Game Review: Buzz! The Mega Quiz (PS2)

Buzz! The Mega Quiz
Playstation 2
Available now

Party games have become all the rage since the unexpected success of the Nintendo Wii this year. Now the other console makers are scrambling to release family- and party-oriented games to capture a bit of that now lucrative market. Sony recently released their latest attempt in the genre with Buzz! The Mega Quiz. This latest in the popular European Buzz! series is the first to be released in North America. Buzz! is a trivia game that comes packaged with four special controllers. The controllers are designed to be used with one hand, with a big, red “Buzz!” button on top and a row of four smaller, colored buttons below it. The problem with this design is that thumbs (at least American thumbs, I can't speak to European digits) don't generally bend backwards, so you end up having to use both hands anyway in order to quickly access the colored buttons. Also, very few of the game types use the “Buzz!” button, so it's a bit perplexing that it is featured so prominently...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!