Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Same Blog New Place
It's been a good run but to simplify my work, all of my new toy reviews will only be accessible through Parents & Kids Magazine's new website. Here is the page that houses all of my articles. I'm currently working on moving all of my articles there but in the mean time I will leave this blog up and running.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The Monster Mash-Up
It’s hard to think of October without thinking of candy, trick or treating, pumpkins, and costumes. It’s also the time when you watch scary movies, tell ghost stories, and sleep with the lights on. This month in the “Toy Box,” I’ve found some great toys to celebrate this month without giving you the urge to check under the bed when you go to sleep.
First, there’s the Design Your Own Monster from curlyqcuties.com. These aren’t the monsters that go “bump” in the night. They’re the ones that you cuddle with when you sleep. Design Your Own Monster is a stuffed monster that you get to create by going to designamonster.com or curlyqcuties.com and clicking on what size monster you wish to create. Then you are taken to a monster creator where you pick the body, eyes, mouth, belly shape, and colors of your monster. For a little extra, you can even have the monster embroidered. They cost between $25 for the smallest (11.5 inches tall) to $135 for the extra-large (2.5 feet tall), and you can buy them at designamonster.com.
If the design part is more up your alley, Fuzzoodles may be right for you. Fuzzoodles can be easily described as Mr. Potato Head, but instead of a potato you have pipe cleaners. The kits come with several long and short pipe cleaners as well as eyes, mouths, and other accessories that give you a wide range of creation. When I first saw this product, I was a little wary of the pipe cleaners. The pipe cleaners you normally think of are pretty small and wimpy. However, the Fuzzoodle pipecleaners were larger than I expected, and the fuzz in the pipe cleaner is actually pretty lush. The accessories have hooks that keep them in place and the set also comes with an idea booklet that shows you how to make some Fuzzoodles and also gives you some techniques that you can use to design your own. The big box cost $20, but there are smaller boxes that are $10. You can buy them at ToysRUs or at Amazon.com.
Finally, who can think of Halloween without thinking of The Great Pumpkin. From the pages of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, comes Yahtzee. I had never played Yahtzee before seeing this, and I have to admit I really like the game. With Yahtzee, you have five dice and you roll them three times with the aim of getting certain sets of numbers. After three rolls, you write your score on the score card, and then it’s the next person’s turn (unless you’re playing by yourself, and then you get to go again). Once the scorecard is full, the person with the highest score wins. What makes the Charlie Brown version of Yahtzee different is that the dice have all your favorite characters on their sides with the number in the corner. I didn’t have a problem distinguishing between the sides, but you may want to start off slowly so you don’t confuse some of the drawings. The cost of the game is $17 on Amazon.com. And if you want more Great Pumpkin, you can also play The Great Pumpkin Countdown at www.greatpumpkincountdown.com and win some prizes.
Find Them Online:
Design Your Own Monster
Fuzzoodles
It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Yahtzee
First, there’s the Design Your Own Monster from curlyqcuties.com. These aren’t the monsters that go “bump” in the night. They’re the ones that you cuddle with when you sleep. Design Your Own Monster is a stuffed monster that you get to create by going to designamonster.com or curlyqcuties.com and clicking on what size monster you wish to create. Then you are taken to a monster creator where you pick the body, eyes, mouth, belly shape, and colors of your monster. For a little extra, you can even have the monster embroidered. They cost between $25 for the smallest (11.5 inches tall) to $135 for the extra-large (2.5 feet tall), and you can buy them at designamonster.com.
If the design part is more up your alley, Fuzzoodles may be right for you. Fuzzoodles can be easily described as Mr. Potato Head, but instead of a potato you have pipe cleaners. The kits come with several long and short pipe cleaners as well as eyes, mouths, and other accessories that give you a wide range of creation. When I first saw this product, I was a little wary of the pipe cleaners. The pipe cleaners you normally think of are pretty small and wimpy. However, the Fuzzoodle pipecleaners were larger than I expected, and the fuzz in the pipe cleaner is actually pretty lush. The accessories have hooks that keep them in place and the set also comes with an idea booklet that shows you how to make some Fuzzoodles and also gives you some techniques that you can use to design your own. The big box cost $20, but there are smaller boxes that are $10. You can buy them at ToysRUs or at Amazon.com.
Finally, who can think of Halloween without thinking of The Great Pumpkin. From the pages of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, comes Yahtzee. I had never played Yahtzee before seeing this, and I have to admit I really like the game. With Yahtzee, you have five dice and you roll them three times with the aim of getting certain sets of numbers. After three rolls, you write your score on the score card, and then it’s the next person’s turn (unless you’re playing by yourself, and then you get to go again). Once the scorecard is full, the person with the highest score wins. What makes the Charlie Brown version of Yahtzee different is that the dice have all your favorite characters on their sides with the number in the corner. I didn’t have a problem distinguishing between the sides, but you may want to start off slowly so you don’t confuse some of the drawings. The cost of the game is $17 on Amazon.com. And if you want more Great Pumpkin, you can also play The Great Pumpkin Countdown at www.greatpumpkincountdown.com and win some prizes.Find Them Online:
Design Your Own Monster
Fuzzoodles
It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Yahtzee
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Blog Annoucement
Hey everyone, sorry it took 9 days to post my last article. But there is a reason. I've been working on the Parents & Kids Magazine Website and once it goes live my articles will be easily accessible from there. Stay tuned.
Scott’s Toy Box: The Girls Edition
Sorry fellas, but this month’s toy box is mainly focused on the ladies. They’ve had to put up with action figures and water guns for many months, so it’s only fair that we focus on some toys they would like. Keeping with our feminine theme, in the Toy Box this month we have something old, something new, something to borrow, and something that’s blue.
Something old. Raggedy Ann is turning 95 years young this year, and Applause by Russ has produced a 95th anniversary Raggedy Ann doll. She’s 12 inches tall and has a more vintage look to her. She still has button eyes, yarn hair, and a triangle nose like she has had for years, but her hair is a darker red, and her colors are more muted than that of the more recent Raggedy Ann dolls that have come out. Raggedy Ann’s new look pays tribute to how she appeared in the 1930 storybook Raggedy Ann in the Deep, Deep Woods. This is a great gift for Raggedy Ann collectors as well a great way to introduce her to girls who may not yet know Raggedy Ann. You can find this anniversary- edition doll on Amazon.com for $25, and, of course, you can purchase Raggedy Andy as well.
