Would you purchase a product that billed itself as educational but contained a shooting game? What if you didn’t know a company was including a shooting game with a device you were purchasing? I received a sample of VTech’s newest product, the MobiGo ($59.99) and the Touch & Learn Game Pack cartridge that comes standard…
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Fight Hunger with ClubBK’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Game
Welcome to Movie Week! This week I’ll doing movie related reviews and giveaways some come on back to win some great prizes! Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has always been one of our favorite books. The imaginative story set in the town of Chewandswallow allows kids to envision a place where the it rains…
Learn By Playing Through SmartyCard This Summer
Today my colleagues and I waved goodbye as busses pulled away carrying off our students for the summer. As teachers, I welcome the start of summer but as a parent, I want to be sure that I’m striking a balance between the having fun, spending time being lazy, and learning. Many parents face the challenge…
Father’s Day Giveaway #4- Nintendo DS E-Rated Game Bundle
If you have bypassed the giveaway for the SideWinder X5 because you aren’t a PC gamer or don’t have an iPhone for the Alpine Racer giveaway, perhaps these Nintendo DS games are more up your alley. I have a Nintendo DS prize pack containing the following E-rated games: Tropix is a 2 player game that…
Father’s Day Giveaway #3- Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse
To truly appreciate Microsoft’s SideWinder X5 Mouse, I put it in the hands of my teenage neighbor and told him to test it out for me. According to his mom, this teen spends way too much time in front of the computer playing games like World of Warcraft but is quite knowledgeable about tech specs….
Father’s Day Giveaway #2: Namco’s Alpine Racer for the iPhone
When we were dating, Tech Savvy Daddy and I would sometimes head to Jillian’s on Lansdowne Street to get our game on. We’d arm ourselves with pocket full of tokens and head straight for the racing games for the challenge of reaching the finish line on a motorcycle, Indy car, or on a snowboard. As…
Mobile PacMan Like Classic Arcade Version But Better!
Win PacMan for your iPhone by entering below! Still without a Mother’s Day gift? For any mom with an iPhone, the iTunes store offers instant gratification for the music loving game playing mom on the go. Load mom’s device up with applications you know will make her life easier or find some cool games to…
Website of the Week: SmartyCard, A New Online Educational Entertainment Site for Ages 6-12
Interactive multimedia sites are the new way to learn. Each week I seem to get more and more pitches about new subscription sites for parents to purchase to enhance their children’s learning. Since I pledged to always write about the best of the best, I’m really excited to tell you tell you about SmartyCard! SmartyCard…
Family Friendly Gaming with Xbox (with Xbox Elite Giveaway!)
I am not a gamer. At least I wasn’t until about a month ago. My extent of playing video games is limited to playing Asteroids, Pac Man, and Centipede at a friend’s house in elementary school, hanging out with the guys in high school while they played Madden, a brief MarioKart addiction, and then Tetris…
