Comb your moustache. Slap on some Brut. And get some Michael Bolton on the stereo to put you in the mood for a night of hot lovin'.
What's that? Our attitudes towards dating are stuck in the 1980s? Okay, so you have to be a bit more up-to-date if you want to make an impression on today's dating scene. What you need is a mobile game that'll show you the way into ladies' hearts (not to mention their underwear). And happily, Party Night Casanova is exactly that game.
See, you play an arch-seducer whose job is to get to know a succession of glamorous Hollywood beauties (if you're female, don't worry – there's a version of the game called Party Night Diva that reverses the roles). Don't think you're having it easy either: you have to work hard to earn the affections of these hard-to-please bombshells.
How? Well, by proving your skills at three mobile mini-games, which, we have to admit, hasn't ever worked for us when chatting someone up down the local Yates' Wine Bar. Nevertheless, mini-games it is, and thankfully they're all slick and fun to play.
The first is a Mastermind-style guessing game, where you have to choose the best chat-up subjects for your targeted lady by a process of trial and error.
The second is a neat one-thumb game to create the perfect cocktail, spinning a wheel to put the right ingredients in while avoiding obstacles. It's challenging enough to provide plenty of fun in its own right.
Finally, there's a rhythm-action music game. Here you have to time your button presses according to on-screen signals to bust some spectacular moves on the dancefloor. Again, it's good fun. And that's the key to Party Night Casanova – while none of the mini-games would be worth a fiver alone, they're all well-designed and together they make a satisfying whole.
The graphics have plenty of character too, and overall it's all very well put together.
We can't promise it'll improve your chances with real-world women, but if you're looking to boost your confidence with some virtual romance, Party Night Casanova is quite the catch.
Party Night Casanova
Simple-but-fun mini-games that bring the romance back to your mobile
Stuart Dredge
Stuart is a freelance journalist and blogger who's been getting paid to write stuff since 1998. In that time, he's focused on topics ranging from Sega's Dreamcast console to robots. That's what you call versatility. (Or a short attention span.)