The idea of 'hurting The Hoff' or 'hassling The Hoff' was just hysterical to me," Hasselhoff, 56, tells PEOPLE. "I don't know why, I think it was from growing up watching the Three Stooges and the idea of hurting yourself was funny to me."

In the irreverently comedic game, a player can take a virtual Hasselhoff - replete with a Knight Rider jump suit emblazoned with "The Hoff" on the back - though a series of collisions and pratfalls and score points for how much pain they can make the onetime German pop star endure.....