LEGO Rock Band

A big hat’s off and ‘thank you’ to the folks at LEGO and MTV/Harmonix for a great game in LEGO: Rock Band
For those that have read my blog before, you know that I am a fan of all of the Lego titles, including Batman, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Battles.  And I have been [...]

January 4, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids  3 Comments

Xbox Live – Family Game Night – TONIGHT

Have you ever played Scrabble or Battleship with someone 1000 miles away? Â
Me neither – let’s try it !! Â
A few weeks ago, the fun folks at Electronic Arts teamed with Hasbro to release several classic board games for the Xbox 360.  They are available via the Game Marketplace as Arcade titles for 800 [...]

April 14, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: News and Events  No Comments

Family Game Night by Hasbro

FINALLY !!
Old fashioned family games — on Xbox!!
The classics — Yahtzee, Scrabble, Connect Four, Sorry, Battleship, and others…
This month, on Xbox Live Marketplace Arcade, Hasbro released a really cool shell, where you will find yourself in a game room.  On the game wall, you’ll find these and other classic Hasbro games, first available as [...]

April 2, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads, Games for Kids  No Comments

Cooking Mama for Wii

For those of you who follow my gaming recommendations, you’ve heard lots about my two sons, ages 7 and 9 — and the games that we play together.  But there are two other gamers in my family, whose ages are 3 and 29-and-holding — and their favorite pastime right now is Cooking Mama — for [...]

March 25, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids  No Comments

Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action

A version of this review also appeared under Xbox Dad column on Xbox.com
My wife and I recently unwrapped one of my Christmas presents to ourselves – the Scene It?  Lights, Camera, Action game for Xbox 360.  And the only complaint we had was that we wished we had opened it sooner.
The kit comes with four [...]

February 29, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads  No Comments