Friday
Aug012008
Get Your Game On
Friday, August 1, 2008 at 07:38PM
As I've earlier confessed, I like gadgets... that same devotion applies to video games. I can't – and never did – spend hours in a basement lost in a virtual haze. But I've got a pretty good roster of guilty pleasures when it comes to escaping into a world of Tetris blocks, trivia, guitar tunes and tennis.
I bought the Nintendo Wii for my husband for Father's Day (it IS for him, I swear!), but we've all fallen in love with this new type of gaming that requires you to be on your toes ... literally. That's why I was excited when L.A. Parent writer and editorial assistant Ronna Mandel told me we'd be getting a preview of a few titles coming soon from game developer Electronic Arts, a major player, if you will, in the gaming world.
Three public relations reps from the company brought the games and the consoles, and Ronna and I supplied the kid testers: Ronna's 7-year-old son Coleman and my two, Kate, 8, and Jack, 4. They brought a couple of offerings that they plan to release this fall, including one call Boogie SuperStar (which combines your skills as a singer and dancer) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, both of which were for the Wii.
On the Nintendo DS, we played a fun new one called Zubo, which has great characters and graphics (and is slated for a fall release, too).
Ronna is busy compiling some of the latest and greatest games from EA and other companies for a story for LAParent.com that will fit just about any device – and guilty pleasure – in your life. Watch for that around the end of August.
I bought the Nintendo Wii for my husband for Father's Day (it IS for him, I swear!), but we've all fallen in love with this new type of gaming that requires you to be on your toes ... literally. That's why I was excited when L.A. Parent writer and editorial assistant Ronna Mandel told me we'd be getting a preview of a few titles coming soon from game developer Electronic Arts, a major player, if you will, in the gaming world.Three public relations reps from the company brought the games and the consoles, and Ronna and I supplied the kid testers: Ronna's 7-year-old son Coleman and my two, Kate, 8, and Jack, 4. They brought a couple of offerings that they plan to release this fall, including one call Boogie SuperStar (which combines your skills as a singer and dancer) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, both of which were for the Wii.
On the Nintendo DS, we played a fun new one called Zubo, which has great characters and graphics (and is slated for a fall release, too).
Ronna is busy compiling some of the latest and greatest games from EA and other companies for a story for LAParent.com that will fit just about any device – and guilty pleasure – in your life. Watch for that around the end of August.
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