This week, we've been hearing about all the houses in the wake of the wildfires outside of Los Angeles. It's received special attention due to the celebrity homes in the area, and since our family has never been the star-struck type, we were a bit annoyed that somehow celebrity homes are more important that regular people's homes.  read more »

Recently I had the opportunity to try out the new Bejeweled 2 from PopCap. Our family is not big on computer games, but when we find something we like, we get our money’s worth. One of the family favorites is Bejeweled. A member of the Tetris family, the object of the game is to line up jewels to get them to disappear. Rather than falling from the top, the jewels start on a grid and you manipulate them by clicking them to switch the order and line up similar jewels.  read more »

New York has been invaded by symbiotes! Ordinary citizens are being turned into mindless aggressors! Can anyone save New York? Anyone? Anyone? Parker?

Why are the symbiotes invading? The game is a little vague on that point.

Why is Spiderman getting involved? Well, that’s obvious. It’s a Spiderman game so he’s contractually obligated to show up and clean up the town.

It’s also a really good game, Dad.  read more »

Once again, the Wii delivers a collection of minigames, this time Midway's Game Party 2. Think of it as a combination of a backyard barbeque and a day at Charles Cheddar's Pizza Parlor (without the nasty pizza) and repetitious animatronic music.  read more »