Buzz! The Mega Quiz(PS2; $39.99; Rated E10+ for alcohol and tobacco references/comic mischief/mild language/suggestive themes/mild violence; buzz-games.com)
When you have the family over in the next couple of weeks, rather than breaking out the ol' Monopoly or watching "It's a Wonderful Life" yet again, why not dust off that old PS2 of yours and serve up a game of "Buzz! The Mega Quiz?" Up to eight players can face off to see who has the most useless knowledge in over 5,000 trivia questions spanning history, sports, and entertainment. The gameshow inspired environment of "Buzz!" starts with the wise-cracking, bad-haired host of the game, Buzz and extends to the buzzer controllers that are used to ring in to answer. Oddly enough, though, the buzzer button isn't used as nearly as much as it should be, and the bulk of the games I played focused more on the colored buttons that correspond to the multiple choice answers for questions.
Questions can get down-right ruthless in terms of difficulty, but the difficulty is balanced throughout the game overall. Minor scoring gripes aside- like rounds that can drastically re-distribute points, without any basis of skill- "Buzz!" is a great party game that can keep the whole family yelling at the TV, instead of each other.
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