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Smarty Pants is a family friendly trivia game for up to four players. Fast reading is required; we therefore recommend the game for players 10 years and up. The trivia questions are determined by the player’s age and adapt in difficulty based on the player’s answers. (more…)
It is no secret that video games can offer benefits to kids and especially for girls.
Video games can provide a fun and social form of entertainment. They increase your daughter’s self-confidence as they master games and encourage teamwork when played with friends and family. Video games also make kids feel comfortable with technology—particularly important for girls, who, statistically, don’t use technology as much as boys.
Unfortunately, products geared toward pre-teen and teen males dominate the gaming market. The young female audience must often settle for low-quality, third tier studio productions. These titles generally lack in every aspect of what makes a good videogame. Barbie games published by “Activision value” make good examples for low quality games.
When choosing a video game for girls, think about your children’s interests. We have yet to meet a young girl who does not like animals – which makes it a good area to start. Most girls enjoy games that require strategy and problem solving skills. By the way: Boys tend to look for games that let them feel powerful and in control, which is the reason for the massive amout of violent action games on the market. Last but not least, talk to other parents for suggestions and advice or send us an email, Thomas and I will help you personally.
Below are suggestions of games (sorted by platform) your girls may enjoy (more…)
Drake’s Fortune is a third person – Action / Platformer / Shooter hybrid game. The player assumes the role of Nathan Drake, who is on a quest to find the fabled treasure of Sir Francis Drake’s El Dorado. (more…)
The sixth issue of the Greenpeace “Guide to Greener Electronics” has been expanded to include televisions and video game consoles. Market leaders Microsoft, Nintendo, Philips and Sharp enter at the bottom of the ranking of environmental performance with Nintendo being the first company scoring zero out of a possible 10 points.
Assassin’s Creed is based on a the Hashshashin or Assassins, a religious group of Ismaili Muslims, thought to be active in the 8th to 14th centuries as a mystic secret society specializing in terrorizing the Abbasid elite. The group transformed the act of murder into a system directed largely against Seljuk Muslim rulers that had been persecuting their sect. Assassins were meticulous in killing the targeted individual, seeking to do so without any additional casualties and innocent loss of life (more…)
