In Planes the Video Game, the player goes beyond the film and is a full-time racer. On the console, the player gets to choose between ten of the cast planes from the film to participate in races and mini-games.
Continue ReadingWanted: Kitty Mugshots (or other cute photos) Starting today visit IMAX’s Facebook page to enter the Puss in Boots IMAX Photo Upload Contest. If you have an awesome cat photo, you should be primed to do pretty well in this …
Continue ReadingYou ever find yourself halfway through a too-big bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, fingers all fake-cheese powdery and think, “I haven’t been hungry for twenty minutes now, so why am I still – ” >crunch,crunch< That’s the kind of inexplicable …
Continue ReadingThe merciless double whammy to the discriminating Wii gamer is that first-party Wii titles generally offer the system’s most engaging gaming experiences but are painfully slow to drop in price. For those who have found themselves in this unfortunate predicament, …
Continue ReadingWhen I was at the BlogHer conference earlier this year, I met a woman in the Ubisoft booth who claimed to have lost a ton of weight just by playing Just Dance on Wii. I hopped up on stage to give Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” a try on the new Just Dance 2, […]
Continue ReadingWith the weather turning colder and the kids still wanting to burn some energy, you can stay inside, grab some big air, and skate or snowboard your way to fame and high scores with Activision’s Tony Hawk:SHRED. We’ve had a …
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t seen the commercials for THQ’s uDraw GameTablet for the Nintendo Wii, you can’t have been looking very hard: It seems like the ad campaign for this thing – and the two games created specifically for use with …
Continue ReadingAs if I could enjoy playing Lego Harry Potter any more than I already do, there is now a customizable Lego Wii Remote. The Lego Play and Build Wii Remote will interact with your own Lego bricks so you can change up the cover and build your own custom display stand. All I need to […]
Continue ReadingWe often talk about the balance been real (as in physical) games and electronic entertainment in our household. The Wii has helped blur this divide somewhat, but there is still no getting away from the fact that most of the …
Continue ReadingKai-lan and friends are featured in a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Super Game Day. Like the TV show, the game is geared toward younger kids, and features the same voice actors as well. The characters and settings carry …
Continue ReadingFor the past couple of weeks, my family has been testing out a review copy of Party Games 3. We’ve had some fun, laughed at the graphics, and seen our competitive edge come out in unusual ways. Game Party 3 …
Continue ReadingSqueeballs Party is a new video game starring the Squeeballs, a dozen ball-shaped sentient toys that are (at least in the game) manufactured on a mysterious island. But before they can be sold on the mass market, they must be …
Continue ReadingDisney Interactive sent me an evaluation copy of their recently released Spectrobes: Origins game for the Nintendo Wii. The kids have been giving the game a good workout for the past week and I’ve sat in on some of their …
Continue ReadingWhen I heard that there was a new Space Camp game for the Wii (it actually came out in early June), I was thrilled. I’ve always loved everything astronomy and space, and I adored the movie Space Camp as a …
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