2KPlay New Carnival Games for Nintendo Wii and DS

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This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, commenter #162 Samantha! New Carnival Games from 2KPlay brings the fun of the carnival into your living room, and gets the whole family together for skill-testing competitive and cooperative games. For 1 to 4 players, you'll step right into 30 brand new games and attractions that put you right into the action of a traveling carnival.  Using your Wii or DS, you'll play familiar games like ring toss, archery, fishbowl bounce, bottle pitch, horseshoes, bumper cars, and more. The game world has five areas, and in each area, you start with easier games and then unlock harder ones. You earn tickets that let you play additional games, and pick prizes from a prize rack. Each area has a carnie who gives you feedback on how you are doing and encourages you to keep trying until you succeed at each game. Challenge your family and friends in head-to-head competitions, or team up for cooperative play in multi-player games. It gets you … [Read more...]

Riches Beyond Compare

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My Mother's Day this year went so far beyond my usual expectations. I knew my husband and boys had a shopping trip planned for Saturday, and I had handed Ryan a page torn out of a magazine with two things circled on it- a digital photo keychain sold at Target and the Gold's Gym workout for the Wii. Friday afternoon, Nathan came home from school and said "Mama, I know Mother's day is Sunday, but I can't wait to give you this": The bag is decorated with images of the stickers that are on my laptop and the names of two of my blogs!   When Nathan made this, his right hand was in a splint, so he was writing and sculpting that clay bowl using his left hand (he's right-handed) and only the four fingers of his right hand. I was blown away that he made something so pretty for me AND remembered the names of my blogs, too. He's such a great son! Saturday evening, Nathan went to spend the night at a friend's house, and Chris, Ryan, Kaitlyn and I went to dinner at a Mexican … [Read more...]

Wii Game Reviews Wiki

Before I jump into this site review, let me just assure you that the answers to all of your awesome questions are coming up next. You guys asked some great questions! I'm going to get blogger's block more often! :) First, I've got info for you on a site that might help you choose which games to buy or rent for your Nintendo Wii. It's called the Wii game review wiki and it gives you information from game players about the games. As a product review blogger myself, I know that I'd much rather know what real users think of a product than just take the company's word for it. If you aren't familiar with Wikis, they are a web page or collection of pages that can be edited by anyone. Information can be added and edited, and in the case of Wii Game Reviews, users can add a video showing the game play, audio, or a text comment to any section. Game reviews on the site are organized by category, and so far the categories are: Wii Action Games, Sports and Racing Games, Role Playing Game … [Read more...]