Archive - Dec 2008

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Hannah Montana Didj BoxShe's everywhere, and young girls' parents paid scalpers thousands of dollars for her sold-out concerts which you can watch in 3D on DVD, but now that she's on the Didj, is Miley Cyrus' game really the Best of Both Worlds in gameplay and education?

The main part of the game consists of four different minigames, interspersed with slideshow cutscenes from the Hannah Montana TV Show.  read more »

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Fists of FoamHe lives in a pineapple under the sea and has become a phenomenon, and now, SpongeBob SquarePants teaches your kids math on Leapfrog's Didj. But how do those pants hold up on this educational platform?  read more »

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Nicktoons Android InvasionDon't you just love Crossovers? The comic book industry knows how much we love them, and other media also take advantage of them when possible, so since Nickelodeon owns the rights to many different characters, why not mix them all into one big videogame? Sound like a good idea? Well, it is.  read more »

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Mijam DrummerHave you ever wanted to become a professional drummer, but never had the materials? Well, now, you still might not become a professional, but you can now drum to your heart’s content with B2’s Mijam Drummer. These drumsticks operate when you hit them in the air or on something. You can choose from six different sounds: short cymbal, cymbal, floor tom, tom tom, bass drum and hi hat, and snare drum.  read more »

Candace Kane -- the latest in a long line of candy makers in the Kane family.

Candace Kane’s Candy Factory is a beat-the-clock puzzle game in the mode of Cake Mania or Airport Mania. These kind of games are often described as having “Lucy in the chocolate factory” game play. In this case, that’s almost literally true.  read more »

Iron Chef America Supreme Cuisine -- Now with slightly creepy caricatures

Welcome to Kitchen Stadium where we are in for a real treat today as two titans of the gaming industry -- Wii and DS -- battle it out for supremacy. Each of these noble platforms has shown itself worthy in other cooking games, but today we shall see which is better...which system’s cuisine reigns supreme!

The systems are in place and the Chairman has stepped up to the podium.  read more »

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Sonic CoverThe one thing about working this Tech Talk For Families Review gig is that I get a chance to try out some gaming franchises that I have, up till now, given a cold shoulder. Such is the case with Sonic the Hedgehog.  read more »

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Swim to me PuppyFew kids like baths without some kind of incentive. My kids play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to see who gets to go last. But sometimes, the proper toy is just the necessary item to raise interest in the tub. MGA now offers a cute little puppy to do just that, and we mean cute--just look at it, then get a drink to get the sweet taste out of your mouth. My daughters love cute.  read more »

Spam is evilEveryone with an email address gets spam, even John "I get no spam" Dvorak. We filter our email through Google's Gmail, which we recommend, as their spam filters catch ~99% of our spam with very few false positives. But as I've been cleaning out the spam folder, skimming for anything from a real human, I've noticed certain trends.  read more »

Well, actually, at a cover price of $19.99 the price IS right ... if you're a fan of the show

It’s The Price Is Right videogame for the PC.  read more »

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