Something new. Mix Pups are little dogs you can mix and match. Each dog has removable hair and ears and clothing that you can use to create any kind of dog you want. They come in packs of one or two dogs that range from bulldogs to terriers. There are also some accessory packs that allow you to make your dog a fairy dog, a beach dog, or a sports dog. You can also purchase playsets to keep your pup entertained. At the time I write this, Mix Pups haven’t been released yet. The single-dog packs have a suggested retail price of $6, and the double-dog packs have a price of $10. Visit my Toy Box website for more information on when Mix Pups will be available.
Something to borrow. Squinkies are soft and squishy friends who are small enough to hang out on the top of your pencils. They come in packs of 16, and each lives in its own plastic ball, which reminds me of Pokémon. They’re available as kitties, puppies, ponies, pets, friends and babies. You can collect and trade them with your friends. There are also playsets and jewelry that your Squinkies can hang out on. You can find the packs of Squinkies on Amazon.com for $9.
Something Blue. Here is a game for the whole family, and it comes in a blue box. Disney Sing It: Family Hits is full of songs from your favorite Disney films, from Sleeping Beauty to The Princess and The Frog. The game is played like all the others in this genre with the goal of singing the song pitch perfect. It contains 30 songs that are accompanied by videos from the movies they’re in. Find a complete list of songs at disney.com/SingItFamilyHits, and buy the game on Amazon.com for $37.
Find these on-line:
Raggedy Ann
Mix Pups
Squinkies
Disney: Sing It Family Hits
Something old. Raggedy Ann is turning 95 years young this year, and Applause by Russ has produced a 95th anniversary Raggedy Ann doll. She’s 12 inches tall and has a more vintage look to her. She still has button eyes, yarn hair, and a triangle nose like she has had for years, but her hair is a darker red, and her colors are more muted than that of the more recent Raggedy Ann dolls that have come out. Raggedy Ann’s new look pays tribute to how she appeared in the 1930 storybook Raggedy Ann in the Deep, Deep Woods. This is a great gift for Raggedy Ann collectors as well a great way to introduce her to girls who may not yet know Raggedy Ann. You can find this anniversary- edition doll on Amazon.com for $25, and, of course, you can purchase Raggedy Andy as well.
Something new. Mix Pups are little dogs you can mix and match. Each dog has removable hair and ears and clothing that you can use to create any kind of dog you want. They come in packs of one or two dogs that range from bulldogs to terriers. There are also some accessory packs that allow you to make your dog a fairy dog, a beach dog, or a sports dog. You can also purchase playsets to keep your pup entertained. At the time I write this, Mix Pups haven’t been released yet. The single-dog packs have a suggested retail price of $6, and the double-dog packs have a price of $10. Visit my Toy Box website for more information on when Mix Pups will be available.
Something to borrow. Squinkies are soft and squishy friends who are small enough to hang out on the top of your pencils. They come in packs of 16, and each lives in its own plastic ball, which reminds me of Pokémon. They’re available as kitties, puppies, ponies, pets, friends and babies. You can collect and trade them with your friends. There are also playsets and jewelry that your Squinkies can hang out on. You can find the packs of Squinkies on Amazon.com for $9.
Something Blue. Here is a game for the whole family, and it comes in a blue box. Disney Sing It: Family Hits is full of songs from your favorite Disney films, from Sleeping Beauty to The Princess and The Frog. The game is played like all the others in this genre with the goal of singing the song pitch perfect. It contains 30 songs that are accompanied by videos from the movies they’re in. Find a complete list of songs at disney.com/SingItFamilyHits, and buy the game on Amazon.com for $37.Find these on-line:
Raggedy Ann
Mix Pups
Squinkies
Disney: Sing It Family Hits
Monday, August 2, 2010
Creativity For August
This issue is all about enriching your child through drawing, theatre, dance, etc. I fell in love with “the arts” all the way back in first grade. We did a “What do you want to be when you grow up?” assignment, and I chose to be an artist. My props for my presentation were a paint palette, a paint brush, a beret, clothes with paint on them…the works. So this month I wanted to highlight toys that inspire creativity. I came across a collection from Faber-Castell called Creativity For Kids and was blown away at the diversity of all the toys they offer, so I decided to showcase their toys in this month’s column.
First, there is Make Your Own Sock Puppets. This is for ages three and up. The kit comes with three fuzzy socks, googly eyes, yarn and fur for hair, and many different felt shapes. All the pieces, except for the yarn hair, have adhesive on them, so there isn’t any need for glue; the set also comes with a plastic needle to thread the yarn through the sock. This kit comes with instructions that are basic and easy to understand and sells for $18.
For the boys, we have the Wind-Up Workshop: Robots for ages seven and up. The kit comes with five wind-up mechanisms to make up to five robots. You also get several robot cut-outs, cardboard robot parts, and much more to design the robot you want to make. The kit even comes with markers you can use to color in the robot parts. It sells for $15.
For the girls, there is the Design By You Special Occasion Fashion Kit for ages nine and up. It comes with a mannequin and satin dress the size of a Barbie doll. Girls also get everything they need to make a dress including a sewing kit and fabric rolls. This is perfect if your child wants to get into designing their own clothes.. The Special Occasion Fashion Kit sells for $40.
Last, there is the Create Your Own Books kit for ages four and up. It comes with two books with lots of white space to fill up. The left-side pages of the larger book are blank, and the right-side pages feature a blank square with lines underneath. The smaller book has a hole cut out through the entire book that allows kids to place a photo in the center. This kit also comes with crayons and stickers to help start your kid’s imagination and sells for $20.
These four kits are just the tip of the iceberg and can be found at www.creativityforkids.com. They can also be found here in Jackson at Learning Express and Hobby Lobby, according to the site’s store locator.
Find them on-line:
Creativity For Kids
First, there is Make Your Own Sock Puppets. This is for ages three and up. The kit comes with three fuzzy socks, googly eyes, yarn and fur for hair, and many different felt shapes. All the pieces, except for the yarn hair, have adhesive on them, so there isn’t any need for glue; the set also comes with a plastic needle to thread the yarn through the sock. This kit comes with instructions that are basic and easy to understand and sells for $18.
