MyPunchbowl Launches New Features and a Facebook App: Party Animal

MyPunchbowl (MPB) is an innovative way to plan a party. Check out the reviews on Webware and Mashable along with a video screencast from Screeniac. They have launched a few new/updated features today along with a Facebook application.

The new features include: a "party checklist" which allows a party host to create lists of items for attendees to bring with them. The attendees can check which items they will bring and the host can also prioritize which items are of greater need. Somehow I bet "beer" and "vodka" will appear at the top of many lists.

The other features are more utility-based: unlimited co-hosts, party duplication and e-mail bounce notification. This last one is important as if you incorrectly enter a person's email address, they might not show up and it will be egg on your face!

MyPunchbowl is also launching a Facebook application today. Their blog notes, 'The new application "Party Animal" offers a fun new way to tell your friends how they act at a party. Facebook users can vote for their friends, choosing between personalities such as "Drunken Pig" and "Lone Wolf." Facebook users can also unlock bonus animals by creating a MyPunchbowl.com account. Bonus animals include celebrity personalities such as "Paris Hilton" and "Snoop Dogg" and creative party animals such as a "Social Butterfly" and "Party Pooper."' A screenshot of Party Animal is below.

I wonder what personality I am at a party! It looks like a fun app that can draw users back to MPB to plan their own parties.