For fans of innovation, the PlayStation 3’s download service, PSN, has been a lovely thing. It has brought gamers things like “flOw” and “Everday Shooter.”

And this Winter it will bring gamers an episodic sitcom game called “Rat Race.”

On Tuesday, I interviewed comedian and head writer of the game Victor Varnado for MTV News. Turns out he’s a bona fide gamer with some programming roots as well.

He says all the right things about “Rat Race” and the trick art of making a game funny. This game sounds like it has a chance to hit its mark. (Watch Varnao’s stand-up here, if you want to see what his sense of humor is all about).

But what if you’ve already heard of “Rat Race,” seen some clips from it on GameTrailers, and wondered why it wasn’t funnier? From my story:

“Here’s what really happened,” said Varnado, who followed the reaction. “Some of the stuff that was leaked onto GameTrailers was some of the stuff meant for internal use, not something that was a finished product that would go out.” He said some of the material was created to test the game’s technology and didn’t represent the finished product. “That isn’t our best foot forward,” he said. Only the video about the roach-bait commercial had gone through the proper approval process. And that one, he said, got the most positive response. “We’ll make sure that what we put out next is something we’ve gone over and that we’re proud of.”

Read the rest of the story and find out what the first episode will be about in my full story at MTVNews.com.