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Spore Galactic Edition
The surge of gratuitous sex and violence has found a new domain to breed this vile culture for kids to absorb like sponges. Parents are quite content to welcome this cesspool of degradation into their houses without flinching an eyelid. They have become the baby-sisters of many impressionable young minds. The gaming industry has become ever so over the top with many new games and exploit the crustier side of humanity. The gaming world have done their part by affixing labels that clearly indicate the appropriate age for these games. Finger pointing can be assigned to many but as a society we have to burden ourselves with a legal responsibility to create better games for our youth. There are many gaming industry people who are making a valiant effort to bring them to the public.
One good example is the game
Spore where you create amazing new worlds and you can play with your imagination at a whim. The game is gaining a vast following and has upgraded to new spawn of the original game. Galactic Spore leaves you wanting more and more. This is a great way to really explore kids’ minds with games that challenge young ones to create whole new worlds. There should be more games like this that come to the forefront and show parents killing and degrading humanity in games is not the only way to have fun. What kind of young people will grow out of these games? Give us something like
Spore and we will better as a society. From
Backgammon and
Chess that with simple standard rules that have the universality of black versus white or us versus them will always enjoy popularity form many more centuries to come. I believe that
Pac-Man will outpace more recent gaming because of the simplicity of the idea. Will Spore be a timeless game, maybe not, but it’s going in the right direction in helping kids appreciate good gaming.
Written by editoonc · Filed Under Games
PlayCrafter is the building block for many of those gamers without computer skills who want to build their own games. It’s a fun way to be creative and get a sense of how games are built.
PlayCrafter is community based where all can share and play games created by members and make the games better at the same time.
Written by editoonc · Filed Under Games, Web
Sid Meier is the gaming guru of the world for the past 20 years. He has unleashed on the world games such as F-15 Stealth Fighter, Railroad Tycoon, and Pirates. His biggest claim to fame is his glorified version of the classic board game "risk" as a computer came he calls Sid Meier’s Civilization. He is at again with the latest installment called
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution. How can the man run out of ideas, he has history to draw from and capture digitalized gaming versions of man’s greatest battles. You basically are in charge of every outcome in the civilization that you create in each game. You are the master of your destiny when you helm the controls for another revolution in Sid Meier’s Civilization.
Sid Meier’s Civilization? Revolution? is the latest offering in the legendary award winning Sid Meier’s Civilization? series of strategy games, featuring the famous "just one more turn" addictive gameplay that has made this one of the greatest game series of all time. Civilization Revolution has been designed and built (by the legendary Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis) from the ground up for console and handheld systems delivering graphics, gameplay and controls that take full advantage of the hugely popular gaming platforms. Civilization Revolution is a watershed game offering players a chance to experience the epic empire building world of Civilization in a whole new way - in an accessible, visually immersive, fast paced, action-packed world that gamers crave.
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Space Invaders Extreme
Only 30 years? Space Invaders captured the fancy of a generation in 1978 that was just ambushed by George Lucas with Star Wars. Space Invaders a simple left to right joystick shooting game was as simple as you can get in amusement sense. This game would spawn gaming empires for the next 30 years. Well they are invading us once again with a new version called Space Invaders Extreme for the DS Nintendo system. Here is a game anybody can play and still remain true to the original roots. It is very addictive and both parents and kids will get a bang for their buck. Games like this are like chess or card games, the rules are quite simple and there are many outcomes. They will last for many generations. Can the same be said about the latest Hollywood over the top video-games with every bell and whistles thrown in last the simplicities of the original. Kids are discovering these games as new and some have translated well into cellphones and other platforms that require very little precious space to load the games.
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The Princess Bride is one of those movies that came out with no fanfare, but yet is endeared by many who saw this fun flick when it first came out. It follows a simple formula, it’ s funny and has a script and will last for quite some time as a sleeper classic. The movie has now spawned a free online video game based on the movie. If you enjoyed the movie you will have fun with this free video game. On those cold nights, this is a perfect little diversion for all.
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Super Mario Galaxy
My kids can’t get enough of this game this week. It’s the coolest offering so far on the Wii.
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Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be seen to be believed.
