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Just Dance 3 – parental torture disguised as a Wii game

Just Dance 3 is going to be the end of my family. My daughter is addicted to it and won't give it up - she insists on playing Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" so much I'm sure it will be the soundtrack to all of my dreams and nightmares - my husband is being pushed to the physical limits with some Japanese song I've never heard, and I'm rocking in the corner with the Black-Eyed Peas' "Pump It" running roughshod over my sanity.

We were supposed to get the Wii game for Quinn's Christmas present. Derek decided instead to give it to her a few days early.

(By the way, the game's a gift from her Uncle Darren, a guy who would never be caught playing Just Dance 1, 2, 3 or Just Dance for Kids. Well, Darren, just you wait. When we see you next, I promise you we will be bringing Just Dance 3 with us.)

The good news is the songs are pretty infectious, energetic and peppy. The bad news is the songs are pretty infectious, energetic and peppy.

The other thing you'll notice is, if you have crappy exercise routine as we do, your arms are going to be shaking the next day.

And if you're even a little competitive, you will definitely be obsessed with the latest version of Just Dance. This one gives you stars, which will earn you presents. At first we thought the "presents" were pretty neat...until we realized they were just the same songs featuring a myriad of different dancers from the other games. They call this the "mash-up," not to be confused with the Glee version in which several songs are mashed together. No, this mash-up features several different styles mashed together to the same irritating songs from the main screen.

OK, look, there are a few songs we really like on the game. There's Katy Perry's "California Gurls" - a song that really needed to be spelled correctly to avoid any implication we Californians can't spell - Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For," and a few other fun tunes.

Unfortunately, we're being held hostage by a toddler's taste so Taio Cruz and the BEP are on a continuous loop.

So while we may be dreaming of a White Christmas, our daughter is lightin' it up like it's dynamite.