Archive for the ‘Games for Kids’ Category
Green Lantern Rise of the Manhunters
This is a great co-op game for youth and a movie tie-in … with one exception, the language.In general, there appear to be four types of super-hero (with/without movie tie-ins) games: Single-Player greats – like Rocksteady’s Batman:Arkham Asylum and Arkham City titles Single-Player mediocres – too many to count, but almost every movie gets one [...]
January 21, 2012
· 
Jason · 
No Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, Movie-Tie-In's, SuperHeroes · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
MegaMind (is not an) Ultimate Showdown
Earlier this month, I reviewed what I think is one of the very best kid-friendly co-op games, and certainly one of the best movie-based titles (not including the Lego series) — Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (CCM). MegaMind: Ultimate Showdown reminds me of CCM in many ways because for everything CMM did right, MegaMind [...]
December 27, 2011
· Jason · No Comments
Tags: Ages 6-9, Movie-Tie-In's, THQ · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (CCM) is officially one of my most favorite co-op games to play with younger kids — target age 6-9. It has several of my requirements for a family-friendly co-op daddy and kid game: It is based-on but not a scene-by-scene repetition of a movie (or TV show) – in [...]
December 7, 2011
· Jason · No Comments
Tags: Ages 6-9, Ubisoft · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
Kinectimals for Windows Phone
This month, Kinectimals for Windows Phone 7 was released — with more great reasons to visit the island of Lemuria. Depending on how you count it, this is the third offering in the Kinectimals line, including: The original Xbox 360/Kinect game (K/360) — see original review Its recent add-on for Bears (K/bears) — see last [...]
November 12, 2011
· Jason · No Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, Ages 6-9, Kinect, Kinectimals, Windows Phone · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
Kinectimals is the best launch title for Kinect, period
In my opinion, the range of motion-enabled Kinect titles fall into five distinct categories: Fitness — these are great and there are several to choose from between initial releases and upcoming titles. Most do body sensing, provide a trainer silhouette to take you through rigorous training programs, etc. Dance — not really my speed, but [...]
November 15, 2010
· Jason · No Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, Ages 6-9, Kinect, Kinectimals, Xbox · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
Pokemon: Additional PokeWalker route for special Pikachu
Just in case you put aside the PokeWalker (pedometer) that came with your HeartGold or SoulSilver Pokemon game, you now have a new reason to get it back out. First and foremost, this is a really clever extension to the game. In the games, you can walk around with a Pokemon and it impacts their [...]
April 12, 2010
· Jason · One Comment
Tags: Ages 10-12, Pokemon · Posted in: Games for Kids, News and Events
A Kingdom for Keflings on Xbox Live Arcade (and on-sale thru Jan.10)
This is a really clever game that has captured my family’s heart. In fact, I think that it is the only game that I have ever purchased twice. We have two Xbox 360’s and it allows my kids and I to collaborate. Kingdom for Keflings was one of the first Xbox Live games to use [...]
January 5, 2010
· Jason · No Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, Kingdom for Keflings, Xbox Arcade, Xbox Live · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
LEGO Rock Band
A big hat’s off and ‘thank you’ to the folks at LEGO and MTV/Harmonix for a great game in LEGO: Rock Band For those that have read my blog before, you know that I am a fan of all of the Lego titles, including Batman, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Battles. And I have been [...]
January 4, 2010
· Jason · 2 Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, Ages 6-9, LEGO, Mom loves it too, Music · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
LEGO Battles for Nintendo DS
As promised, I did get LEGO Battles for Fathers Day – so I wanted to share my enthusiasm for this game. My sons have both been into LEGO for a few years – and of course, I played with them when I was a kid. We have collectively played through all 3 video game series [...]
July 8, 2009
· Jason · 4 Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, LEGO · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads, Games for Kids, highlights
Harry Potter : Order of the Phoenix
If you have read the series – this is a ‘must play’.  At least for a little while… Before I talk more about the game, I must confess that I was originally against the whole Harry Potter series for my kids. Check out my blog from last year on this called “I used to be [...]
May 2, 2009
· Jason · 2 Comments
Tags: Ages 10-12, Harry Potter · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids
