Sometimes, publishers and developers send us here at GameSetWatch (and Game Developer and Gamasutra) neat seasonal stuff - most recently a plethora of Xmas cards, of course.

However, only one company was sweet enough (in more ways than one) to send us a Valentine's Day gift - and that's D3Publisher, the U.S. division of the folks who published Puzzle Quest, and bust out heaps of Simple 2000 budget titles in Japan, including the immortal Earth Defense Force series. Here's what they sent:

This is actually a hexagonal box entirely made of chocolate, with the D3 logo on the front, and the following inscription: "The couple that plays together stays together. Enjoy Valentine's Day with your favorite D3 duo."

The characters on the chocolate lid? Looks like characters from the already released Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords, Cartoon Network license Ben10, and Naruto, as well as from Digital Extremes' upcoming Dark Sector. Neeto.


Finally, some specially designed D3 truffles inside the whole caboodle. High wackiness. Is this the time to point out a a new D3 game in Japan: "Yasetore DS (short for Yaseru Training DS: "Weight Loss Training") includes diet and exercise help for the short term." So where is 'eat honkin' great D3 chocolate box' in that whole setup, hm?

And yes, I guess this could be construed as cocoa-based press bribery, but honestly, it's not going to make us all cave and cover D3 titles incessantly from here to Kingdom Come. Still, if you see Game Developer magazine giving Dark Sector 11 out of 10, you'll know it's worked!