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Saturday 02 February

Despite all my rage I am still just a hamster in a cage

When my second grader asked me to join her to play a new video game that Daddy had downloaded for PS3, I figured I'd humor her for a few minutes. Little did I know that two hours later I would still be playing--and wrestling to pull myself away. Welcome to Hamsterball. And your new hurt-your-teeth-cute gaming addiction.

Hamsterball for PS3 is the perfect family game for kids as young as about five or six, depending on their ability to manipulate the controller. There's no violence, no shooting, nothing complicated besides steering and jumping; it's literally just a hamster in a little round cage, racing around crazy, colorful, inventive tracks filled with obstacles.

And, if you're me, often falling off said tracks.

You can play on your own or head-to-head (totally fun) and the levels get increasingly hard, as you unlock them. There's even a Sumo mode where you can play the computer or up to six other players, as you try to knock the other players off a round, suspended arena. You know, like Sumo wrestlers, going at each other with their bellies. Only you're a hamster. In a cage. -Liz

Get a sense of Raptisoft's Hamsterball from the developer website, or download for $9.99 for your Playstation system online.

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Rusty | February 2, 2013 9:55 AM | Reply

This brought back a wonderful flashback to my high school years and the game "Burgertime." I had the high score and my dad did everything in his power to beat it; to the point of my mom getting upset with him.

He stayed home sick one day from work and played it all day...mom was no so happy.

To this day I can say, "hey pop, wanna play Burgertime?" And he will get a huge grin on his face.

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