School Games
One Great Game
Friday, August 1st, 2008One Great Game Reviews: One Great Game is an interesting chronicle for those who like high school football. The analysis of the longest winning streak in history in any sport would be enough in itself. Indeed the game account seems less important than discourse on social and economic differences between the featured schools and their [...]
The Last Game
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The Last Game Reviews: “The Last Game” relates a rich human story while taking us into the surprisingly ruthless, disciplined world of high school football. This riveting, highly personal film fascinates on several levels: the brutal sense of competition felt even at the high school level; the senior Pettine’s struggle to decide whether it’s time [...]
Math Games for Middle School
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Math Games for Middle School Reviews: I knew the late Mario Salvadori and have been a fan of his work. This is obviously a hack job with some of his ideas, then his name slapped on the cover to make it saleable. This book is a train wreck: old problems, no math games to speak [...]
Middle School Success Deluxe
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Middle School Success Deluxe Reviews: This educational software will be helpful to any child’s knowledge, BUT be ready to invest time into “dowloading” software patches from the Topics Entertainment website. I guess there were some software difficiencies in the CDs, so you have to invest some time into fixing these deficiencies. Its pretty easy, but [...]
Harry Potter Interactive DVD Game
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Harry Potter Interactive DVD Game Reviews: I’ve tried the game on the DVD player and in the computer. Our DVD player is 6 years old, so I thought maybe it wasn’t “modern” enough. Then I switched to the computer, and the same problem with the arrows not working at all, as another reviewer mentioned. I’m [...]
School Tycoon
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008School Tycoon Reviews: I bought this Tycoon game for my 9-year-old granddaughter for those times when she comes to visit us. She is a very intelligent young lady and learns quickly. Her older sister has the Mall Tycoon game, and she loves it as well as the 9-year-old. However, the younger one doesn’t get to [...]
High School Musical Game
Monday, July 21st, 2008High School Musical Game Reviews: My husband and I played this with our 8 year old the other day. We ended up putting the game away. If it wasn’t a gift I would return it. One of the questions was “have you ever walked in on someone hooking up”. The Truth or Dare questions were: [...]
High School Musical Plug and Play TV Game
Saturday, July 19th, 2008High School Musical Plug and Play TV Game Reviews: My 6-year-old daughter is a HSM fanatic so I bought her this being that she enjoys video games as well. The age recommendation on the package is 4+ which I believe is much too young. I would say the age range for this toy is 5-7; [...]
High School Musical
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008High School Musical Reviews: We bought this for my daughter at Xmas, and she loves it. She has always been into singing, and she has spent many hours with this game. The only beef I have with it is the grading system seems a bit easy. Although my daughter loves getting A+’s, she got kinda [...]
High School Musical 2 DVD Board Game
Monday, July 14th, 2008High School Musical 2 DVD Board Game Reviews: HSM 2 fans will love this game. The Dance category is hard, since they show the dance clip, and you choose the correct sequence, but the 3 stationary pictures in each sequence choice often look very similar. What it DOES have, however, are interviews with the HSM [...]