When you buy a game called "Cowboy Kid" you expect certain things. For one thing you expect your game to be set in the Wild West, where you'll see tumbleweeds going by and the mere thought of a paved street is patently ridiculous. The other thing you expect is that you will play some sort of kid, maybe not an infant (that would be stupid), but maybe a teenager just learning how to ride a horse and shoot a gun. Well, Romstar managed to get one of those things right. The only cowboy I see on this box has as mustache and a badge; I hardly think anybody would consider him to be a "kid." Perhaps Cowboy Man just didn't sound right. Or maybe that's just a little too redundant?

Either way, this cover is terrible. But I can't decide whether it's bad because of its ridiculous nature or what I'm bringing into it. I think I may have watched Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain a few too many times, because every time I look at this cover I a cowboy and Indian who look like they're about to work on a peace treaty ... if you catch my meaning. You can tell because of the look on their face, they both look like they are longing for some kind of affection. And it wouldn't be completely out of the question, it's not like those classic westerns had a lot of women in them. How many female cast members were in Bonanza? One! So either she was really busy or the rest of the town had to make do with what they had. But maybe I'm missing the point of this cover, maybe there's nothing untoward about it. Maybe Mr. Mustache and his shirtless Indian friend are just here to welcome me to town. That seems like a nice thing to do, it's so rare to find people nice enough to greet you as you enter their town. Oh who am I kidding? I think it's just safer to focus on the fact that nobody on this cover even comes close to being a kid.