The coolest Minecraft gifts for kids. Besides more time to play Minecraft.
I’m not sure about you, but in my house, Minecraft is pretty much all my kids talk about. They play it on the PC, on the iPad, and yes, even in real life. Hold the real pick axe. If your kids already have tons of Minecraft toys like mine, I’ve rounded up...
Piquing our Geek: Draw your own video game with Pixel Press.
My second grader is crazy into made up games he creates and customizes himself. Everything from blueprints for Star Warsian buildings to trains crafted from Toca Builders blocks are on his roster of perpetual projects, and creating his own video game is definitely at...
Robot Turtles game: teaching the basics of programming to 4 year olds. You read that right.
When I took BASIC back in the dark ages of computer programming, I found it to be anything but, a feeling that has remained which is why I’m thrilled that my kids have sites like SCRATCH and code.org to teach them some “basic” programming–and...
The best new Kindle FreeTime Unlimited downloads for kids
As parents, we’re big fans of Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, which gives you access to tons of kids’ content at one low monthly price–especially nice for those of us who have purchased ebooks, videos and games, only to find our kids were bored after one...
Disney Interactive, now on your Xbox 360
With so many families using their video game consoles to watch television programming, this news from Disney and XBOX is definitely something to get excited about. The new Disney app for Xbox 360 will give families (like us!) access to some of the coolest programming....
The coolest features of the new Xbox One
Gamers everywhere have been eagerly anticipating today’s big Xbox announcement from Microsoft – especially because it has been almost eight years since the original Xbox 360 console was launched, and close to three since the introduction of Xbox 360 with...
Cool Mom…Pixels? Garb for your favorite gamers
Whether you spent your youth glued to a Gameboy, know a dude who keeps his NES on a pedestal, or have kids digging on Mario for Wii, these pixelated sweatshirts might be worthy of a one-up. The Drew Wise (The Pixel Artist) Collection features eight sweatshirts...
Piquing our Geek: Ordering pizza from your Xbox console
Yes, it’s come to the world’s laziest pizza ordering ever. And boy, are we geekily excited. Come on, admit it, who hasn’t wished during a maxed-out gaming session that they would have food magically appear without having to cook it? Evidently,...
Holy 90s redux, Mario. Look who’s back on Nintendo 3DS.
If you grew up on characters like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong, the new news from Nintendo will make you want to dig out your flannels, dust off those cowboy boot shoes, and pause the Friends marathon while you get your hands on some of these new games. Nintendo just...
A sneak peek at the new Disney Infinity gaming platform
Earlier this year, we gave our readers a heads up on the new Disney Infinity platform that so many parents (and the gaming world at large) are looking forward to. And now there’s a more info plus a sneak preview video that, well, you might want to keep away from...
How do I get my kids started on Minecraft? A parents’ primer.
Over the weekend, my two older kids plunged head first into the world of Minecraft, and save the couple of desperate tweets and Facebook posts asking for help, I was pretty much on my own getting them started. If you’ve got a kid who wants to play Minecraft,...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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