For the boys, we have the Wind-Up Workshop: Robots for ages seven and up. The kit comes with five wind-up mechanisms to make up to five robots. You also get several robot cut-outs, cardboard robot parts, and much more to design the robot you want to make. The kit even comes with markers you can use to color in the robot parts. It sells for $15.
For the girls, there is the Design By You Special Occasion Fashion Kit for ages nine and up. It comes with a mannequin and satin dress the size of a Barbie doll. Girls also get everything they need to make a dress including a sewing kit and fabric rolls. This is perfect if your child wants to get into designing their own clothes.. The Special Occasion Fashion Kit sells for $40.
Last, there is the Create Your Own Books kit for ages four and up. It comes with two books with lots of white space to fill up. The left-side pages of the larger book are blank, and the right-side pages feature a blank square with lines underneath. The smaller book has a hole cut out through the entire book that allows kids to place a photo in the center. This kit also comes with crayons and stickers to help start your kid’s imagination and sells for $20.These four kits are just the tip of the iceberg and can be found at www.creativityforkids.com. They can also be found here in Jackson at Learning Express and Hobby Lobby, according to the site’s store locator.
Find them on-line:
Creativity For Kids
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Family Fun Night
With summer here and kids having more time on their hands, it is the perfect time to start a Family Fun Night. Once you find a night that’s right for everyone, here are some games and toys that your family should look into.
First, there is Clue: Secrets and Spies. Clue is my favorite game, so I, of course, bought this as soon as it came out last year. It still deals with “who, what, and where,” but that is the only similarity (besides the name of the game and the characters) that it shares with the original Clue game.
In Clue: Secrets and Spies, everyone gets a secret identity (the who), which is drawn from the identity cards and is kept secret until the game ends. This solves the argument over who gets to be Scarlet. The object of the game is to have your identity score the highest on the scoreboard. To do this, you need to gain the most points and to gain these points you use cards to hold secret meetings (the where) and complete missions (the what).
Basically, to hold secret meetings, you have to be in a certain city with a certain character. When that happens on your turn, you get the secret meeting card. To complete missions, a player must have two certain objects (the ones on his mission card) in his object squares in order to succeed in his mission and get to draw another mission card. Now, while this is happening, there are tokens that are also receiving points, so you may be scoring a point for another player while collecting your cards. However, card points are tallied at the end of the game, which will count for moving your players’ game tokens up. The game ends when the black token meets any of the player tokens. Then, cards are counted, and whoever is at the top of the point system goes first. Each player moves point by point (each card is one point), skipping any space occupied by another player’s tokens. And that’s the basic game play.
I hope you’ve been following so far, but if you’re completely confused, I’m not surprised. Clue: Secrets and Spies is not your regular Clue game and is hard to explain. If you purchase this game, read the directions carefully, and play some practice rounds. The game can be played with just two players, so start off playing a practice game with one other person, and then invite others to play, with someone standing by who can help explain things when they get confusing. The game sells for $19 on Amazon.com.
If basic Clue is more your style, try finding Clue: Secrets In Paris. The suspects are a high school drama club, the props are the same weapons from Clue: Discover the Secrets (See my review from August 2009 on my toy blog), and the places are landmarks in Paris. Finding the game may be the hard part, because apparently it’s no longer in production. If you’re in the mood for a hunt, I highly suggest scouring the internet or local toys stores for this.
Next, you can’t beat good classic board games. One that I’ve recently developed an affection for is Sorry! If you haven’t played it, it’s simple to get into. There are four pawns for each color, and each one has to make it from the start position all the way around the board and then up a little walkway to its home. Cards drawn by each player determine how many spaces to move. Each
card has a purpose: Players can only move pawns from the home row after drawing a “one” or “two” card; the “two” card allows the player to draw again; the “four” card moves the player’s pawn backwards; the “seven” card can be split between two pawns; and the “Sorry” card allows you to take someone’s place on the board, sending his pawn back to the start position. The instructions even include additional rules that will expand the game for older players. It sells for $15 on Amazon.com.
And lastly, try Make These Toys for Family Fun Night. Make These Toys is a book that gives you the instructions to create 101 toys. The projects in the book are separated by the main type of materials used. For instance, there is a section for clothespin projects and another for drink container projects. The projects are simple to make, and once you complete your projects, you have more toys to play with. We’ve enjoyed this book so much that this is our second mention of it. In our June issue, we featured instructions for making a great party favor, one of the many homemade toys included in this book, which sells for $10 on Amazon.com.
Find Them On-line:
Clue: Secrets And Spies
Sorry!
Make These Toys
First, there is Clue: Secrets and Spies. Clue is my favorite game, so I, of course, bought this as soon as it came out last year. It still deals with “who, what, and where,” but that is the only similarity (besides the name of the game and the characters) that it shares with the original Clue game.In Clue: Secrets and Spies, everyone gets a secret identity (the who), which is drawn from the identity cards and is kept secret until the game ends. This solves the argument over who gets to be Scarlet. The object of the game is to have your identity score the highest on the scoreboard. To do this, you need to gain the most points and to gain these points you use cards to hold secret meetings (the where) and complete missions (the what).
Basically, to hold secret meetings, you have to be in a certain city with a certain character. When that happens on your turn, you get the secret meeting card. To complete missions, a player must have two certain objects (the ones on his mission card) in his object squares in order to succeed in his mission and get to draw another mission card. Now, while this is happening, there are tokens that are also receiving points, so you may be scoring a point for another player while collecting your cards. However, card points are tallied at the end of the game, which will count for moving your players’ game tokens up. The game ends when the black token meets any of the player tokens. Then, cards are counted, and whoever is at the top of the point system goes first. Each player moves point by point (each card is one point), skipping any space occupied by another player’s tokens. And that’s the basic game play.
I hope you’ve been following so far, but if you’re completely confused, I’m not surprised. Clue: Secrets and Spies is not your regular Clue game and is hard to explain. If you purchase this game, read the directions carefully, and play some practice rounds. The game can be played with just two players, so start off playing a practice game with one other person, and then invite others to play, with someone standing by who can help explain things when they get confusing. The game sells for $19 on Amazon.com.
