System: Sony PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sony

Reviewer’s rating: **1/2

ESRB rating: Teen

Game type: Trivia

Kind of like: “Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action”

Best feature: Impressing friends and family with the useless information taking up space in your head.

Worst feature: Cheap plastic buzzers feel like they’ll break any minute.

The bottom line: Experts tells us casual gaming is all the rage, so Sony’s not going to let Nintendo corner the market without a fight.

Everyone knows trivia games can be a blast as long as you’re not playing with a hypercompetitive sibling. “Buzz!,” which is sort of like a cross between “Trivial Pursuit” and a TV game show, is no different.

This latest version focuses on Hollywood, asking you to identify famous flicks, big-screen stars, movie characters and film directors from photos, stills, clips and quotes. There are about 5,000 questions in all, and you can customize the ones you get based on type and difficulty level.

The cartoonish set is all over-the-top, Oscar-styled opulence, and the cheesy tuxedo-clad host — his name’s Buzz, natch — sounds like Phil Hartman doing a bad British accent.

Obviously the game’s a million times more fun when you play with a group. Up to eight people can play, but even going one-on-one against another pop culture junkie will get your adrenaline flowing and your buzzer finger itching. Speaking of which, each player or team can choose their own buzzer sound, ranging from a bullhorn to a belch to — our favorite — a monkey’s screech.