Halloween seems to have come early this year, at least to Nintendo’s current-gen handheld the 3DS. It started back in March with the release of Zombie Slayer Diox, a rhythm-based side-scrolling beat ’em up that landed exclusively in the eShop.
Continue ReadingThe Cars 2 AppMATes app is getting an update! Following the plot of the movie, the cars are headed to Tokyo! The new update to the app (just released today) includes “Tokyo Wheels of Fury,” a new Carcade game, with …
Continue ReadingNerf is gearing up for their new Lazer Tag system, to be released later this year. The new system combines the use of technology with classic Nerf for enhanced augmented reality gameplay. It’s designed to be used with an iPhone or iPod Touch, but you can also play using the blaster’s classic multi-player mode. After […]
Continue ReadingFor kids, riding in the back seat of a car is boring. We have all heard “when are we going to be there?” or “Mom, tell her to stop singing”. Enter WOO, the Windows of Opportunity project. With WOO, General Motors Research and Development paired researchers with students from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design […]
Continue ReadingHaving read Jonathan Liu’s post on the Cars 2 AppMATes toy car controller for the Cars 2 iPad game, I’ve been itching to try my kids out on it. Having spent a weekend watching them play with it, I was …
Continue ReadingIf you are like me, you are constantly on the lookout for new iPad apps that your kids will like. My son is obsessed with Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 recently and I finally found an app that combines his love of the movie with his love of the iPad. The Disney Cars 2 AppMATes turns your iPad […]
Continue ReadingOne of Lego’s latest projects is Life of George, an intriguing experiment which challenges builders to create models, them shoot them using a mobile phone app, thereby getting a rating on construction speed and accuracy. It’s a fascinating concept — …
Continue ReadingIn general, my kids don’t get a lot of screen time: it pretty much amounts to a DVD every so often and some time on my iPod or iPad. (Since our move, we haven’t gotten our TV set up yet, …
Continue ReadingThis summer, I have driven my family almost 3500 miles during two separate vacations. During all those hours of driving, my kids have entertained themselves watching movies, playing handheld games, listening to MP3 players, and reading books. Vacation travel has …
Continue ReadingI purchased a Kinect unit for my Xbox 360 on a bit of a lark. It was during one of those Amazon special promotions, so the price was right. I secretly wished that it would be the magical doodad that …
Continue ReadingiDevices allow us and our kids to play all kinds of games to test our skills or pit us against each other. But this is the first app I have seen that turned my iPod Touch into a toy. With …
Continue ReadingWith the Nintendo 3DS ($249.99 from Amazon) only a couple of weeks away from its European and American release dates, here are some more hands-on details about the games and software you get packed in with the new device. Much …
Continue ReadingI caught my wife reading my GeekDad post about the 3DS. “What do you think?” I asked her. “It’s not bad but I think you missed quite a few important points about it,” she replied. After talking about the device, …
Continue ReadingIn some ways it seems a bit of a mistake for Nintendo to call their third DS iteration the 3DS. By making so much of their top screen they may be getting a lot of free hype, but the other …
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