I'm pretty sure Buzz! is going to be a dark horse in family entertainment... especially with the newly announced feature of custom quizzes. I first heard about this at the GDC at the beginning of the year, but had to keep my lips sealed, but Joystiq just found Sony's new site... so I'm guessing everything is official.Here is the rundown... Anyone (with a PSN account) can write their own quiz from any computer, upload it to the network, and have it playable by anyone. I think this is a game changer for this type of game. In the past, these had limited shelf life because you would eventually memorize questions. But this keeps it fresh and flexible. Criterion has been keeping Burnout Paradise interesting with free updates to their game, but massive user generated content will take this idea to the next level. The combination of Buzz! and Little Big Planet are starting to build a very interesting story for Sony... it will be fun to see where they take things over the next few months.
I'd love to see this evolve into a wiki like environment where people can fact-check, update, and build onto other people's quizzes. It would also be really cool to incorporate pictures or videos into questions.


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