The Sims 2: Christmas Party Pack

There's Something Wrong here: at the time of writing it's the beginning of December and you won't be reading this until the beginning of January, by which time The Sims 2: Christmas Party Pack will have completed its sole mission of boldly taking up a whole bloody shelf in every games store across the planet and finding its way into the Christmas stockings of young Sims fans, via undiscerning mothers who simply don't know any better.

Simply put, I'm powerless to stop this expansion selling - come to think of it, I could have reviewed this expansion in July and it still wouldn't have any effect on its sales. Reviewing Sims expansions is like attacking a tank with a chickenstuffing sandwich - you just can't make a dent.

Anyway, for your tenner you get 40 Christmas objects, a bit of Santa, some Father Time (for New Year's), a penny and a receipt which proves you're a chump. Most of the objects can be downloaded from The Sims 2 website anyway, so you're being shafted left, right and centre.

This is a veritable spit-roast of shaftage - why not buy something nice for an elderly relative instead? Or adopt a dog or some unfortunate orphan with a disease? I must admit though, I laughed when my single father who'd scraped the bottom of his wallet for a Christmas tree had it burn down in an accident which claimed his son's life. Merry Christmas everyone.