A person I know asked recently which video game would be best for a 4 year old. If he could only have one game for Christmas, which one would he like the most? Which one would maximize the spend? As is always the case, the person who asked that question got a bunch of [...]
New video games are downright expensive. In fact, they’re so expensive that I never buy new ones. I wait until they’ve been reduced to $19.99 and are sitting in the used rack. It’s true that I had to wait a few years to get games like The Orange Box and Call of Duty, but I’m not [...]
Wii Sports Resort was the debut game for the Wii Motion Plus accessory (it’s still one of the few games that uses the improved technology unfortunately). I played it with mild interest for the first few months and then, like with most games, I got bored. But, recently I watched my 5 year old [...]
Between our Xbox, the GameCube, the Wii, and our Gameboys our family owns perhaps 100 games. We’ve played all of them at one point or another. Some have been well worth the money, and others have been bombs. The ones that didn’t go over well are doing nothing but collecting dust. Even some of [...]
I have an Xbox 360 on which I play video games like Call of Duty, Prince of Persia and Assassin’s Creed. They’re all great games; my boys play them too. However, sometimes it’s nice to sit down with a pleasant, yet challenging, classic game. Super Mario Bros.Wii isn’t classic in the sense of Pong [...]
Video games are a few things. They are most definitely entertaining and debatably educational. They are also a frequent subject of controversy. Parents clearly recognize the entertainment value of video games. The debate on their educational nature continues (despite clear evidence supporting the fact that they are, indeed, educational). One thing nobody expects video games [...]
