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Archive - Jul 2008

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Dale and Teresa brave the heat to bring you the latest tech news for your family.  read more »

Dude Thing Guitar Controller Stand

The past couple months have shown a marked increase in music games like (and including versions of) Guitar Hero and Rock Band. And while these games are very fun, where do you store all your guitar controllers, since few allow for interoperability? Dude Thing Creations has offered up a solution: a guitar stand!  read more »

Dale and Teresa bring you some great new gadgets and toy news after taking the kids to camp.  read more »

If Fisher-Price ever made a Dungeons and Dragons game, it would probably look a lot like Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. The bright-primary-colors-and-no-sharp-corners game design ensures that there is little which will offend or frighten younger gamers, but the real question is whether or not there is enough here to enthrall them.  read more »

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This won't be available for the home, but beg your kids' school to get this!

LEGO® EDUCATION WEDOTM UNVEILED AT 2008 NATIONAL     read more »

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Classic Horseshoe Magnet

Units: About 91,500

Manufacturer: Dowling Magnets, of Sonoma, Calif.  read more »

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: U-shaped Magnets, Bar Magnets, Magnet Sets and Magnet Needle Sets

Units: About 40,000

Importer: Pacific Science Supplies Inc., of Bensenville, Ill  read more »

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Let's hope this has some kind of privacy built in, or it won't be so great for kids. We'll have to wait and see.  read more »

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Sounds like a great place for fans to flex their creative muscles.  read more »

arkanoid boxThe original Arkanoid was a Breakout-like arcade game produced by Taito in the mid-1980s and the frequent recipient of my pocket change, considering that it spent a summer at a local laundromat, and was thus the arcade game nearest to my house. For those few who don’t know this style of game, rectangular or square blocks are arranged at the top third of the screen, and a flat bar-like paddle resides at the bottom, which the player can move left and right.  read more »