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The Babble Review: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ the Video Game

Although it’s based on the DreamWorks Animation hit of the same name, Activision’s How to Train Your Dragon lets kids embark on an adventure that goes well beyond the movie screen. (Or the book, for that matter.) In fact, though we’re...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Apr 9th, 2010, 1:21 pm
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Power Gig: Rise of the SixString: A Real Guitar Hero is Born

As much fun as those Guitar Hero and Rock Band game nights might be for you and the kids, after a while you realize that the games aren’t really teaching the musical skills you’d hoped (though coordination skills are another thing —...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Mar 9th, 2010, 10:37 pm
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First Look: “Year 2″ Vignette from LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Video Game

Though the game won’t be here till May, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have released the latest teaser from LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Available on Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, PSP and PC, the game follows...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Feb 1st, 2010, 4:43 pm
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Little Big Planet Breaks the 4th Wall with 6″ Plush Dolls

Even some two years after its justifiably well-hyped release, we still haven’t gotten sick of playing Sony’s Little Big Planet — but until now, we never thought the game would break out of the console to delight us in the real world....
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Jan 29th, 2010, 1:30 pm
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CES 2010: Playstation 3 Media Hub Slim From Nyko

Sony’s Playstation 3 is a living room multi-tasker. It plays games, has an online network of content to view, and can play Blu-Ray movies. But to do all this stuff – even watch Blu-Ray movies, you need to use a PS3 controller. It seems like...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 14th, 2010, 12:30 pm
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The Babble Review: Tony Hawk: Ride

I suppose it’s ironic that my kids — 9 and 6, respectively — have kicked my butt multiple times at Tony Hawk: Ride since the game showed up on our doorstep last week. I’ve been skateboarding on and off for almost half my life;...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Dec 16th, 2009, 10:00 am
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The Babble Review: Mini Ninjas

Ninjas — what kid can resist their allure? Certainly not my kids, who used their own mini-ninja skills to wrest the controller from my hand as I road-tested the new IO Interactive/Eidos video game Mini Ninjas. Here’s the lowdown —...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Sep 29th, 2009, 10:00 am
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Thinner, Cheaper (Yay!) Sony PS3 Coming Sept. 1

If you’ve been holding out on adding a PlayStation 3 to the family game room in the hopes that the console’s price would eventually drop, you need wait no longer. Due in stores Sept. 1 (even if a recent Kmart ad indicates otherwise), the...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Aug 19th, 2009, 9:30 am