The proof is in: Video games improve physical and mental skills that come in handy in the real world. Here’s what to play to get an edge. Could there be benefits to playing “Halo” for hours on end … besides getting really good at “Halo”? Over the past few years, research has shown that video [...]

I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember.  It started one fateful evening when my family went out to dinner and there was this new machine at the restaurant, and it wasn’t a pinball machine.  It had two long blocks and the goal was to knock the smaller block past the [...]

Republished with permission of gamepeople.co.uk game reviews. Wii Sports Resort Rating: E Platform: Wii Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Wii Sports Resort takes the Wii Sports seed of genius and cultivates it into a fully grown gaming tree. Whereas the launch title was a magical place to visit, Wii Sports Resort is somewhere to loose [...]

Republished with permission of gamepeople.co.uk game reviews. Samurai Shodown Anthology Rating: T Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP Developer: SNK Playmore Publisher: SNK Playmore I’m new to the Samurai Shodown games, and I have little experience with fighting games in general, so I was pretty confused when I first played the Samurai Shodown Anthology. However, with [...]

Republished with permission of gamepeople.co.uk game reviews. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t overwhelmed with Empire: Total War. The depth of its campaign and strategic range is immense and I found myself both enthralled and beleaguered as I poured hours into this game. It improves upon the series in so many ways with [...]

Something about spring seems to turn my mind towards writing these editorials. It’s a good time of year to take stock before the games start flying in. Again I find myself starting a new season of thoughts, ideas and observations about family gaming. Having spent some time today reading through the last couple of seasons, I realised that although some wide ranging themes were covered

Republished with permission of gamepeople.co.uk game reviews. Family Party draws on pretty much every party game there is on the Wii. But rather than a simple copy-cat production, it delivers an experience that is graphically superb, wide-ranging in activities, and simply a lot of fun to play. What Sort of Game is This? Minigames come [...]

The image of a video gamer has changed over time. We no longer think of video gamers as friendless college boys alone in their rooms. Today’s video gamers are boys and girls of all ages. Even dads and moms play video games today. var linkwithin_site_id = 39140; (function () { var elem = document.createElement(‘script’); elem.type [...]