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We love the way that Minecraft challenges our kids without imposing limits on their creativity, and we especially love to see our daughters building (non-princess) castles in the sky, engaging their creativity, and getting some unexpecte…

We were excited to have a chance to put together a MiiPC review, considering there's pretty much nothing that causes a modern parent more angst than monitoring your kids' online life. Keeping them safe, limiting their screen time, making…

Tracking down the coolest new gadgets for kids is one of our great joys as both parents and picky consumers. Each year sees a ton of launches, but not all of them make it to the next. Here, our very favorite launches of 2013 which both k…

I got the word that Santa delivered a lot of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles this Christmas, which requires lots of fun video games for families. Even if you've received an older version of a console, which are still very much in dem…

Clumsy Ninja , the long-awaited app from London tech gurus NaturalMotion has finally arrived, and I'm betting it's how a lot of kids will be spending screen time over the holidays. To be honest, you might catch me sneaking away to my roo…

My son has told me at least four times today exactly how many days away Christmas is. I think you could say the countdown is officially on. So, I'm going to set the default home screen on our kitchen computer to Google's Santa Tracker —a…

Our latest post in our Holiday Tech Gifts 2013 Guide is a fun one! We love looking for affordable little stocking stuffers to make our lives more fun, more interesting, or just a little more silly. Here are some of our very favorite geek…

We're so excited to launch our 2013 Holiday Tech Gift Guide with the very coolest tech gifts for kids. Boy, this was a tough year to pare down our very favorites, but pare down we did, leaving you with 16 tech gifts for kids of all ages …

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 o…

Halloween is made for geeks, as we've said before, and I think these awesome Halloween pumpkin carving ideas prove it. Yes, if you're a professional artist with a shed-full of carving tools you can do some more complex designs, but I lik…

Every year we get excited to see what our friends at Think Geek are cooking up for Halloween. After all, geekery and Halloween go together like...well, like two things that go together so perfectly it's ridiculous. Nintendo fans will lov…

Creative, quirky, playful, rule free and devoid of in-app pop ups (hooray!)--all reasons why Toca Boca is one of our most favorite app developers for kids. So lets rejoice for the new Toca Cars app! Taking a cue from more complex games l…

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out these 5 great pins that you might have missed. 1. We are completely addicted to this new feature on one of our favorite websites . 2. You won't believe what this old Nintendo c…

Ever wonder what happened to all those forgotten joysticks, Atari paddles, and Nintendo controllers left over from the 80s and 90s? Cry not for the games of yore. They've been upcycled to charge your Apple devices. Though sadly, the Kona…

If like us, your kids have a ton of video game cartridges and discs because you haven't entirely made the move to digital downloads, storing them can be tough. I don't have a game room, and I don't necessarily want to look at 4 media she…

Sitting in the back seat of a car for hours on end--whether we're on a cross-country road trip or just running errands all day--has got to be so boring for my kids. I think that's why they're so crazy about the new app we downloaded this…

I still remember spending hours on end playing Simon, that awesomely fun hand-held eletronic game which had you imitating the light patterns as they got increasingly hard. Get it: Simon Says? I cannot even believe it's back. I still cred…

What is the sound of one hand clapping? I don't know, and I probably never will. Not because I don't wish to reach enlightenment, but because I'm too busy using both hands to play this iOS app. It's pretty amazing that an app can simulte…

Don't know about your brood, but if our kids are excited about the new LEGO movie we've been hearing about for months, the video game is coming in a close second. And we've got some just-released screenshots to get them excited. (Show th…

I kind of wish today was Friday the 13 and not Saturday the 13 because that would be even a more apt date to tell you about this awesomely clever, sometimes frustratingly difficult, gorgeously produced, extremely dark, and very addictive…

If you're a Pixar fan, a Monsters Inc. fan, or one of the millions of new Monsters University fans, have we got the app for you. The Monsters U Storybook Deluxe app for iOS and a more limited version, the Monsters U app for Android , are…

Apps are awesome, but you want your kids to get exercise, right? Well, imagine if Angry Birds Star Wars jumped off your screen and the birds were ping-pong balls. Sound better? [don't miss ac hance to win your own after the jump!] We tri…

With my son learning the drums and my daughter the piano, I always joke that I should pick up the guitar again so we can start a band. I used to play, but this hobby somehow fell by the wayside after the kids were born (gee, wonder why).…

Now that it's June, we're excited to share some of our favorite tech gifts for Father's Day. This year, we thought we'd break it down by price--because even if you've got a tech-loving dad to shop for, it doesn't mean you have to spend a…