Engaged Family Gaming Holiday Gift Guide – Premium Subscription Services

People buy a lot of games. That can make it incredibly challenging for those of us that want to buy cool games for the gamers in our lives. Fortunately, every console (including PC) has a subscription service. These make “practical” gifts that will always be appreciated. These services can all be purchased for various lengths […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2019 – Subscription Gaming Services

Update: all gift guides have been updated and can be found HERE People buy a lot of games. That can make it incredibly challenging for those of us that want to buy cool games for the gamers in our lives. Fortunately, every console (including PC) has a subscription subscription service. These make “practical” gifts that will […]
The 2018 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees

The Strong National Museum of Play has announced the 2018 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees. Final Fantasy VII, Spacewar!, Tomb Raider, and John Madden Football we selected among twelve finalists for the prestigious award. This is a prestigious honor that has been bestowed upon a very short list of games including Pong, Tetris, […]
Our 2016 Engaged Family Gaming Video Games of the Year!

The time has come to bid farewell to one heck of a bad year. 2016 wasn’t very good for much, but we did get some amazing video games. We had a lot of options for our game of the year, because we played a lot of very cool video games. But, at the end of it all […]
EFG Essentials: Great Video Games for Kids on PlayStation

The “EFG Essentials” is a core collection of games we frequently recommend across different genres. The purpose of these essentials is to provide a starting point for families to engage with high-quality games. Below are our EFG Essential games for kids on the PS4.
6 Things to Think About When Making Internet Use Contract With Your Kids!

The internet is used for WAY more than just games (obviously), and our kids will want to make use of the rest of the internet as well. The internet is also a pretty scary place for our kids if they are allowed unfettered access. We need to encourage our kids to develop healthy behaviors. Unfortunately, […]
Our Digital Future: Treat Media and the Internet Like “Places”

It is very common for parents to treat electronic media as a wild frontier where nothing can be monitored or controlled. These parents will either surrender before they even get started and let their children wander free, or (even worse) they might bar the use of electronic media entirely. Neither of these options is necessary […]
Making The Most of Your Summer
Mommy Monday! By: Jenna Duetzmann “Summer is here. Yay! No school, no homework, no sports! We can do anything we want!” Did you hear something similar from your kids a few weeks ago? Did they have EPIC plans like Phineas & Ferb at the beginning of the summer? Did all of those epic plans get […]