In our Wii downtime, I checked out Thrillville for Xbox (also available in Playstation and PSP). Where it may seem similar to Rollercaoaster Tycoon, it’s much different.

Listing off the objectives and game play of both games, one would think they are quite similar. However, Thrillville is more about mini-games and goals than it is about building the biggest and best amusement park. For example, when you hire a park employee, you have to train them via a mini game. The more training, the better they’ll do. You also have to talk to people and make friends. You can ask them what they’d like to see or talk about sports or animals. You even get the ability to flirt with the ladies.

I found out this weekend that I’m not the next American Idol.

We rented Karaoke Revolution this weekend and gave it a try. Basically it’s Karaoke only you play it on Xbox (or GameCube or PlayStation). It comes with a Mic and is very cool, except I kept getting booed off the stage. That’s right, I sucked. My wife however did awesome! She has no problems hitting all the right notes.

The game is a lot of fun and I did enjoy it. I just now know that American Idol is not in my future.