David Landis, maker of Desktop Gremlins which are very fun and free paper crafts, has posted a fantastic, thorough, and entertaining review of the new Lego app/toy/game, Life of George. To play, you need both the app on an iDevice with camera capabilities and the Life of George kit. Here is David’s video tour of […]
Continue ReadingI want to give a shout out to our fans and listeners who are serving or have served in the United States military. As a military brat turned wife myself, I understand the ups and downs of the military lifestyle and how much you give of yourself and how little you receive in return. Whether […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve started to hear buzz building about a game called Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure, it’s with good reason. Activision has come out with an innovative hybrid of toys and gaming that’s sure to delight a wide range of players. Before it launched, I saw Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure in various stages of development at events like […]
Continue ReadingI have two boys in my house and watch as they play video games that they like; the ones where you have to beat a level or find the secrets, beat the boss and save the day. My attention span for those kinds of games fell by the wayside about the same time as the […]
Continue ReadingA few years ago we bought our first kitchen table. We’d lived with hand me downs for years and decided it was finally time to pick something that fit us. We ended up with a long wooden table with lots of leaves. It’s wonderful for family meals, whether all four kids are around or not. […]
Continue ReadingIn the same vein as their apps that I have previously reviewed (Helicopter Taxi, Toca Doctor, and Toca Tea Party), Toca Boca, a prolific app publisher, has several more, newer apps. I’ve profiled them below. Toca Boca has a solid history of colorful, fun apps, where occasionally the device is used as a toy itself, […]
Continue ReadingMy daughter and I recently attended an event called Kinect for Kids, where we scarfed down mini-burgers and tried out the latest batch of XBox Kinect games for kids. For the longest time XBox ignored the little kid market, but now they’re poised to take a bite out of Nintendo’s market share. We only […]
Continue ReadingOne of the biggest challenges many families face is spending good, quality time together. Especially as children get older and become involved in sports and their own social lives, finding opportunities to just be with each other becomes more difficult. Sometimes, even though everyone is at home, each is engaged with one kind of screen or another so they […]
Continue ReadingOne great way to expose your kids to art and new artists is through two new apps that are disguised as fun jigsaw puzzles. Piece Me Birds and Piece Me Circus, from Fashionbuddha, allow kids to piece together puzzles of birds and circus acts as often as they like. Each app spotlights the artwork of […]
Continue ReadingI was busily buying tickets to attend the Quidditch World Cup next month, and found myself perusing the IQA (International Quidditch Association) website. There is a documentary film coming out about the 2010 World Cup: what started as a Harry Potter fan game in Vermont a few years ago has become a sport drawing hundreds […]
Continue ReadingMy son and I have different opinions when it comes to zombies. He’s a fan of watching Left for Dead or Call of Duty, where you get to kill the horrible undead in a variety of ways. (I’m not a fan of having him watch them, btw, but I can’t always control what he watches […]
Continue ReadingI have never been a fan of MMOs. It’s not that I hate them, nor do I harbor any ill will to those that play, but I just can’t seem to get drawn into one. My brother-in-law has been addicted to playing World of Warcraft for years and I’m always amazed by how involved he […]
Continue ReadingI have fond memories of playing Monopoly from my childhood. We had our own rules of course, every family does. You could buy a house on any property you owned when you landed on it again, even if you only owned one. I was virtually unaware of the need for a monopoly until I was […]
Continue ReadingThe show kicks off with an interview with Amber Love about Women of Wonder Day, an annual auction and in-store event where you can bid on beautiful art and collectibles in support of domestic violence charity programs. Then Nicole is joined once again by GeekMom Cathe Post to talk about her weekend with her husband and daughter at the […]
Continue ReadingIf there’s one thing the iPad is good at it’s games, and this one from Sega, based on a 2009 arcade game, is a great example. Kids who are trapped on a car ride, or waiting at an airport, or anyplace where there is nothing to do and time is passing far too slowly will find […]
Continue ReadingThis Sunday evening, the AMC channel will premiere the second season of its hit television series The Walking Dead. I will be sending my sons to their rooms a little earlier than normal on that night because I don’t allow them to watch the zombie-infested spectacle that I and millions of other viewers love so […]
Continue ReadingWhen I wrote my review of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, I called it “one of my favorite Wii games of all time”. It remains one of my favorites, so it is with great delight that I receive this trailer for Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The embrace of Lego Ron and Lego Hermione is […]
Continue ReadingOne of my favorite eBook apps to date is Nosy Crow’s The Three Little Pigs, so naturally I was very excited to have a look at their latest app, Cinderella. Again bringing the high production values to an eBook, I appreciate that Nosy Crow is developing a signature look and feel. The illustration and animation […]
Continue ReadingIf you play Glitch, head over to Lowland Slough in Shimla Mirch to see the beautiful spontaneous tribute to Steve Jobs. People are leaving notes (“When I opened my own business, it was on a Mac”) and apples–dozens upon dozens of apples–in the street. The paper tree there has been rechristened “Steve.” Fireflies swirl in […]
Continue ReadingWhat do you do on your anniversary when you suddenly find yourself with a babysitter on a week night, a few extra hours and cash in hand? Why you sit in Starbucks, drink cider and check out two new games from Looney Labs, that’s what! My love of the card game Fluxx is certainly no […]
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