Patrick Rothfuss, Kobe Bryant, and Candy Land
Kobe Bryant, perennial all star and current member of the Los Angeles Lakers, is one of the most competitive men on the planet. He skipped college and entered the NBA straight out of high school as part of his unending quest to be one of the best ever. (Spoiler alert: He succeeded.) Patrick Rothfuss is the […]
Are Your Children Stuck in a Video Game? How to Get The Info You Need to Be a Hero!
Unlike my parents, I grew up with access to a computer. I’m comfortable with technology. Most parents in my generation are more than comfortable with computers, mobile devices, e-readers, smart home devices, etc. However, there is still one area in the field of technology that has many parents stumped. That area of technology is video […]
Board Game Review: Hanabi
R&R Games Inc Ages 8+ 2-5 players 30 + Minutes COOPERATIVE I was placing an order on Amazon that included and add-on item & needed about $10 to make up the difference in order to actually make it ship. Searching around, I couldn’t find anything I really *needed* at the time, so I thought I’d […]
Board Game Review: Catan: Junior
Mayfair Games Ages 6 and Up 2-4 Players Playtime: Approximately 30 minutes Ahoy, matey! Catan: Junior is a pirate themed game designed to introduce young players to a modified version of the grown up game called The Settlers of Catan. The game comes with a very well designed rules booklet, a stationary map on a board, […]
Bravely Default Review
Square Enix ESRB – T for Teen Reviewed on 3DS Overall Review: Bravely Default is the latest handheld game released by Square Enix and it represents a true return to form. It features turn based combat that left me reminiscing about the days of my youth playing Final Fantasy VI on my SNES. What’s better is […]
Family Board Game Review – Ticket to Ride
Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2-5 Ages: 8+ Play Time: 30-60 minutes Overview Ticket To Ride contains one nicely designed heavy cardboard map of North American train routes, 225 multicolored train cars, 144 really tiny cards, 5 wooden score markers, and a rules booklet that is very simply organized. It takes up a lot of space, […]
Board Game Review – Robot Turtles
By: Jennifer Duetzmann 1-4 players (plus one adult) Ages 3-8 Thinkfun (Dan Shapiro) $25.00 Robot Turtles is a family board game created to teach kids computer programming. It is simplistic and super fun. The goal is for kids to is to place directional cards on a board to get their turtle to a matching colored […]
Family Friendly Games of the Year for 2013
By: Stephen Duetzmann We are a few months late to the party, but we would be remiss if we didn’t take the opportunity to highlight our favorite family friendly video games of last year. There were a LOT of games that came out in 2013, but two of them rose above the rest as absolute […]