Some advice: If you are experiencing problems with your human friends, politely tell them you are replacing them with digital companions. Explain that it has been nice knowing them and that you wish them well. Then request some digital companions from Cube World. We suggest Slugger, Kicks, Slam and Grinder. Now listen up. Each Cube Man has his own personality - a lot like the friends you disposed of earlier.

Slugger is a baseball fanatic. Kicks is always playing keepy-up with a ball in his cube. Slam is the Michael Jordan of the Cube World chracters and enjoys nothing more than shooting hoops with another compaion. And Grinder is an extreme sports nut, who will attempt all manner of stunts. Apart from never arguing with you and never borrowing your things, your new digital cube cohorts will entertain you for hours.

They are 100percent interactive, which means if you place one Cube World companion next to another, they visit one another, play games together, and generally get along - which should make a nice alternative from real friends.