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Controlling Mario is as simple as can be with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Players move Mario with the Control Stick and shake the Wii Remote to perform a spin move or cue stars that launch him to and from planetary objects. Players can even point at bits of stardust to collect them or latch onto stars to blaze a magnetic trail through the heavens.
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Don’t want to head into space alone? With a second Wii Remote, another player can play alongside by pointing at and collecting bits of stardust, then launching them at enemies. The second player can even sweep aside projectiles or stall enemies to help make Mario’s adventure easier.
If you can’t beat them join them, or in this case rip them. Knight Rider is coming back to NBC, with a twist. K.I.T.T. the talking car will now be a shape-shifting car. He will have other cars that are shape-shifters too who will be his nemesis. Sound familiar?
Read more>>Business is getting tougher all over. Mattel toys is no different from any other business model. With sagging sales for Barbie, they came up with
barbiegirls.com and in just 3 months logged in 4 million registered users. Not to be outdone, Mattel got with the times and created a device that is a mini-doll, a MP3 player and a USB device that interacts with sections of barbiegirls. A real stroke of genius, considering that Barbie doll sales are down and with lead recalls, doesn’t help. Sink or swim if you want to be ahead of the game in today’s competitive market and Mattel is hitting the right chord with innovative devices such as these.
At barbiegirls.com girls can create their own, personalized online space–everything from designing a "room" to creating a character–where they can then play games, chat with gal pals, watch videos, and even shop with earned virtual money. Word filters, moderation tools, and other safety features ensure that the virtual world stays friendly and fun to all visitors, but the added security and benefits of this Barbie Girl device are ingenious.
The Barbie Girl device is basically an MP3 player with attitude. First, it offers a range of customizable fashions and accessories, delivering the next generation of fashion doll play. Second, it is a music device with 1GB of on-board memory. Third, the Barbie Girl device acts as a "key" for girls who have a room on barbiegirls.com. Girls who have this device and who have physically connected them into one another’s computer docking stations can become "best friends" and chat in "secret." It’s a more personal touch to the site experience and an extra layer of safety for parents. The device also allows its user to unlock additional pets, games, hangouts, fashions, and more online.
Graphic novels and manga are exploding like mushrooms all over North America. The major publishing companies are grabbing anything that comes down the pike after smaller companies who have made a little money on books like these. With that comes the clutter of garbage material that involves nudity and sexual and violent content in these books. What most publishers are avoiding to put on their books is some kind of rating system. Books are now finding there way to young kids, who are are not aware of the graphic material inside these books, the parents and teachers are oblivious to the stories inside. There has to be a better system to handle these books, there has to be some kind of responsibility at some level. These books are what they are and should be stated on the front. At least a big label on the front saying it’s kid friendly, or for a mature audience. Parents are not reading them neither are the schools and libraries.
In New Haven, Nate Fisher a teacher gave a comic book called Eightball featuring mild pornographic stories as reading material to a 13 year old girl student. Eightball is a comic book created from Daniel Clowes the author of the graphic novel "Ghost World," that was adapted into a feature film in 2001. The teacher resigned and the investigation cannot be continued after the parents of the 13 year girl read the comic book. The movie industry has a ratings system regulation as do the gaming industry. One or two comic book companies are putting a self-rating system, but I disagree there should be a universal system right away. What message are we sending our kids. The publishers know their market, why is manga within reaching distance of kids who can read material that is geared to adults. The majority of comics are written for adults and with that comes adult themes. I blame more the stores than the publishers, they have a responsibility to know what they are selling also. We all have to work together to make reading comics an enjoyable experience, just like books they belong to certain levels of reading, and clearly graphic novels for adults should not be in a classroom.
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The girl’s father, who asked that his family remain anonymous because it has already been the target of criticism, described the graphic novel that English teacher Nate Fisher gave the student as "borderline pornography."
Written by editoonc · Filed Under Animation, Anime, Art, Blog, Book reviews, Books, Cartoons, Comics, DVD, Games, Manga, Movies, Web, kid books
There is a story making rounds that Joust is going to be made into both a movie and comic book. I loved this game, it suckered me into dropping so many quarters in the machine till M.A.M.E. came around. To tell the truth I never went to all the levels, I just loved the sounds the game made. Now tell me is it a jest or does Joust has merit of movie fame. Time will tell.
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