Sports games on the Wii: let's face it. A room full of monkeys could do a decent job on the design. Yes, programming is a difficult and intricate job, but as long as the controls mimic real life and the graphics look half decent, it'll be a fun game. Throw in multiplayer, and you can't lose. So how did the monkeys at Hudson manage with Deca Sports?  read more »

My name is Cheech and I am the school bus driiiiver...

I have a bias for quirky, non-violent PC games. Most new games seem to be variations on the alphabet soup of established formats; FPSs, RTSs, RPGs and MMORPGs with the occasional casual puzzle game thrown in for "variety". The odds of finding an innovative, non-violent game are about as good as finding a vegetarian meal at a Brazilian grill.  read more »

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Remember having to choose between 24 and 36 images to a roll of film? With compact flash, SD/MMC, and other media cards used in modern digital cameras pushing upwards of 4GB, anything less than a few hundred or even thousands of images seems absolutely crippling. But with any magnetic storage device, it's not a question of if the media will fail, but when, and these cards are no exception.  read more »

Each virtual world for kids offers different features, and Littlest Pet Shop VIP's bring their own unique take on the online experience.

The Stuffed Animal

The huge-eyed cutetastic stuffed animals are just the right size to accompany kids to bed at night and play with during the day. Made from sturdy fabric and tight stitching, they look and feel like they'll hold up a long time.  read more »

When I got my first CD burner for my Macintosh Computer back in 2001, I also picked up a copy of Roxio’s Toast Titanium 5 because Mac CD recording abilities were almost nonexistent at the time. It wasn’t long after that CD burners, and then DVD super drives, became standard issue in Macs along with the software necessary to run and take full advantage of such devices.  read more »

On the surface, Operation: Hulk Edition (Milton Bradley Games, approximate retail price $19.99, Ages 6 and up) is very like its classic Operation counterpart. In both editions, game play involves diagnosing a patient’s illness by drawing a “Doctor” card, then using the supplied tweezers to remove the stated offending plastic malady from the patient’s body, laid out on a plastic operating table.  read more »

The heyday of Tamagotchi virtual pets seems like so long ago, and while, like all fads, they've lost their ubiquitous status, but they've evolved over the years and, even though under the radar, have continued on and added new features.  read more »

A couple of months ago, Dennis Gray of 101 Uses For Baby Wipes asked me what I, as a father, thought was the best electronic gadget of the past 10 years. I told him that in my opinion, it had to be Tivo with its user-friendly ability to schedule television viewing around one’s life, and not vice versa.  read more »

But where's the game gone?

Deep in the Agetec game labs, some mad scientist forcibly Frankensteined PictoChat with with a Japanese game show. The result -- a game called LOL -- is remarkably entertaining. LOL is a multiplayer-only game which turns your DS into an electronic space for amusing your friends. Up to four players can play and only one of them needs to have a cartridge. At $19.99 this makes LOL a good party game bargain.  read more »