If basic Clue is more your style, try finding Clue: Secrets In Paris. The suspects are a high school drama club, the props are the same weapons from Clue: Discover the Secrets (See my review from August 2009 on my toy blog), and the places are landmarks in Paris. Finding the game may be the hard part, because apparently it’s no longer in production. If you’re in the mood for a hunt, I highly suggest scouring the internet or local toys stores for this.Next, you can’t beat good classic board games. One that I’ve recently developed an affection for is Sorry! If you haven’t played it, it’s simple to get into. There are four pawns for each color, and each one has to make it from the start position all the way around the board and then up a little walkway to its home. Cards drawn by each player determine how many spaces to move. Each
card has a purpose: Players can only move pawns from the home row after drawing a “one” or “two” card; the “two” card allows the player to draw again; the “four” card moves the player’s pawn backwards; the “seven” card can be split between two pawns; and the “Sorry” card allows you to take someone’s place on the board, sending his pawn back to the start position. The instructions even include additional rules that will expand the game for older players. It sells for $15 on Amazon.com.
And lastly, try Make These Toys for Family Fun Night. Make These Toys is a book that gives you the instructions to create 101 toys. The projects in the book are separated by the main type of materials used. For instance, there is a section for clothespin projects and another for drink container projects. The projects are simple to make, and once you complete your projects, you have more toys to play with. We’ve enjoyed this book so much that this is our second mention of it. In our June issue, we featured instructions for making a great party favor, one of the many homemade toys included in this book, which sells for $10 on Amazon.com.Find Them On-line:
Clue: Secrets And Spies
Sorry!
Make These Toys
Monday, June 21, 2010
Checking In
Hey, I just wanted to stop by to first apologize and clear something up. First I'm really sorry about the 90-day work out. I'm a creature of habit and if that habit breaks after three workouts then it doesn't set in. So I rested on day 4 and now I'm apologizing many, many days after. I'm really sorry. Part of me thought that if I actually blogged about it every day it would be easier to continue. I mean there is a reason why I haven't really worked out before (That is I'm somewhat lazy) and I can't expect to change on a dime.
2nd I wasn't lying when i wrote my June article. It was actually written during the time that I was working out and blogging about it. I just want to clear that up. Maybe I can restart in July (It's really a 30-day work out anyway) although we'll see. I'm also working on getting time to add more to this blog like video's about the toys. Would you be interested in that? Leave me some feedback/encouragement in the comments and I'm more likely to continue
2nd I wasn't lying when i wrote my June article. It was actually written during the time that I was working out and blogging about it. I just want to clear that up. Maybe I can restart in July (It's really a 30-day work out anyway) although we'll see. I'm also working on getting time to add more to this blog like video's about the toys. Would you be interested in that? Leave me some feedback/encouragement in the comments and I'm more likely to continue
Friday, June 4, 2010
June Hodgepodge
As I sit in my office chair, my muscles slightly aching from my exercise commitment (which you can follow at scottstoybox.blogspot.com), I’m looking around my cubical at the toys I have to review trying to find some way to connect them together. So after a couple of days of this, I figure I should just go again not try and force a connection, not when the word “Hodgepodge” exists. And that’s what this is a summer hodgepodge of some toys.
First we have a classic summer toy, the water gun. Specifically, the Super Soaker Shot Blast. The Shot Blast is part of a four-gun ensemble that makes up one team in the Soaker Wars. The Shot Blast can fire up to
25 ft. and holds 38 fl. oz. To fire the gun you slide the slide forward to load it and then slide it back to fire. It also has a shoulder brace that’s adjustable and a tactical rail for the N-Strike tactical scope that’s sold separately. I personally would prefer if the gun had a trigger but the Hydro Fury (another of the four guns) does have one so if you’re like me you’d probably want to consider that one. The Shot Blast can be found on Amazon.com for $21.
First we have a classic summer toy, the water gun. Specifically, the Super Soaker Shot Blast. The Shot Blast is part of a four-gun ensemble that makes up one team in the Soaker Wars. The Shot Blast can fire up to
25 ft. and holds 38 fl. oz. To fire the gun you slide the slide forward to load it and then slide it back to fire. It also has a shoulder brace that’s adjustable and a tactical rail for the N-Strike tactical scope that’s sold separately. I personally would prefer if the gun had a trigger but the Hydro Fury (another of the four guns) does have one so if you’re like me you’d probably want to consider that one. The Shot Blast can be found on Amazon.com for $21. 
Now if you’d rather cool down indoors (or on a breezy porch) Run Wild is a great card game to play to pass the time. The object of the game is to get all the cards out of your hand first. To do this you have to play a set (three cards of the same number) or a run (three cards in numerical order & of the same color) on the table. If you don’t have the right cards (or you aren’t drawing the right ones from your draw pile) you can use the cards on the table but only if there is a least three cards in still in the set or run (and runs have to keep numerical order). At first I was concerned of how disorderly it could be because players don’t take turns. However when I played with my friends there was time to think and make decisions on your game play even with its high paced. I wish the draw three cards that are played actually had the words “draw three” on them. Our first game was really confusing because of that. You can play with 2-4 players and they can be found at www.otb-games.com for $10.
Find Them On-Line:
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Day Uh.... what number was I on?
So resting isn't a very good option for me. Since I rest one day and then keep resting several days afterward. I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to go. Now some nights have been very busy for me so I haven't had time. Other nights I just haven't done it. I'm sorry I haven't stay diligent. Please forgive me and I will try to get back on the right foot.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Day 3 & 4
Here is the deal with the rest days. It's suggested that you rest after two days of working out but you can choose to workout instead. So last night I decided to work out. I worked out for 27 minutes and I did all the workouts. I can't say how many calories I burned because I had some troubles with the game mechanics. Apparently you have to hold the Wiimote and the nunchuk in certain ways or it doesn't register that you're doing it right. And there is also the chord from the Wiimote and nunchuk that only stretches so far, so when you jump and your suppose to extend fully, you can pull the nunchuk out of the leg strap. So I tried last night and I'm resting today.
Also why did I say 90-days?
Also why did I say 90-days?
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Day 2 (posted on Day 3)
Last night after working out I went straight to bed. It was a good workout and of course my stats from last night are at home, while I am writing this from the office. I do remember that I worked out for 29 minutes and I didn't skip any of the exercises (I think 20 in all.)
Most of the workouts I did were lunges. One of those were backwards lunges. You lunged your foot backwards then bring your knee up and then set it down. Now the first time I did these I thought I was supposed to leave my knee in the air until it told me to put it down and so me and the trainer would get out of sync, which was frustrating but the next time it came around, I did much better.
