs to go through at least once. I won't bore you with other things you can do, leaving you to explore for yourself, but the destruction is wonderful, the physics feel great, and the weapons are satisfying.

This one went from "Eh, I hope to see it at E3" to "give me more NOW" in a matter of minutes. Go give it a download and let us know what you think, or if you preordered and this is old news, feel free to make fun of the rest of us.

Red Faction: Guerrilla will be released on June 9 for the 360 and PS3, and August 25 on the PC.