Buzz! The Mega Quiz [Bundle] [PS2]

How many times have you been watching some idiot on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire or Jeopardy and declared that you could play the game better than the contestants on TV only to have your significant other roll her eyes and tell you to put up or shut up? Then, you tell her, "Katie, I'm busy. I can't go around entering my name for game shows." And then she says, "Well, poop or get off the pot." And than you say, "I graduated with honors, woman! Don't question me -- plus, I have a job that requires my utmost attention!" And she says, "Oh yeah, real tough -- play videogames all day long! Be a real man!" Then you get up, slam the front door and go drink in the GameScoop recording room until dawn and try to convince the office you haven't been crying all night.

Thankfully, Buzz! The Mega Quiz has arrived to make those oh-so-common arguments a thing of the past. Packed with eight multiplayer rounds, five gameplay modes, 14 avatars and a bunch of buzzer sounds, Buzz is making its U.S. debut this week after taking the U.K. by storm with a handful of sequels and spin-offs.

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If this is your first introduction to the world of British accents and spiky blonde hair, let's get you up to speed. Buzz! The Mega Quiz thrusts you and up-to-seven friends into a winner-take-all game show hosted by a Brit/flapping-head Muppet named Buzz and his lovely assistant Rose. Each round Rose explains how you'll play, Buzz asks you some questions, and the losers squirm while the winner celebrates.

As if the fact an assistant has to tell you how to play every game didn't tip you off, Buzz doesn't use a traditional control scheme. Packed with the game are four controllers/buzzers -- more can be purchased if you're planning on having an eight-player free-for-all -- that are tethered together and get plugged into a single PS2 USB slot. The simple design is reminiscent of an oversized remote control -- there's a large red button followed by blue, orange, green and yellow buttons -- and it serves as your gateway to getting granny, your 5-year-old niece and your best buddy to play the same game.

Buzz asks a question and -- depending on the round -- you slam down on the red buzzer and choose the correct color-coded answer.

I tend to think I'm pretty darn decent when it comes to general knowledge -- I used to own fools at Buffalo Wild Wings NTN trivia in college -- and the wealth of questions Buzz whips out is one of the true strengths of this game. More than 6,000 questions make up the gameplay experience and cover topics such as film, sports, history and music. One minute you're being asked which musician was claiming "it wasn't me" in 2001 and the next you're staring at a painting of Napoleon and being asked who this guy went up against at Waterloo.

Questions about Shaggy and the Duke of Wellington? Sign me up!