If your family is anything like mine, it has been a struggle finding new things to do around the house. With schools, museums, movie theaters and other typical out of home activities either closed or deemed to be a little too risky, everyone has had to get a little more creative in how we have … Read more
*Updated in 2020 It’s amazing the staying power that Minecraft has had in the world. When writing this post, I had no idea that nearly 10 years later, Minecraft would still be as popular as it is. So I went through and updated some of the links and added a section for Minecraft birthday party … Read more
It has been more than half a decade since a major new video game system has been introduced. While the Kinect and Playstation Move are much newer, they are really more tweaks to the existing consoles than they are a new system. This adds up to a lot of pent up anticipation regarding what will … Read more
Even as the number of adult gamers continues to climb, there still exists a certain stigma associated with choosing to spend your free time engaged in a great video game. While I was listening to sports radio the other day in Houston, one of the hosts launched into a tirade against gamers asking “when did … Read more
Video games and weddings: two wonderful things that are not often thought of together. However, there are many great reasons to include some form of interactive entertainment as part of a perfect wedding. Whether you are a serious gamer whose wedding wouldn’t be complete without your favorite childhood arcade games, or just a member of … Read more
One of the best ways to get the most people involved with video games is to incorporate some type of competition. Most people are competitive by nature even if they tell you that they aren’t, so tapping into that can be a great way to encourage people to get involved. Through our experience in helping … Read more
Nintendo Wii Overview The Wii revolutionized the video game industry by introducing the casual games genre. The motion-sensing controllers were revolutionary for their time and the intuitive and addictive games captured the attention of people of all ages. Since then, Nintendo has done little to improve the formula and the novelty has worn off for … Read more
Ease of Play: 10Event Friendliness: 10Overall Fun Factor: 9 The folks at Microsoft have managed to capture all the addictiveness and fun of one of the top iPhone games of all time and pair it perfectly with the Kinect. Fruit Ninja is not going to win any awards for its depth of storyline or its … Read more
Both of these gadgets focus on the Kinect’s ability to utilize 3D pictures of the users. Kinect Me takes a couple of pictures of the player and creates an avatar (basically a 3D cartoon character) of them that can then be played around with. The new avatar will mirror the player’s movements in real time. … Read more
Ease of Play: 8Event-Friendliness: 9Overall Fun-Factor: 9 What’s the latest game to draw in the crowds and get everyone on their feet? That would be the one and only Dance Central on the Xbox 360 Kinect, letting players choose from a wide variety of songs such as pop sensations from Lady Gaga all the way … Read more