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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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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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“Cloudy” Is Video Game Food Fight

Aack, the gummi bears are after you! But no fear – not only can you spray them with hot gravy, you can punch down humungo cookies with a giant fist. Yes, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, one of my favorite childhood books, has hit the big screens....
Continue reading » Posted by jeannesager on Oct 12th, 2009, 11:01 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