We don’t need any additional Skylanders. Really, we’re good. Of the initial 16 released, we own 12. Still, I stroll through our local Target and Toys-R-Us whenever I get the chance. What I am looking for, and why? I dunno. I guess I just want to spy the new characters, […]
WAPPY DOG FOR NINTENDO DS by Cooper McHatton In a world where everyone is looking for the next new thing, and you have a runaway hit like Skylanders merging the world of toys and video games, a new genre is clearly developing. The question game developers now must ask themselves […]
**Update, March 2013: Like the line itself, my opinion of LEGO Friends has evolved. Read all about it here.** Dear LEGO, As an influential, trusted, and beloved toy brand, you possess the unique power to initiate change, to help build a better world, and to influence the construction of fantastic […]
Why hello there, stranger! If you found your way here as a result of my spot on the NBC10 5 o’clock evening news with Tracey Davidson, I’d like to personally welcome you to Out With The Kids. If you have no idea what that last sentence is about, that’s cool. […]
Cookies are yummy. How’s that for board game analysis? Abstract and confusing, likely, but I feel it an appropriate opener here. Cookies, like restaurant sugar packets, are a perfect way to introduce early math concepts to young children because, like any hip cat knows, math is pretty darn sweet. And […]
I didn’t think another kid was necessary. I was more than happy with the one. I was dead wrong. We needed that extra cutie. I didn’t think another stuffed animal was necessary. I was happy with the one hundred. I was wrong. We needed number one hundred and one. Like […]
Here’s a kickass toy with a Kickstarter campaign in need of some love! At the heart of the Myachi story is a frustrated and disillusioned Wall St. career. And that’s never before seemed more appropriate or topical than right now! Take a short break from your Occupy Wall Street protest […]
**Be sure to scroll to the bottom for photos from last night’s Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure launch party in New York City with Amar’e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks** I admit it. I’m easily impressed. Especially in the area of technological advancement and its related gadgetry, I can quickly turn […]
