['
Jeff
', 'Foxworthy
', 'hit
', 'gold
', 'with
', 'a
', 'quiz
', 'show
', 'format
', 'that
', 'melds
', 'classic
', 'trivia
', 'with
', 'adorable
', 'elementary
', 'school
', 'kids.
', 'It
', "isn't
", 'just
', 'about
', 'being
', 'smart
', '--
', "it's
", 'about
', 'being
', 'humbled
', 'in
', 'the
', 'face
', 'of
', 'bright
', 'kids.
', "It's
", 'a
', 'format
', 'that
', 'is
', 'ripe
', 'for
', 'a
', 'successful
', 'videogame
', 'translation,
', 'but
', 'unfortunately
', 'the
', 'same
', 'care
', 'that
', 'is
', 'put
', 'into
', 'making
', 'the
', 'show
', 'a
', 'hit
', "wasn't
", 'shown
', 'to
', 'the
', 'game.
', 'This
', 'is
', 'the
', 'second
', 'Wii
', 'Are
', 'You
', 'Smarter
', 'Than
', 'a
', '5th
', 'Grader
', 'game
', ',
', 'and
', 'the
', 'gameplay
', 'of
', 'Game
', 'Time
', 'is
', 'pretty
', 'much
', 'the
', 'same
', 'as
', 'its
', 'predecessor,
', 'Make
', 'the
', 'Grade.
', 'It
', 'follows
', 'the
', 'game
', 'show
', 'closely
', 'by
', 'asking
', 'players
', 'to
', 'pick
', 'a
', '5th
', 'grade
', 'partner
', 'and
', 'then
', 'answer
', 'a
', 'series
', 'of
', 'elementary
', 'level
', 'trivia
', 'questions.
', 'Interspersed
', 'throughout
', 'the
', 'trial
', 'are
', 'small
', 'mini-games
', 'and
', 'bonus
', 'questions.
', 'Answer
', 'enough
', 'trivia
', 'and
', 'you
', 'can
', 'win
', 'a
', 'million
', 'imaginary
', 'dollars
', 'and
', 'then
', 'start
', 'over.
', 'The
', 'game
', 'itself
', 'is
', 'pretty
', 'easy.
', 'Every
', 'question
', 'leading
', 'up
', 'to
', 'the
', 'final
', 'is
', 'multiple
', 'choice
', 'and
', "you're
", 'allowed
', 'several
', 'cheats,
', 'in
', 'which
', 'you
', 'rely
', 'on
', 'the
', 'smarts
', 'of
', 'your
', 'young
', 'partner.
', 'The
', 'last
', 'question
', 'must
', 'be
', 'typed
', 'out,
', 'which
', 'makes
', 'it
', 'both
', 'a
', 'spelling
', 'and
', 'trivia
', 'challenge
', 'and
', 'the
', 'only
', 'potentially
', 'difficult
', 'part
', 'of
', 'the
', 'game.
', 'One
', 'of
', 'the
', 'big
', 'problems
', 'with
', 'Game
', 'Time
', 'is
', 'the
', 'slow
', 'and
', 'plodding
', 'nature
', 'of
', 'the
', 'game.
', 'The
', 'questions
', "don't
", 'come
', 'nearly
', 'rapidly
', 'enough.
', 'The
', 'game
', 'goes
', 'to
', 'little
', 'snippets
', 'of
', 'dull
', 'dialogue
', 'between
', 'every
', 'question.
', 'Everything
', 'just
', 'slowly
', 'moves
', 'along,
', 'which
', 'will
', 'surely
', 'cause
', 'you
', 'to
', 'start
', 'mashing
', 'on
', 'the
', 'A
', 'Button
', 'to
', 'skip
', 'ahead.
', 'To
', 'be
', 'fair,
', 'it
', 'mirrors
', 'the
', 'game
', 'show.
', 'Of
', 'course,
', 'television
', 'adds
', 'breaks
', '
to
', 'milk
', 'the
', 'tension
', 'and
', 'space
', 'for
', 'commercials.