The hardest part about working out with a television is that you can't always look at the TV. I know I'm constantly looking down to see what to do which probably causes me not to do it correctly. Plus when I get to running, I like to run in a circle so it feels like I'm actually running instead of running in place so I constantly have to look back at the screen to see if I'm at the rest point. Love those rest points.
Well in this 30 day program every 3rd day is a day of rest (I think) so I'm not going to do a full workout tonight. I do want to continue doing something, so I am going to look into doing other things besides EA Active. But I am going to use tonight to toy around with some other sections of the game and I'll let you know about them tomorrow night after Day 4's workout routine.
Most of the workouts I did were lunges. One of those were backwards lunges. You lunged your foot backwards then bring your knee up and then set it down. Now the first time I did these I thought I was supposed to leave my knee in the air until it told me to put it down and so me and the trainer would get out of sync, which was frustrating but the next time it came around, I did much better.
The hardest part about working out with a television is that you can't always look at the TV. I know I'm constantly looking down to see what to do which probably causes me not to do it correctly. Plus when I get to running, I like to run in a circle so it feels like I'm actually running instead of running in place so I constantly have to look back at the screen to see if I'm at the rest point. Love those rest points.
Well in this 30 day program every 3rd day is a day of rest (I think) so I'm not going to do a full workout tonight. I do want to continue doing something, so I am going to look into doing other things besides EA Active. But I am going to use tonight to toy around with some other sections of the game and I'll let you know about them tomorrow night after Day 4's workout routine.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Day 1
Is it bad that I skipped the first day of my 90 day workout thing? Unfortunately, I missed the first day because I was out of town and was unable to fit it in but I did start today.
I had a real hard time setting it up, but not because of the game. First my Wii's clock was wrong and I had to reset the clock, then my balance board's batteries were dead so I had to start over to uncheck the fact that I had one. Because I don't have my balance board at the moment, I can't tell you might weight or my WiiFit age so that will start when I get batteries.
Today's workout stats:
Calories burned- 125.3
Workout time- 00:19:38
Exercises complete- 15/16
I skipped one exercise because I had to keep my knees bent while doing it and the first time I did it my left knee was hurting so the 2nd time it came around I skipped it. Better be safe than to injure myself.
More about the game and another workout tomorrow.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
I enjoy traveling. Seeing new places, experiencing new cultures, getting lost and finding my way again. I’m still waiting on my chance to see England, like everyone else I know. Although it’s better when done physically, traveling can take place within the four walls of a room if you have a large imagination. The toys in this month’s Toy Box have to do with three modes of travel children can use with their imagination to explore their own world.
Matchbox not only takes us up in the air but also out to sea with their Sky Busters Aircaft Carrier. It comes with one Matchbox airplane, which is called a Sky Buster. These planes are really cool. The body is metal and the wings are hard plastic. I bought one of them to use as decoration on an island-themed cake. When I tried to break the plane to create a plane-crash on the cake, I only succeeded in tearing off the wings after a couple of minutes. The carrier holds up to eight planes and is portable. These toys don’t float on water, so don’t take them into the bath with you. Available on Amazon.com for $17.
Matchbox also takes us to the road with Real Talking Rocky. Rocky is a dump truck that stands up and talks when you press a button. The button launches him into the standing position, and he is easily reset by pressing him down to look like dump truck. He sells on Amazon.com for $10.
For those who like to fall asleep listening to the soothing sounds of the rails, Fisher-Price has come out with Good Night Thomas. This is a plush toy that says “good night” phrases to your child as he drifts down the tracks to Dreamville. It requires 2 AA batteries that are stored in the back of the toy in a case. The case is a bit hard but is mostly enclosed in padding. The other part that’s not completely soft is the face where the speaker is encased. However, both these places are just small parts of the toy, and the padding is large enough that you really have to squeeze in the certain areas to feel the hard plastic. Good Night Thomas sells on Amazon.com for $20.
Find Them On-line:
Sky Busters Aircaft Carrier
Real Talking Rocky
Good Night Thomas
Matchbox not only takes us up in the air but also out to sea with their Sky Busters Aircaft Carrier. It comes with one Matchbox airplane, which is called a Sky Buster. These planes are really cool. The body is metal and the wings are hard plastic. I bought one of them to use as decoration on an island-themed cake. When I tried to break the plane to create a plane-crash on the cake, I only succeeded in tearing off the wings after a couple of minutes. The carrier holds up to eight planes and is portable. These toys don’t float on water, so don’t take them into the bath with you. Available on Amazon.com for $17.
Matchbox also takes us to the road with Real Talking Rocky. Rocky is a dump truck that stands up and talks when you press a button. The button launches him into the standing position, and he is easily reset by pressing him down to look like dump truck. He sells on Amazon.com for $10.
For those who like to fall asleep listening to the soothing sounds of the rails, Fisher-Price has come out with Good Night Thomas. This is a plush toy that says “good night” phrases to your child as he drifts down the tracks to Dreamville. It requires 2 AA batteries that are stored in the back of the toy in a case. The case is a bit hard but is mostly enclosed in padding. The other part that’s not completely soft is the face where the speaker is encased. However, both these places are just small parts of the toy, and the padding is large enough that you really have to squeeze in the certain areas to feel the hard plastic. Good Night Thomas sells on Amazon.com for $20.
Find Them On-line:
Sky Busters Aircaft Carrier
Real Talking Rocky
Good Night Thomas
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Blog Annoucement
Starting May 1st and for the next 90 days, I will be testing out EA Active. My progress will be posted here so that you may follow. I will try to post at the most once a day and at the least three times a week. Then in September, I will write a full review of the game in my Toy Box article.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Computer Animals Are Virtually Pets
When I was teenager, Tamagotchi were the new toys on the market. They were little key rings that housed a virtual pet that you fed and cleaned by pressing a button. I didn’t have one but I knew mine would have died from starvation or filthiness. In fact, they probably were a good litmus test for parents to see how fast their kids would get bored of taking care of an animal before they got the real thing. This month in the Toy Box, I look into games starring animals.
