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The Monster High DS game Skultimate Roller Maze may not be enough for hard-core gamers, but it’s plenty of fun for young girls.
Continue ReadingThe Monster High DS game Skultimate Roller Maze may not be enough for hard-core gamers, but it’s plenty of fun for young girls.
Continue ReadingWe revisit Rebecca Mayes’ sung review of Silent Hill with an exclusive Christmas performance from her and interview about the motivation and thinking behind it.
Continue ReadingWe talk to Paul Reiche about what’s next for Skylanders. During the 20 minute conversation we hear about toy technology as diverse as Lasers, Voice, Photo-sensors and GPS tracking as well as a likely return for Boomer.
Continue ReadingWave 3 and Wave 4 Skylanders Giants will be arriving before we know it. My kids have a shot at guessing what each of these boxes will contain when they hit retailers
Continue ReadingVisiting the studio last week I was keen to discover which characters would be available in Wave 1. They went one (or perhaps ten) better than providing the list I was asking for, and sat me down with studio head …
Continue ReadingIf Mario is Nintendo’s Mickey Mouse then surely Kirby is its Goofy; he’s a distinctive second banana with a history and appeal that’s all his own, but still a character that’s been slow to break through to true icon status.
Continue ReadingCreate a Split-Screen Skylanders experience with two copies of the game and a TV with Picture-in-Picture mode. This setup also means you can play four players at the same time and share Skylanders characters once they have died in one …
Continue ReadingLearning a new video game can be frustrating. But for kids with a disabilities, the experience can be especially hard. If you can’t play what the other kids are playing, it’s like being picked last for the kickball team. Take …
Continue ReadingAfter Amazon.de spilled the beans on some of the new Skylanders Giants last month, ToyWiz.com brings us the rest of the line up this month. We compile the final list of Skylanders Giants characters.
Continue ReadingSome ideas are destined to be. Just as the coming together of Lego, Star Wars and a video-game was written in the stars, LEGO Lord of the Rings has been looming on the horizon as inevitably as night following day. …
Continue ReadingI discovered local multiplayer would be returning to the portable Lego games in LEGO Batman 2 DC Heroes!
Continue ReadingWhat with all the Skylanders Giants E3 news the last few days it took me a little while to realize that Giants has just popped up on Amazon. As with all things Skylanders it pays to get in early so …
Continue ReadingAt the end of E3, once I’d had time to process most of the Skylanders Giants news, I took some time to reflect on how things are shaping up for families. While it’s not prefect I think there is enough …
Continue ReadingJust because your dad deserves the very best doesn’t mean you have to break the bank on his Father’s Day gift. And with the first ever National GeekDad Day merely a week away, the time for picking a present draws …
Continue ReadingE3 is important for any big videogame franchise, but for Skylanders it is the perfect moment to flesh out the pricing and details of their next game Skylanders Giants and the new figures — Series 2, LightCore, reposed, new Skylanders …
Continue ReadingThose too engrossed in weekend parental duties to spend a dedicated half-hour engaged in pre-E3 console hype may have missed yesterday’s Nintendo Direct video reveal highlighting some of the finer points of the Wii U’s controller and user interface. Therein …
Continue ReadingBrave: The Video Game will be released this Summer alongside the film. Interestingly it’s currently slated for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and Windows PC/MAC — nothing mentioned about 3DS or Vita at this stage.
Continue ReadingMy family loves video games. However, like most families, we live on a budget. This means we can neither afford to buy one of every console available nor even keep up with the new games released for the two platforms …
Continue ReadingWhat I do know is the impact its predecessor, the Wii, had on the gaming market. Nintendo’s risky gambit of exaggerated motion control gave it a unique brand of camera appeal that helped the system play well to the daytime …
Continue ReadingNew Little King’s Story on PlayStation Vita promises to breathe new life into a great strategy game sadly overlooked on the Wii. It continues a tradition of bringing HD remakes of Wii games to Sony’s audience, and it’s certainly got …
Continue ReadingWe like to keep our ear to the ground for all things Skylanders. Today we have some exclusive images and news of the next wave of figures to be released. As you can see the images show how each character’s …
Continue ReadingDisney has just announced the follow up to the much-overlooked Epic Mickey. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two returns us to the play mechanics of the original. This time, though, we are joined by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt …
Continue ReadingBirthdays seem to get ever harder to buy for as people get older. Ironically it’s the people I know the best that I have the biggest mental blocks for. My brother is particularly difficult as he basically has most things …
Continue ReadingConsole gaming has changed. In fact, one could make an easy case for flat out evolution. With gaming, gamers have evolved as well. Where once the stereotypical gamer was a fat pimple-faced kid in his mom’s basement, hands covered in …
Continue ReadingThe Skylanders news keeps on coming this week. Following on from the third wave figures appearing on Amazon a few days ago, the new Empire of Ice adventure that includes the previously unreleased Slam Bam figure and a new adventure …
Continue ReadingIn the second of our Meet the Skylanders posts, we add another two Earth element characters to the list in the form of Bash and his Legendary alter-ego. Although the two figures look very similar, there are plenty of differences …
Continue ReadingIt’s been a rather Skylanders-filled week. There was the appearance of third wave figures on Amazon yesterday which I followed up with a meet the Skylanders guide to different characters. Then today a kind commenter sent me scurrying to investigate …
Continue ReadingIn the first of our Meet the Skylanders posts, I’m looking at two rare Earth characters: Terrafin and Prism Break. If you are looking to expand your line-up, these two figures do cost a little more than some of the …
Continue ReadingOpen world full of mini-games gives families somewhere to get away to together, even when at home.
Continue ReadingIn this episode of Family Gamer TV we look at the new WebWorld for Skylanders — Skylanders Universe. But before getting into that we spent some time with another family new to gaming to see how they got on playing …
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