A Kingdom for Keflings on Xbox Live Arcade (and on-sale thru Jan.10)

This is a really clever game that has captured my family’s heart.  In fact, I think that it is the only game that I have ever purchased twice.  We have two Xbox 360’s and it allows my kids and I to collaborate.  Kingdom for Keflings was one of the first Xbox Live games to use [...]

January 5, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids  No 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

My son has a higher gamer score than yours!

OK, serious gamers … he hasn’t beaten yours.  But he does have a 1440 … and he’s six.
It is amazing to me how Achievement Points have affected gaming in my family.  Here are a couple of examples:
We already owned Star Wars LEGO II for Xbox … having played the first one all of the way [...]

August 17, 2007  Tags: ,   Posted in: Lifestyle  No Comments