First we have My Horse & Me: Riding For Gold for the Nintendo DS. In this game you play as a recent high School graduate named Emma. She has moved to Kentucky to help her Uncle Roger with his failing farm. It’s up to you to compete in competitions to save the farm. The beginning of the game, it does a fair job of leading you through the game play. However once you figured out how to ride, the game dumps you on a main menu, which is a picture of the ranch. There are no labels to tell you what place will take you where, but this information is available in the instruction booklet. Before you compete, you have to train in the training arena. Once again there isn’t any explicit instructions, but it’s pretty easy to figure out. It does get repetitive though, so to break it up, you can play some challenges. My favorite is the maze you ride through, and I must say it’s easier to chase chickens in Zelda than it is here. There is also equipment you can buy in a shop to use for dressing up your horse. Also, don’t forget to take care of your horse in the stables. This game is geared more toward girls, and if you like horses and don’t mind some repetitive game play, then you’ll enjoy this. It sells for $19 at Amazon.com.
Next we have Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for the Wii. Rabbids, who look a lot like rabbits, have come down from outer space and are wreaking havoc all over the world. The mini-games are different, each with its own controls, keeping things fresh, which is major when is comes to game play. In one game, you can tackle your friends to see who can hold on to the football the longest, and in another, players find out who can whack the rabbid the hardest to make him fall asleep. I enjoyed the shooting gallery game, which feels like the old arcade games with the attached guns. This game is perfect for groups and sells for $20 on Amazon.com.
Lastly, we’ll take a trip down the rabbit hole in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland for the Wii. This game is based on the movie of the same name. What is interesting about this game is that you don’t play as Alice, but as her five companions, the White Rabbit, the Dormouse, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat. You cycle through these guys, each with their own abilities, to solve puzzles and defeat bad guys. The best ability is the Mad Hatter’s. He stands on podium and you move the picture around to change the perception of the world, which changes the world. This is a good game to play alone but you can play along with a friend. It sells for $37 on Amazon.com, and all these games can also be found at your local video game stores.
Find it online:
My Horse & Me: Riding For Gold for the Nintendo DS
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for the Wii
Disney’s Alice in Wonderland for the Wii
First we have My Horse & Me: Riding For Gold for the Nintendo DS. In this game you play as a recent high School graduate named Emma. She has moved to Kentucky to help her Uncle Roger with his failing farm. It’s up to you to compete in competitions to save the farm. The beginning of the game, it does a fair job of leading you through the game play. However once you figured out how to ride, the game dumps you on a main menu, which is a picture of the ranch. There are no labels to tell you what place will take you where, but this information is available in the instruction booklet. Before you compete, you have to train in the training arena. Once again there isn’t any explicit instructions, but it’s pretty easy to figure out. It does get repetitive though, so to break it up, you can play some challenges. My favorite is the maze you ride through, and I must say it’s easier to chase chickens in Zelda than it is here. There is also equipment you can buy in a shop to use for dressing up your horse. Also, don’t forget to take care of your horse in the stables. This game is geared more toward girls, and if you like horses and don’t mind some repetitive game play, then you’ll enjoy this. It sells for $19 at Amazon.com.
Next we have Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for the Wii. Rabbids, who look a lot like rabbits, have come down from outer space and are wreaking havoc all over the world. The mini-games are different, each with its own controls, keeping things fresh, which is major when is comes to game play. In one game, you can tackle your friends to see who can hold on to the football the longest, and in another, players find out who can whack the rabbid the hardest to make him fall asleep. I enjoyed the shooting gallery game, which feels like the old arcade games with the attached guns. This game is perfect for groups and sells for $20 on Amazon.com.
Lastly, we’ll take a trip down the rabbit hole in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland for the Wii. This game is based on the movie of the same name. What is interesting about this game is that you don’t play as Alice, but as her five companions, the White Rabbit, the Dormouse, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat. You cycle through these guys, each with their own abilities, to solve puzzles and defeat bad guys. The best ability is the Mad Hatter’s. He stands on podium and you move the picture around to change the perception of the world, which changes the world. This is a good game to play alone but you can play along with a friend. It sells for $37 on Amazon.com, and all these games can also be found at your local video game stores.Find it online:
My Horse & Me: Riding For Gold for the Nintendo DS
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for the Wii
Disney’s Alice in Wonderland for the Wii
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thinking Game
Get your thinking caps on. This one's a tough one.
I was browsing the web a while back and I ran across this game on Thinkgeek.com. It's called the Lonpos Pyramid and Rectangle Game. It's a black box and you get several little pieces of different colored balls stuck together in different shapes. It comes with two booklets both filled with puzzles. They range from ridiculously easy to stressfully hard. The start you off by showing you were some of the pieces go and then it's your job to fill in the rest. Even though the easy puzzles are basically one missing piece, I'm glad there is at least one of them there, so when I give up doing the hard puzzles I can at least put the game away quickly. I would have liked to see some more variety in the puzzles. For some reason they all start putting pieces on the left side and the right side is always bare. I would have liked to see a puzzle where you place some in the middle, maybe there are some out there. However, you can just remove all the pieces and just try to put them all back in, and as long as everything fits, you win! Also there are 3D puzzles for the bottom of the box to make a pyramid using the same pieces, which are somewhat harder. Soon I'm going to make a video showing how this game works.
The game costs $15.99 and you can find it at http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/d245/
and if you want to test it out online you can do that at http://www.lon-pos.com/en/en_101_8_1.htm
I was browsing the web a while back and I ran across this game on Thinkgeek.com. It's called the Lonpos Pyramid and Rectangle Game. It's a black box and you get several little pieces of different colored balls stuck together in different shapes. It comes with two booklets both filled with puzzles. They range from ridiculously easy to stressfully hard. The start you off by showing you were some of the pieces go and then it's your job to fill in the rest. Even though the easy puzzles are basically one missing piece, I'm glad there is at least one of them there, so when I give up doing the hard puzzles I can at least put the game away quickly. I would have liked to see some more variety in the puzzles. For some reason they all start putting pieces on the left side and the right side is always bare. I would have liked to see a puzzle where you place some in the middle, maybe there are some out there. However, you can just remove all the pieces and just try to put them all back in, and as long as everything fits, you win! Also there are 3D puzzles for the bottom of the box to make a pyramid using the same pieces, which are somewhat harder. Soon I'm going to make a video showing how this game works.The game costs $15.99 and you can find it at http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/d245/
and if you want to test it out online you can do that at http://www.lon-pos.com/en/en_101_8_1.htm
Monday, March 1, 2010
Is This Your Card?
