Nintendo DS Game Review: I Spy Castle by Cooper McHatton I Spy Castle is an excellent hidden object game suited for the young gamer. Youthful players will get happily lost wandering through the medieval castle uncovering its mysteries, and searching for over 400 objects to solve the 36 well done […]
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 […]
Hello KRE-O! This summer Hasbro launched a new brand of construction block toys called KRE-O along with KREON, the accompanying figures. Sounds a little bit Star Trek-y but it’s not, it’s actually a whole lotta Transformers. LEGO enthusiasts and Transformers lovers alike will become quick fans of these well-built blocks […]
Waaaaay back in the day (like 6 months ago) I saw Squinkies only on end cap pegs; bubble packs of 16 impossibly small and thoroughly charming critters relegated to the perimeter of toy department aisles. Now when I enter the toy section of my local Target, Squinkies dominate approximately 30 […]
Smart or dumb. Strong or weak. Brains or brawn. We’re often reduced to an easily labeled and picked-apart thing regardless of how complex an individual we may be, tending to get compartmentalized by a single trait or personality quirk. It’s the product of the sound byte world in which we […]
In my first post-2011 NYC Toy Fair remarks regarding DaGeDar this past February I noted that the collectible racing balls would be undoubtedly marketed to boys but that girls could and would enjoy the toy as well. It’s my slant on things – can’t help it. While DaGeDar’s black, florescent […]
