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I rent DVDs and games through Lovefilm. Same rate as above.

Currently we have Shrek the Third and Eledees from them, which my youngest son is enjoying. I will probably post them back tomorrow. Last week we had Kororinpa, which we all liked. Very nice game. I was expecting it to be more like Super Monkey Ball, which we have all got fed up with, but it was much better.

Perfect for the Wii remote - very clever!

It is certainly a good idea to rent first, as sometimes games are available on both the Wii and the PS2 and it helps us to work out which console we would prefer to own them on. For instance, after renting them, we bought Rayman Raving Rabbids and Transformers the Game on PS2 instead of Wii, as the Wii controls weren't so good for those games.

Then sometimes I am lucky. Both boys really liked Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer on the Wii when we rented it, and then last week I saw it was on sale for £10 or £12 from Tesco Jersey, so I bought it, to put away for Christmas!

I would only consider buying a game without renting first if it was a dead cert like MP8, SSBB or Mario Kart Wii etc. I didn't even realise how good Excite Truck was until I rented it! Then I went online and immediately purchased it, as I couldn't bear to not own it after playing it!

I have basically selected every Wii game on their rental list apart from the 18 cert ones, as all games purchased for our household must be family-friendly (The most violent game I allow is Soul Calibur, as that is in a class of its own!) This has worked very well so far, and LoveFilm have been really good at sending new titles out to us.