As I grew up, there were many occupations that I thought I wanted to have when I grew up. At one point in time I wanted to be a magician and started a collection of card decks that I used to do simple card tricks. These decks came in handy on trips where my friends and I played all types of games. When thinking about this month’s Toy Box, I thought it would be a good idea to dive into the world of card games. Even though there are as many card games as there are cards in a deck, I selected a few old favorites as well as some new ones you may not have heard of.
Uno has been a favorite for years. Based on Crazy 8’s, the object of the game is to get rid of all the cards in your hands by placing cards of the same number or color on the top of the discard pile. There are also Skip, Reverse, and Draw cards that add some challenges to the game. And if that isn’t enough, everyone has their own house rules, from playing an exact same card out of turn to slapping the deck when someone plays a 9 (the last person to slap the deck draws 2 cards). Mattel has also come out with several variations of Uno, most of which include a base. With Uno Attack, instead of drawing from a deck, you hit a button. Sometimes the base doesn’t spit out anything, but other times it spits out many cards. With Uno Spin, you spin a wheel when the spin card gets played. When it stops spinning, you may have to trade your cards or draw some. A pack of Uno cards salls for about $7 on Amazon.com and the other versions of the games between $18-$35.
Apples to Apples is another great card game. To play this game you’ll need at least four people. There are red cards and green cards. Each player has seven red cards in their hand. These red cards have nouns on them ranging from famous people to events in your life (i.e. “my prom”). The green cards have adjectives on them. One player draws a green card and reads aloud the adjective. Then the other players pick a red card in their hand and slide it secretly over to the first player. The card they pick is what noun they think goes with the adjective. The first player picks up the cards (not knowing who picked which card), and from those cards the first player picks what they think is the best answer. Whoever wins gets the green card, and the next player in the circle pulls the green card for the next round. The game ends when someone gets 3-7 green cards (this is decided at the beginning of the game and depends on how many people are playing.) The fun thing about this game is that it all depends on who is playing and their personalities. When deciding which red card to play you have to think about who the judge is and what card they’d pick instead of what card you’d pick. It’s also a good game to get to know one another with. The party box it comes in is for ages 12 and up. This is because some cards have words like “Sultry” on them. However, there is a Junior box for ages 9 and up, and kids’ box for ages 7 and up. The party box is about $27, the junior pack is about $19 and the one for 7 is about $25, all from Amazon.com.
Top Trumps comes to us from England. It’s similar to the game War, and there are many different packs with themes from Star Wars to insects. Each card contains a character; for example, Yoda would be in a Star Wars deck. On each character card there are about five statistics like knowledge, likability, or cuteness, and each character has its own numbers. When playing, one person chooses a statistic, then the players tell what number they have for that statistic. Whoever has the highest number gets both cards to place in the end of his deck. Whoever wins the cards gets to pick the next statistic. If there is a tie, those two cards are set aside, and the player who picked the statistic goes again. The player who wins those cards also wins the two cards that tied. You can find these card packs at Barnes and Noble in the Renaissance or at Amazon.com. They cost about $8 per pack, or you can get them in bundles of three on Amazon.com for around $20.
If you don’t feel like buying any of these specialty card decks to play a game, there are many card games that can be played with just a simple deck of ordinary cards. Hearts, Spades, Spoons, Crazy 8’s, Bridge, Rummy, Gin... the list goes on and on. www.pagat.com is a website with an extensive list of card games and how to play them. Some other websites focused on just one game are http://www.acbl.org/learn/howtoplay.html for Bridge and http://rummy.com/rummyrules.html for Rummy. And if you ever get board and you’re by yourself, there is always the basic game of solitaire, 10 games of which can be found at http://boardgames.about.com/od/solitaire/tp/best_solitaire_card_games.htm.
Find it online:
Uno
Uno Attack
Uno Spin
Apples to Apples
Top Trumps
Uno has been a favorite for years. Based on Crazy 8’s, the object of the game is to get rid of all the cards in your hands by placing cards of the same number or color on the top of the discard pile. There are also Skip, Reverse, and Draw cards that add some challenges to the game. And if that isn’t enough, everyone has their own house rules, from playing an exact same card out of turn to slapping the deck when someone plays a 9 (the last person to slap the deck draws 2 cards). Mattel has also come out with several variations of Uno, most of which include a base. With Uno Attack, instead of drawing from a deck, you hit a button. Sometimes the base doesn’t spit out anything, but other times it spits out many cards. With Uno Spin, you spin a wheel when the spin card gets played. When it stops spinning, you may have to trade your cards or draw some. A pack of Uno cards salls for about $7 on Amazon.com and the other versions of the games between $18-$35.
Apples to Apples is another great card game. To play this game you’ll need at least four people. There are red cards and green cards. Each player has seven red cards in their hand. These red cards have nouns on them ranging from famous people to events in your life (i.e. “my prom”). The green cards have adjectives on them. One player draws a green card and reads aloud the adjective. Then the other players pick a red card in their hand and slide it secretly over to the first player. The card they pick is what noun they think goes with the adjective. The first player picks up the cards (not knowing who picked which card), and from those cards the first player picks what they think is the best answer. Whoever wins gets the green card, and the next player in the circle pulls the green card for the next round. The game ends when someone gets 3-7 green cards (this is decided at the beginning of the game and depends on how many people are playing.) The fun thing about this game is that it all depends on who is playing and their personalities. When deciding which red card to play you have to think about who the judge is and what card they’d pick instead of what card you’d pick. It’s also a good game to get to know one another with. The party box it comes in is for ages 12 and up. This is because some cards have words like “Sultry” on them. However, there is a Junior box for ages 9 and up, and kids’ box for ages 7 and up. The party box is about $27, the junior pack is about $19 and the one for 7 is about $25, all from Amazon.com.
Top Trumps comes to us from England. It’s similar to the game War, and there are many different packs with themes from Star Wars to insects. Each card contains a character; for example, Yoda would be in a Star Wars deck. On each character card there are about five statistics like knowledge, likability, or cuteness, and each character has its own numbers. When playing, one person chooses a statistic, then the players tell what number they have for that statistic. Whoever has the highest number gets both cards to place in the end of his deck. Whoever wins the cards gets to pick the next statistic. If there is a tie, those two cards are set aside, and the player who picked the statistic goes again. The player who wins those cards also wins the two cards that tied. You can find these card packs at Barnes and Noble in the Renaissance or at Amazon.com. They cost about $8 per pack, or you can get them in bundles of three on Amazon.com for around $20.If you don’t feel like buying any of these specialty card decks to play a game, there are many card games that can be played with just a simple deck of ordinary cards. Hearts, Spades, Spoons, Crazy 8’s, Bridge, Rummy, Gin... the list goes on and on. www.pagat.com is a website with an extensive list of card games and how to play them. Some other websites focused on just one game are http://www.acbl.org/learn/howtoplay.html for Bridge and http://rummy.com/rummyrules.html for Rummy. And if you ever get board and you’re by yourself, there is always the basic game of solitaire, 10 games of which can be found at http://boardgames.about.com/od/solitaire/tp/best_solitaire_card_games.htm.
