Abstract. We study the existence of continuity points for mappings f : X × Y → Z whose x-sections Y ∋ y → f (x, y) ∈ Z are fragmentable and y-sections X ∋ x → f (x, y) ∈ Z are quasicontinuous, where X is a Baire space and Z is a metric space. For the factor Y , we consider two infinite "pointpicking" games G 1 (y) and G 2 (y) defined respectively for each y ∈ Y as follows: in the n-th inning, Player I gives a dense set Dn ⊂ Y , respectively, a dense open set Dn ⊂ Y . Then Player II picks a point yn ∈ Dn; II wins if y is in the closure of {yn : n ∈ N}, otherwise I wins. It is shown that (i) f is cliquish if II has a winning strategy in G 1 (y) for every y ∈ Y , and (ii) f is quasicontinuous if the x-sections of f are continuous and the set of y ∈ Y such that II has a winning strategy in G 2 (y) is dense in Y . Item (i) extends substantially a result of Debs and item (ii) indicates that the problem of Talagrand on separately continuous maps has a positive answer for a wide class of "small" compact spaces.