No game since Skylanders for our Nintendo Wii and later, the WiiU, has made a big an impression on my girls as Go Vacation for the Nintendo Switch. My 11-year-old, the Mouse, a tween gamer is especially smitten with this Switch game of never ending vacation. In the market for […]
Yes, yes, of course we still have a 7 week wait but, but… it is March now. MARCH! And that means we can officially say that Nintendo Labo will arrive NEXT MONTH!! (April 20th to be specific) This fact is worthy of the double exclamation point because Labo is unlike […]
Does it get any better than this for young gamers? You’ve got Skylanders Superchargers figures and vehicles who happen to be the legendary (in a historical sense, not in Skylanders variant terms) Donkey Kong and Bowser, who also happen to be playable on Nintendo Amiibo! Holy wow that is remarkably […]
HOLY F. This September, LEGO jumps into the physical toys-into-video game world (a la Skylanders and Disney Infinity) with LEGO Dimensions. Start a new piggy bank to save up lots of coinage for the LEGO Dimensions game and the many LEGO Dimensions character figures! I can already picture Frodo, Marty McFly […]
OWTK has been in on the Skylanders phenomenon since day one, watching Activision grow the relatively unknown property from a single, inventive toys-to-life game in 2011 to a monolithic empire of trading cards, bedding, clothes, cereal, and of course more video games. Heck, in 2014 my family was on the […]
A fun batch of Skylanders news just in for diehard portal masters! There will soon be Skylanders In Our Cereal and Easter Baskets! Forgo a few chocolate bunnies this Easter and stuff your kids’ baskets with springtime editions of Skylanders Minis Power Punch Pet-Vac and Eggsellent Weeruptor. Word has it […]
On our last flight home from wherever we were, we four straddled evenly the center aisle of row 16. Mouse was next to me, in the middle, anxiously waiting to see who would occupy the window seat. The Bear cuddled up next to mommy, an extended-arm’s length away from me […]
Ladies and gentlemen, may I have the distinct please of introducing Skylanders Trap Team Eon’s Elite. Settle down, Skylander nerds, Eon’s Elite will be here very soon. Looks like on November 1st you’ll be able to acquire rad metallic versions of upwards of 8 existing Skylanders characters redesigned and supped […]
