Archive for the ‘Games’ Category
11
Mar
Khet: An Update on Chess, With Lasers!
Categories: Games, Giveaways
When you were a child, how did you picture the year 2011? The TV series Lost in Space suggested that we’d be traveling in space with robots by 1997, not to mention the colonies on the moon and creepy Artificial Intelligence made popular in 2001: A Space Odyssey. By now we should at least be surrounded by… read more!
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6
Jul
Giveaways Day 6 – Swinxs Game Console
Categories: Games, Giveaways
When I first met the Swinxs at Toy Fair in 2008, I was totally blown away. It was such a fresh concept – an interactive gaming console with no video component that aimed to engage kids physically and socially. It took a couple of years, but this Dutch product is finally available here in the… read more!
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22
Jun
Forbidden Island: Keeping Your Friends Close
Categories: For Older Kids, Games, Toys
Although the illustrations on the game board are gorgeous, the true beauty of Forbidden Island by Gamewright is its focus on cooperation. Too many times, I’ve sat down with a group of friends to play a board game expecting a fun evening full of laughs just to have it devolve into childish taunting and name-calling…. read more!
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25
Nov
Holiday Giveaways # 14 – Bananagrams
Categories: Games
I’m not much of a banana person. I don’t like bananas au natural. I don’t like banana bread – not even when my friend Dustin makes it, though it is reportedly amazing. I don’t like banana in my smoothies. I don’t like slices of banana in my cereal. Elvis’s preferred combination of peanut butter and… read more!
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23
Sep
National Family Game Night tonight
Categories: Games, Just for fun, Toys
Forget those TV premiers that you’ve been enjoying all week. Tonight is the first official National Family Game Night, and that sounds like fun. Hasbro is sponsoring the event and challenging families to take a deep breath, turn off the iPhones, the iPods, the iMacs and any other iThingies that distract you from your kids…. read more!
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24
Apr
Balance, build, and strategize with games from Foxmind
Categories: Building Toys, For Older Kids, Games
Not since Blue Orange have I found a company with a suite of games that are all fresh, smart, fun, and great for all ages. Foxmind makes a group of solitaire, thinking, and spatial logic games. I opened 3 of the games at our Magic Beans store in Hingham today: Equilibrio, Zoologic, and Meta-Forms –… read more!
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14
Jun
Going on a Bear Hunt
Categories: Games, Toys
On a recent family trip, I was looking for some new travel games to test out with my kids, who are finally old enough to enjoy playing games together (sometimes). I discovered a new line of games from Melissa & Doug, the venerable toy company known for their colorful and interactive wooden toys and puzzles,… read more!
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11
Jun
Building a Better Mousetrap
Categories: Games, General, Toys
Some days have unexpected themes. My daughter received the game, “Mouse Trap” for her birthday this year. Remembering the sheer volume of pieces from playing this game as a kid, I’d been a little hesitant to get it open. Finally today, we had some quiet time together, and we decided to give it a whirl…. read more!
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31
Mar
A Good Gag
Categories: Games, Toys
When someone from Daily Candy contacted me last week to ask about my new favorite toy for Spring, I didn’t hesitate. We just received a shipment of one of the best things I found at Toy Fair – a new game called Capture the Gag. Capture the Gag is a hide-and-seek game that comes with… read more!
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26
Feb
Swinxs Set
Categories: Active Toys, Games, Multimedia, Toy Fair, Toys
If you’re wondering what the founder of Bugaboo is up to these days, the answer may surprise you. I bumped into Eduard Zanen at Toy Fair this year, where he was promoting a new toy concept that he is developing in the Netherlands. Swinxs aims to be an unvideo game – an interactive gaming console… read more!
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