', 'In
', 'a
', 'game,
', "it's
", 'just
', 'filler
', 'and
', 'a
', 'waste
', 'of
', 'time.
', 'Another
', 'issue
', 'is
', 'the
', 'questions
', 'themselves.
', 'A
', 'trivia
', 'game
', 'without
', 'good
', 'trivia
', "isn't
", 'very
', 'worthwhile,
', 'and
', "that's
", 'exactly
', 'what
', 'Game
', 'Time
', 'is.
', 'The
', 'makers
', 'claim
', 'over
', '5,000
', 'new
', 'bits
', 'of
', 'trivia,
', 'but
', 'some
', 'are
', 'recycled
', 'and
', 'reworded
', 'to
', 'be
', 'used
', 'twice.
', 'Do
', 'we
', 'really
', 'need
', 'a
', 'question
', 'asking
', 'which
', 'food
', 'has
', 'the
', 'most
', 'sugars
', '(answer:
', 'the
', 'persimmon
', 'because
', 'it
', 'is
', 'a
', 'fruit)
', 'followed
', 'a
', 'short
', 'while
', 'later
', 'by
', 'one
', 'asking
', 'what
', 'type
', 'of
', 'food
', 'a
', 'persimmon
', 'is?
', 'Game
', 'Time
', 'expands
', 'on
', 'the
', 'number
', 'of
', 'modes
', 'that
', 'Make
', 'the
', 'Grade
', 'offered,
', 'but
', 'still
', "doesn't
", 'hit
', 'on
', 'anything
', 'worthwhile.
', 'The
', 'Homeroom
', 'challenge
', 'that
', 'mirrors
', 'the
', 'game
', 'show
', 'can
', 'be
', 'played
', 'with
', 'a
', 'group
', 'for
', 'an
', 'even
', 'slower
', 'experience.
', "There's
", 'a
', 'Battle
', 'of
', 'Wits
', 'in
', 'which
', 'rapid
', 'fire
', 'questions
', 'are
', 'given
', 'and
', 'players
', 'can
', 'earn
', 'little
', 'power-ups
', 'to
', 'sabotage
', 'each
', 'other.
', 'Three
', 'and
', 'Out
', 'has
', 'leaders
', 'moving
', 'up
', 'the
', 'normal
', "game's
", 'ladder,
', 'but
', 'requires
', 'them
', 'to
', 'buzz
', 'in
', 'rapidly.
', 'Get
', 'three
', 'questions
', 'wrong
', 'there
', 'and
', 'its
', 'game
', 'over.
', 'The
', 'last
', 'is
', 'a
', 'Schoolroom
', 'Showdown,
', 'which
', 'is
', 'just
', 'a
', 'free-for-all
', 'question
', 'and
', 'answer
', 'spree.
', 'The
', 'Wii
', 'version
', 'does
', 'not
', 'offer
', 'online
', 'play
', 'like
', 'its
', 'Xbox
', '360
', 'cousin.
', "That's
", 'not
', 'really
', 'an
', 'issue
', 'though
', 'as
', 'there
', 'is
', 'nobody
', 'playing
', 'online
', 'on
', 'Xbox
', 'Live
', 'so
', "it's
", 'a
', 'worthless
', 'feature
', 'anyway.
', 'On
', 'Wii,
', 'there
', 'is
', 'also
', 'the
', 'added
', 'trouble
', 'of
', 'an
', 'absolutely
', 'horrendous
', 'frame
', 'rate
', 'and
', 'some
', 'serious
', 'sound
', 'issues.
', 'Voices
', "don't
", 'match
', 'up
', 'with
', 'the
', 'lip
', 'movements
', 'at
', 'all.
', 'The
', 'game
', 'stutters
', 'through
', 'every
', 'presentation
', 'sequence.
', 'All
', 'and
', 'all,
', 'it
', 'just
', 'performs
', 'poorly.
']