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Written by Nathaniel Stevens
September 25, 2008  0
There's nothing quite like a good family trivia game. These types of games are so sparse in the videogame world, and generally they're done extremely poorly. The one that comes to mind that was even remotely entertaining was one called Twisted, which existed on the 3DO platform (some of you may not remember it, so here's a link for you to the Classic Gaming website).
So pardon my skepticism when Sony published a new type of game for that genre called Buzz! Quiz TV.
I will dominate you in movie trivia, but cry when it comes to science
Buzz! Quiz TV gameplay is particularly anything special in the genre of trivia. It runs by the same concept having questions asked and contestants answer. Where it separates itself is that it simply doesn't get you to answer them as the main purpose, it provides you with a challenge to answer them. For example, there is a 'pie throwing' stage of questioning where whoever answers the questions before the other folks gets to throw a pie at a contestant of their choice (you have the ability to accidentally select yourself). Once a contestant is hit with two pies, their participation in that round is over. It's...
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