My Online Monopoly

If you grew up in the early to late 60s you remember watching Vic Morrow in the great series Combat. You were so taken by the his performance that if you were a normal kid, you wanted to be Sergeant Saunders. And you got the chance to do it too. The toy […]

With online games becoming the new well-liked hobby, it is no wonder why educators are taking learning to a different level. It?s always been a frustrating job for parents to con their children into playing educational games. The last thing anyone wants to do is push their kids farther away from learning. Luckily, computer game […]

Let me describe the way my house looked a few weeks ago. My younger children (six children from 6-18) were on winter vacation and by five o'clock at night and the children were BORED. You know what that means: some were fighting, some were ignoring the others, and some were simply obnoxious.

If this sounds like […]

Board games have evolved massively over the years. As a child my memories of board games were Monopoly, Draughts, Cluedo, Guess Who and many many more. All games that we could play as a family to pass the time away. Hours of fun was had by all.

My favorite game was Monopoly a game that […]

When you think of skateboarding you think boys clad in helmets and knee pads doing impressive acrobatic-like moves with a board. Skateboarding may seem like a boys sport, but, according to Barb Odanaka, author of Skateboarding Mom, back in the 1970s both girls and boys did skateboarding and it was no big deal. When in […]

There's been much debate about the effect that video games and online games have in the development of our children and even in the socialization of adults. Reams have been written about the ways in which video games isolate youngsters and encourage a sedentary lifestyle. Some argue that, when adults play video games and online […]

Getting children to learn has long been a dilemma faced by today's teachers and parents. How do you make something like the industrial revolution interesting to an eight year old? It's hard, but have always been intrepid folks out there who try their hardest to make the act of learning fun and entertaining for children. […]

?Ban these evil games?, ?Videogame violence corrupting our nation?s youth?, ?video games stole my husband?. It seems everyday that the media are making more and more claims about the evils of videogames. But are these claims based on fact, or is it merely that there is a juicy new scapegoat out there that the […]

There are many games out there for kids, including board games, video games, and computer games. It is very easy to just go out and purchase games for your kids however, you should be taking the time to focus on how educational the games you buy will be for your children. No doubt your kids […]

Video games are not just purely about entertainment and fun only, which adults or parents claim as negative influence to their kids. If you look towards the positive sides, there are certain games that can help you develop your personality. These kinds of games may stimulate your inner character development e.g. how you will act […]