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wii games for little kids

On December 1, 2010 · 1 Comment · In kiddo life, reviews

Time for….a Wii report!

For a game to work for little kids, it has to have (1) little or no reading. (2) Little or no set-up, tutorials, or long cut-scene conversations.  No boring dialogue (especially if it has to be read), just throw them into the action.  They learn by doing, so make the game [...]

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ipod touch games for little kids, part 3

On September 12, 2010 · 2 Comments · In kiddo life, reviews

Time for another game of What’s-On-Our-iPod!  First I’ll just say that our ipod touch remains our most beloved game platform, over the ps2, the nintendo DS, and running neck and neck with the PC only it probably wins because it has the added advantage of being mobile.  As I’ve said before, I had no idea [...]

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playable art

On March 3, 2010 · 3 Comments · In geeklife, reviews

We’ve been digging around the internet lately for some new games. Because, holy cow, will this cold weather ever stop? 80% chance of snow AGAIN today. We’ve been hunkered down in the yurt for what seems like forever, and immersing ourselves in the fabulous art of a new game has been a great way to [...]

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it’s a thrilllllleeeerrrr, thriller night!

On February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In kiddo life

I have written before of our love of the game Plants Vs. Zombies. Well, I recently wiped the drive on our game machine and upgraded to Windows 7, which meant reinstalling, and rediscovering, a bunch of games we hadn’t played in a while. Plants Vs Zombies in particular has gotten a lot of replay this [...]

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ipod touch / iphone games for little kids, part 2

On September 13, 2009 · 1 Comment · In geeklife, kiddo life, reviews

A while ago, back when I first got my ipod touch (how did I ever live without it?), I wrote a post about gaming on the ipod with my kids. (ETA: for part three, go here.) At the time there seemed to be very little out there on games for little people, [...]

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plants vs. zombies eats our brains

On August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In geeklife, reviews

The time has come to reveal that lately, here at the yurt, we have a secret identity, a secret purpose, one we take very, very seriously.

We kill zombies.

I know I previously commented on a lack of zombie action here in yurtsville, but all that has changed in the last few weeks. [...]

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14 ipod touch / iphone games for little kids

On April 1, 2009 · 8 Comments · In geeklife, kiddo life, reviews

We are all about the games around here. Board games, card games, yard games, video games, computer games, dice games, make believe games, you name it. We are an equal opportunity game household.

But I had no idea when I got my spiffy new ipod touch that I was buying a gaming machine. I think [...]

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the yip-yips do not cause childhood obesity

On July 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In kiddo life

[rant on/]

Here’s a fun game for you:

First, put a kid in a school desk for seven hours a day, plus an hour or so sitting on a bus, and then throw in another couple of hours of sitting down to do homework. Do that for five days a week.

Next, design all public [...]

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