Viva Pinata

I'm going to preface this with : Don't knock it until you've tried it.

It's actually quite entertaining and vacuum-esqe, in that you get sucked in. If you have a high tolerance for cute, and grade school humor, you'll love this. It actually is very clever, and though its marketed to children, it really takes more then a sixth grade education to figure out how to make your Pinatas like you. I personally had to delve into the guide book after angrily trying to plant a seed for a half hour.

It's all about short puzzle games, taking care of your Pinatas, selling your Pinatas to parties (which is wrong in so many ways.) and having a happy farm! It's very much like Sims, but with cute Pinata animals. They can even do "the love dance" to get baby Pinatas!! Ask me if that isn't adorable.

I was introduced to this by my aunts and uncles after they test drove the game for their kids. To say the least, my cousins have never even touched this game.

Anyway, it's a fun.

At college, a roommate had this game. Tried it and found it interesting. Sometimes games that are 'childish' are fairly well-designed because they appeal to not just kids, but the families as well I think.