PLAY - GAME OF THE MONTH

There appears to be some sort of law, perhaps inscribed on Magna Carta, that if you have a collection of kid-friendly franchises, you must place those characters in a karting video game to battle in the white hot crucible of two-stroke motorsport.

- Mike Channell

DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing

DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing combines characters from Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Boss Baby among others in a lukewarm Mario Kart clone. It's slower and less interesting than Nintendo's effort, with the added problem that it's nearly impossible to remember what any of the 16 bland power ups actually do. While the characters are voiced, which is an improvement on the Nickelodeon karting games, there's no way stars like Jack Black were getting out of bed for this one. If you find Mike Myers' questionable Scottish accent sets your teeth on edge, you're not going to find some random voice actor's impression of it less irritating. Approach with caution. 

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