i am just mad about a new game i am playing at the mo’. never before have i become so obsessed with a bunch of mentally unstable usagis. created by a french company called ubisoft, rayman raving rabbids (they’re referred to as les lapins crétins in french!) TV party is a spin-off of the rayman franchise.

as the wii is meant to be a gaming console for the uninitiated, the games (yes, there are many) are prety intuitive to play, using the wireless remote and nunchuck. there are games for the solo player and the party crowd, and if you have the balance board, you could play one of the games with your butt! the games also take the piss of many existing games out there (like rockband and dancing games but sans dance mats), some adding new twists on well-known games like tetris (check out star worse!).

gamespot gave it a 6/10 but i think the game is brill. i’ve only started playing it last saturday and it would still make me laugh. tried to look for the two preceding games at the preowned rack at game but to no avail. looks like it’s play.com then.

and as today is the day, i was well chuffed when this was delivered on time by UPS: