After Wii’s Success Nintendo Woos Us Again
In the old days (just last week), before Nintendo’s new portable game console, the DSi, was available, portable game consoles were for kids with good eyesight, fast reflexes, and too much time on their...
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Now that they’ve seen game developers turn into rock stars (and get paid like them too) parents are much more likely to take gaming as a serious career path. Game development is a part of many colleges...
View ArticleLeapfrog Gives Leaping an Infrastructure
Have you tried shopping for educational toys for young kids lately? It’s a jungle out there. If you’re looking to help them practice reading, math, critical thinking, color matching … whatever,...
View ArticleSummer’s New Digital Toys
It’s show time for the digital toy business. Time to trot out previews of the summer’s releases. This season offerings has a few recurrent themes. First is low price. Almost all of the manufacturers...
View ArticleIt’s Summertime: Tech Things to Do (or Not) With the Kids
Whoever designed the three-month summer vacation must have received kickbacks from the electronics industry. Even the most well intentioned moms and dads need a break from lemonade stands, swim...
View ArticleAnd Games to Avoid
Nothing wrong with a mindless game every now and then, but some games are more mindless than others. I’d have your kids steer clear of these. One because it’s grossly sophmoric, two because it was a...
View ArticleCES 2010: This Year’s Crystal Ball Is Made of Glass
With hundreds of new product launches and an annual industry reunion, CES brings out the fortune-teller (oops, I mean analyst) in all of us. The economy has forced companies to tone down big...
View ArticleLook Ma! No Controller: Microsoft’s Natal Genius
Natal uses "you" as an input device. You’ve probably heard about Project Natal by now. It’s Microsoft’s “secret” project that lets you use your body as the input device for the Xbox Live. No...
View ArticleTwo New Games For Young Fliers
Flight Simulator the Microsoft game thats ultrarealistic controls and navigation path gave many armchair pilots a chance to take control of the wheel. Now the kids can get into the act with two games...
View Article3D Versus Body Motion: What Matters Most for Next Gen Gamers?
Accoding to NPD, a research firm, families are using video games big time. After sports games and action games (each holding approximately 20% of the market), family games represent 12%, the next...
View ArticleAfter Wii’s Success Nintendo Woos Us Again
In the old days (just last week), before Nintendo’s new portable game console, the DSi, was available, portable game consoles were for kids with good eyesight, fast reflexes, and too much time on their...
View ArticleMaybe Growing Up to Be a Game Designer Isn’t Such a Bad Idea?
Now that they’ve seen game developers turn into rock stars (and get paid like them too) parents are much more likely to take gaming as a serious career path. Game development is a part of many colleges...
View ArticleLeapfrog Gives Leaping an Infrastructure
Have you tried shopping for educational toys for young kids lately? It’s a jungle out there. If you’re looking to help them practice reading, math, critical thinking, color matching … whatever,...
View ArticleSummer’s New Digital Toys
It’s show time for the digital toy business. Time to trot out previews of the summerhttp://robinraskin.com/blog/2009/06/28/summer%e2%80%99s-new-digital-toys/’s releases. This season offerings has a...
View ArticleIt’s Summertime: Tech Things to Do (or Not) With the Kids
Whoever designed the three-month summer vacation must have received kickbacks from the electronics industry. Even the most well intentioned moms and dads need a break from lemonade stands, swim...
View ArticleAnd Games to Avoid
Nothing wrong with a mindless game every now and then, but some games are more mindless than others. I’d have your kids steer clear of these. One because it’s grossly sophmoric, two because it was a...
View ArticleCES 2010: This Year’s Crystal Ball Is Made of Glass
With hundreds of new product launches and an annual industry reunion, CES brings out the fortune-teller (oops, I mean analyst) in all of us. The economy has forced companies to tone down big...
View ArticleLook Ma! No Controller: Microsoft’s Natal Genius
Natal uses "you" as an input device. You’ve probably heard about Project Natal by now. It’s Microsoft’s “secret” project that lets you use your body as the input device for the Xbox Live. No...
View ArticleTwo New Games For Young Fliers
Flight Simulator the Microsoft game thats ultrarealistic controls and navigation path gave many armchair pilots a chance to take control of the wheel. Now the kids can get into the act with two games...
View Article3D Versus Body Motion: What Matters Most for Next Gen Gamers?
Accoding to NPD, a research firm, families are using video games big time. After sports games and action games (each holding approximately 20% of the market), family games represent 12%, the next...
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