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 The video game industry has become huge, a multi-billion dollar
industry, far from the early days of Pong and Pac-Man. As it has
blossomed, it has developed its own trends and set its own records. To
commemorate the industry's various accomplishments, the Guinness Book
of World Records has published a specific volume just for video games,
the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition.read more »
Let's get the technical details out of the way first: * Expander 2.1 runs on Macintosh and Windows, and activates through any application that produces sound. read more »
The point of Legacy Interactive’s Pet Pals games is to experience life as a veterinarian. Substituting a mouse for any number of medical tools, Pet Pals New Leash on Life gives you a chance to try your hand at saving a variety of tiny lives. read more »
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2009 saw the release of a lot of great video games, plus a few serious
clunkers. While you can check out our reviews for all kinds of ideas,
here are some of our favorites from the past few months that we
recommend for families: 
Keyboard Town PALS is an interactive, educational tool for teaching children ages 7-12 how to type. Through the use of associative learning, drills and speed tests are eliminated and children can learn to type words and sentences in as little as one hour without the pressure to perform. 
Yes, LEGO Rock Band is due out this year, but that's not the only big LEGO game in your near future. LEGO Universe promises to take the virtual world to a new level as you build that virtual world. Including both pirates and ninjas, as well as spacescapes and many more environments, we have built a library of images for your perusal to get a taste of this new world. Visit our image gallery to piece together an understanding.
Astound Sound from GenAudio promises to improve your audio experience with music, movies and games and it delivers. Since using Astound Sound I've heard things in music and movies that I didn't hear before. It totally changes the way you hear audio on your computer. For this review I've used screen shot from the Mac
Any analog TV signals that haven't shut down already will do so within the next three months. If you have a digital TV, cable, or satellite, you need not worry, and worst case, you'll need a digital converter box if you don't already have one. But if you'd like to save some money, we have some suggestions where to get your content. 
2008 was the year of the music game, but while most games taught rhythm and finger dexterity, a few companies tried to take it the next level by actually teaching music lessons. eMedia has produced a line of software to do just this, their flagship being My Piano. 