Find it online:
Uno
Uno Attack
Uno Spin
Apples to Apples
Top Trumps
Friday, January 1, 2010
Play like an Egyptian
This month’s Toy Box takes us to a far away land where the water runs from the south to the north, where pharaohs rule and mummies curse. We’re playing this month in Egypt.
Playmobil has come out with a collection of
Egyptian-themed playsets. The largest playset is a pyramid with traps that you set off and secret places to hide treasure. Their other playsets include a sphinx, a floating ship, a tomb, and many different kinds of Egyptians to inhabit your own three-dimensional Egypt. I was fortunate enough to play with the sphinx of this set. It comes with two Egyptians and a mummy. The sphinx has a secret door that is released by placing an amulet in a hole and turning it, great for storing some of the Egyptians when playtime is over. The characters and sphinx itself are large, so they are hard to loose; however, the accessories are small and even warrant a chocking hazard caution. Playmobil says these playsets are for children 4 years and older, but they have other non-Egyptian toys for those younger than 4. The Egyptian themed playsets from Playmobil range from $100.00-$8.00 at Toys-R-Us.
For those who want to tour Egypt from your computer, EA has produced The Sims 3: World Adventures. This is an expansion pack for the game The Sims 3, which means you have to have The Sims 3 for the game to work. In World Adventures, Egypt is one of three exotic destinations your sim (people-like characters you create and control) can visit. In all the destinations there are several tombs that your sim can explore. These tombs are filled with treasure but also contain traps, and in Egypt you need to steer clear of mummies. You can even cause your sim to turn into a mummy by sleeping in a cursed sarcophagus, but make sure you also have a blessed version incase you want the sim to change back. World Adventures does a good job of adding a new dimension of game play to The Sims 3. Going on these adventures is almost like playing an on-line role-playing game, where you need to collect certain items to complete your objectives. With a few cheats entered in the game, you can also build your own tombs to explore; however, doing this doesn’t come easy, so you may find yourself searching on-line for tutorials to do so. The Sims 3 is rated T for Teen because of crude humor, sexual themes, and violence, and costs $30.00 on Amazon.com.
You might not get to sing “Walk Like An Egyptian” with
Activision’s Band Hero, but it does have 65 other songs you can sing plus more you can download. Activision brought us Guitar Hero, and the game play is the same. There is a long strip (like a guitar’s neck) on the screen, and when color buttons pass a certain place, you either hold down the button on the guitar controller and strum or hit the color drum with the drumstick. With Band Hero there is also a “Party Mode” that will play random songs from the song list (that you can edit), and you and your party guests can jump in and out of playing along. Band Hero also allows you to change your game system into a karaoke machine, and in that mode you can sing however you want, and you’ll never fail the song. There is also a game mode that allows you to create your own song and download what others have created. Band Hero is rated E+10 for Everyone over 10 for lyrics and mild suggestive themes and is $49.00 on Amazon.com.
Find it online:
Playmobil Sphinx
The Sims 3 World Adventures
The Sims 3 (You need this to play the game above)
Band Hero for the Wii
Playmobil has come out with a collection of
Egyptian-themed playsets. The largest playset is a pyramid with traps that you set off and secret places to hide treasure. Their other playsets include a sphinx, a floating ship, a tomb, and many different kinds of Egyptians to inhabit your own three-dimensional Egypt. I was fortunate enough to play with the sphinx of this set. It comes with two Egyptians and a mummy. The sphinx has a secret door that is released by placing an amulet in a hole and turning it, great for storing some of the Egyptians when playtime is over. The characters and sphinx itself are large, so they are hard to loose; however, the accessories are small and even warrant a chocking hazard caution. Playmobil says these playsets are for children 4 years and older, but they have other non-Egyptian toys for those younger than 4. The Egyptian themed playsets from Playmobil range from $100.00-$8.00 at Toys-R-Us.
For those who want to tour Egypt from your computer, EA has produced The Sims 3: World Adventures. This is an expansion pack for the game The Sims 3, which means you have to have The Sims 3 for the game to work. In World Adventures, Egypt is one of three exotic destinations your sim (people-like characters you create and control) can visit. In all the destinations there are several tombs that your sim can explore. These tombs are filled with treasure but also contain traps, and in Egypt you need to steer clear of mummies. You can even cause your sim to turn into a mummy by sleeping in a cursed sarcophagus, but make sure you also have a blessed version incase you want the sim to change back. World Adventures does a good job of adding a new dimension of game play to The Sims 3. Going on these adventures is almost like playing an on-line role-playing game, where you need to collect certain items to complete your objectives. With a few cheats entered in the game, you can also build your own tombs to explore; however, doing this doesn’t come easy, so you may find yourself searching on-line for tutorials to do so. The Sims 3 is rated T for Teen because of crude humor, sexual themes, and violence, and costs $30.00 on Amazon.com.You might not get to sing “Walk Like An Egyptian” with
Activision’s Band Hero, but it does have 65 other songs you can sing plus more you can download. Activision brought us Guitar Hero, and the game play is the same. There is a long strip (like a guitar’s neck) on the screen, and when color buttons pass a certain place, you either hold down the button on the guitar controller and strum or hit the color drum with the drumstick. With Band Hero there is also a “Party Mode” that will play random songs from the song list (that you can edit), and you and your party guests can jump in and out of playing along. Band Hero also allows you to change your game system into a karaoke machine, and in that mode you can sing however you want, and you’ll never fail the song. There is also a game mode that allows you to create your own song and download what others have created. Band Hero is rated E+10 for Everyone over 10 for lyrics and mild suggestive themes and is $49.00 on Amazon.com.Find it online:
Playmobil Sphinx
The Sims 3 World Adventures
The Sims 3 (You need this to play the game above)
Band Hero for the Wii
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