Okay, let me get this straight, I recently reviewed WALL-E video games for Sony’s PSP and PS3 gaming platforms and both versions bested me, and now you want me to review WALL-E for LeapFrog's Leapster2?  Wait, geared towards children ages 4 to 7… Gee I may actually have a chance.  read more »

Seriously, you can’t have kids and not be familiar with Dora the Explorer and her very faithful companion Boots.  For those of you not in the know, Dora is a young Hispanic girl who goes on adventures with her best friend, Boots, who is a talking monkey who wears, well, red boots.  Dora and Boots have been a big part of the Nick Jr.  read more »

When Nikolai was around 3 years old, I began my fatherly duty of instilling in him a love for all things electronically gadgety, as any good father would, by convincing Tonya that he needed a Leapster from LeapFrog.  At first Tonya balked at my suggestion that he needed such a device to stay ahead of the curve, by citing that there is nothing wrong with reading books and playing with blocks to advance his mind.  But rather than backing down, I pressed the  read more »

When I got the opportunity to review Guitar Hero Aerosmith, I was thrilled to finally have a chance to see what all of the Guitar Hero hubbub was about. Why was this game, which to the uninitiated player’s eyes is a rip-off of the 80s electronic “follow the blinking light” game Simon, so amazingly popular.

Why, because it’s really, really fun, of course.  read more »

With two young boys who are keen on reading and math, the LeapFrog collection of toys, electronics, computer games, and videos have been a big part of Nik and Caleb’s Toy Box.  And each year, it is with great interest that Tonya and I, as their parents, check out the latest and greatest to come from the LeapFrog Lilly pad.  So with this year’s crop, my youngest, Caleb age 4, has agreed to put the latest two educational products, the Leapster2 and the  read more »

Nine Miles

My bicycle commute to work is about nine miles in each direction and between the traffic and the various hills I have to climb, it takes about 35 minutes. The Sansa Clip MP3 player makes the perfect companion.  read more »

“I like it, but I don’t remember where I put it.”

Quoted directly from my 7-year-old son, who has fond, but fleeting memories of playing Plushees (Destineer, 2008), a virtual land full of beanie-baby-esque fuzzy things that almost resemble the small collectible bean-filled critters found at most card and gift shops.  read more »

Both Coke and Pepsi are running specials right now (and have been for a while) that encourage you to collect points with which you can purchase, among other things, free mp3's. But if you, like me, enjoy both Diet Coke and Pepsi One, you may be wondering, "Which is the better deal?"  read more »

They say even a broken clock is accurate twice per day. But what if you had a really cool clock--one of the coolest--and couldn't trust it to tell time?

Let me make this very clear: we think this clock is really cool. It has a feature set that makes it almost worth its $130 price tag. If KITT were a clock, it would look like this sleek black design. We wanted to love it. Sadly, it fell short of expectations.  read more »

I love grilled food. Pretty much anything tastes better when slightly charred by burning mesquite, but sadly, I was born without that gene on the Y-chromosome that enables men to grill properly. This diesn't stop me, since I'm not too picky how well cooked my steaks are, but my wife likes hers well done.  read more »