Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends game didn't do so well on the Leapster, so has Leapfrog improved it on the Didj? Yes and no.  read more »

IT'S PANDA-MONIUM!

"Learn about real-life Pandas as you feed, nurture and play with your very own Panda! Choose from cute and cuddly Baby Pandas or giant Great Pandas and play with them as they learn new skills. Discover fun panda facts from real National Geographic stories that appear as you progress through the game!"  read more »

In the quest to deliver unique game play and distinguish themselves from the competition, sometimes developers overreach themselves. This seems to be the case with Tecmo’s SPRay for Wii.  read more »

In the 1999 film Galaxy Quest Sigourney Weaver’s character complains that her only function is to repeat what the computer says. If the movie were made today, she’d have to complain that Blue Box’s PC Gizmo could do her job.  read more »

She'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 »

He 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 »

Don'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 »

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 »

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 »

The 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 »