E3 Show Down: Skylanders Swap Force and Disney Infinity
Skylanders Swap Force vs Disney Infinity (image credit: insidethemagic.net) With E3, the big yearly Electronic Entertainment Expo in LA, fast approaching along with all manner of video-game news,...
View Article3DS LetterBox App Offers Environmentally Friendly Alternative to the Holiday...
Updated LetterBox App on 3DS XL With the new updates to the LetterBox app that means you can record audio while you sketch and doodle your messages, it is fast becoming the best way for children to...
View ArticleRediscovering Infocom Games With My Kids
Screenshot of Lost Treasures of Infocom I was a terrible speller in fourth grade, so terrible that once a day, I had to collect my things and go down to a third grade spelling group. I felt like a...
View ArticleThe Super Soaker Battle of 2013
Atlanta, Georgia. May 12, 2013. Mother’s Day. The sun was shining, and the birds were singing on that second Sunday in May 2013, and there was a buzz in the air. Excitement mixed with a dose of...
View ArticleRandom Geek Roundup #8
Image: IBM Welcome to the eighth irregular installment of Random Geek Roundup! This is where I collect a variety of links and sites and products that have come across my virtual desk in recent days....
View ArticleWin Mugen’s Big 3DS XL Battery Expansion
Following up my review of the big Mugen 3DS XL battery the other day, we now have one to give away worldwide. To enter subscribe to the Family Gamer channel and post a comment on the video below that...
View ArticleAmazing New Kickstarter For Your Consideration: Xia: Legends of a Drift System
I used to play this simple little game on my Palm Treo over a decade ago — Space Trader. It’s been ported to just about every device around, and it continues to be a fun little game because it lets...
View ArticleTEK Recon, The First Real Life Video Game
I’d dispute the claim to first real life video game, but it may very well be the first real life FPS with some augmented reality aspects. Slap a GPS capable smart phone on the blaster and engage in...
View ArticleTwo Fun Digital Activities For Youngsters
I’ve got a three year old son who is into everything — books, games, animals, trains, dinosaurs, Lego, dump trucks, pirates… the list is growing as I write. He’ll bounce from one interest to another,...
View ArticleRidemakerz Adds to Their Customizable RC Cars with a Mighty Iron Man Vehicle
If there’s anything more enjoyable than driving an RC car down the hallway or around the driveway, it might be tinkering with the car and customizing it to your tastes. While customizing a high end RC...
View ArticleKids and Hot Wheels Set World Record with Race on a Mile Long Track
On Saturday at Indianpolis Motor Speedway, just a day before the “Greatest Spectacle in Motorsport,” a different race took place — one that involved some very young drivers. Four boys met at the...
View ArticleMini Weapons of Mass Destruction Returns With Small Siege Weapons
We like to fight, most of us. Somewhere, in the caveman part of our brains, it just feels good. Consider kids, with little exposure to violence, setting up elaborate battles with action figures, Hot...
View ArticleBattroborg: What You Always Wanted Rock’em Sock’em Robots to Be
Kids today have such better toys than we grew up with, don’t they? Since you’re reading this, the odds are you grew up playing with Rock’em Sock’em Robots — or, even if not, you probably know what...
View ArticleKickstarting Promise Monsters: Spreading Kindness With Adorable Plush
Image: Promise Monsters Already in action, a family in Indiana is spreading kindness in an interesting way. Designed by their children, the family makes plush monsters based on their kids’ drawings....
View ArticleWonderfully Cute Monsters at the Heart of a Family Kickstarter Project
I love the story behind this project: mom (with an awesome Muppets connection) brings her daughter’s charming monster drawings to puppet-life, and now the whole family is turning them into a small...
View ArticleSkylanders Swap Force Full Level Play Through With Studio Head
Here’s my big 30-minute play through of Skylanders Swap Force. Along the way we use some new characters: Hoot Loop, Magna Loop, Blast Loop, Hoot Charge, Grim Creaper Lightcore, Star Strike Lightcore,...
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