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Get ready to load up the kids and geek out in grand style humming along to the theme to Halo 3 with Video Games Live (VGL) because they may be coming to the concert hall near you. They are an amazing multimedia concert event featuring music from the most popular More »
I am well aware there are a thousand age-old ways to bond and entertain as a family, but occasionally sitting together as a family to watch a movie or program gives you a change to pile on the couch, snuggle and just give into the empty calories that is television. Enter Hulu.Com. Look out cable companies, there seems to be a quiet revolution More »
What would Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and Leo Tolstoy say to each other if they were invited to the same literary cocktail party and fell into conversation? Or, what would they say to your friends? or about them? With this set of finger puppets, you and your friends can be More »
Get ready to load up the kids and geek out in grand style humming along to the theme to Halo 3 with Video Games Live (VGL) because they may be coming to the concert hall near you. They are an amazing multimedia concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & More »
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Here’s a great opportunity to spend some quality time with the kids, perhaps learn something about how computers are built or just geek-out with them and save a few bucks in the process. You can design and custom build pc just for gaming for a fraction of what they cost in the stores.
You can also get upgrade kits to increase your ram or replace your CPU. In theory, all you need is a screwdriver and you can save $100’s. The basic kit at Easy As My PC (which starts at $1,200+) comes with a 2.8G Core 2 Duo, 2G SDRAM and a graphics card option – that’s a pretty good start and it’s definitely a kit with room to grow. They include plain English (gosh, I hope so!) instructions with lots of illustrations and full manufacturer warranties.
Anybody privy to high-end PC prices know that with a little digging you can find some better bargains but the attraction to this type of package is that you know everything will fit and is properly rated for the motherboard and so forth.
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Perhaps it’s a rainy day or a snowy one, or maybe the kids have finished all their homework and they’ve built every puzzle in the house or they’re just driving you a little crazy and the usual tricks aren’t working. Enter Kongregate, a website with over eleven thousand free games to play.
I understand there’s a time and place for mindless drivel and let it be said, I am a huge proponent of limited screen time for kids and parents alike, be it television, game console or computer screen time. Whenever I try to talk about the redeeming qualities of video games and the likes of, it’s as if I am trying to argue the nutritional value of Twinkies.
Depending on the genre and the game, there is some value in some of them. Personally, I am drawn to builders, multi-players, strategy games and puzzle solvers. One could argue that these have a fair number of redeeming values assuming they are well designed and executed, sure some may think I am stretching here but I concur, it beats watching re-runs.
Many feel like “sketches” of games with placeholder art, stick figures and all, while others have a very impressive professional ‘gloss to them. But when you get down to game play many of them are quite fun, dare I say (a tad) addictive. With titles like Shopping Cart Hero, Fantastic Contraption, and Monsters’ Den there is plenty to explore. Set the egg timer (otherwise, you’ll lose track of time) and have a blast.
