Tag Archives: Electronic Geek
Have a Super Game Day With Kai-Lan for the Wii
Kai-lan and friends are featured in a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Super Game Day. Like the TV show, the game is geared toward younger kids, and features the same voice actors as well. The characters and settings carry over pretty well from Ni Hao, Kai-lan and my kids really enjoyed playing it.
One of […] Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Geek, Toys and Technology
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The Future of Board Games … Or Not?
What does the future of board games look like? Ten years from now, will we still be playing with silly cardboard hexagons and wooden meeples? Or will it look more like something out of science fiction?
Science Daily reported last week about an experiment predicting the future of board games by associate professor Roel Vertegaal, from […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Board Games, electronic games, Electronic Geek, Queen's University, Roel Vertegaal, video games
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Pick Some Words Out of Little Pim’s Word Bag
Little Pim’s Word Bag
When you’re learning a foreign language, it’s helpful to have frequent vocabulary reminders for words you have learned. To help with that, the creators of the Little Pim DVDs (which Jonathan and I reviewed recently) have written an app for the iPhone/iPod Touch called Little Pim’s Word Bag*. The app contains both […] Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Electronic Geek, Foreign language, French language, ITunes Store, learning, Spanish language, Vocabulary
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Jump Into the Arena: Battle Blasters for the iPhone
The year is 3042, which of course means that there are death match tournaments. Fighters across the world strap blasters to their arms and shoot it out for fame and glory—or at least a high score on the Facebook Leaderboards.
Battle Blasters for the iPhone and iPod Touch is an arcade-style one-on-one shoot-out. There are six […] Continue reading
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Tagged arcade games, Electronic Geek, iPhone Apps, IPod Touch, review, shooter, Toys and Technology
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How Will the Apple Tablet iPad Change Our Kids’ Lives?
There has been much speculation about what Apple will be announcing today. Will it be a glorified book reader? An iPod Touch/iPhone on steroids? We will find out very quickly here, and then we can all envision how we could use the device. Will it help you at work? Will it be the perfect commuting […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Electronic Geek, iPhone, IPod Touch, Science and Education, Tablet, Toys and Technology
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Radio Controlled Childhood
I was reminiscing with a friend recently about our misspent youth with Radio Controlled cars. We enthused for hours about saving up for a real hobbyist vehicle and then waiting for it to arrive in the post. Then there were the hours of frustration trying to put it together.
But it was all so worth it. […] Continue reading
Data Privacy Day is January 28
Data Privacy Day is an annual international celebration to raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy. Intel, Microsoft, Google, AT&T, LexisNexis and The Privacy Projects are sponsoring Data Privacy Day efforts, with assistance from Intuit and Oracle.
But the day is not just about big companies protecting their data, it’s also about you protecting […] Continue reading
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Tagged Data privacy, Electronic Geek, online behavior
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A Wall Mounted TV Is A Safe TV
Which would you rather have fall on your kid: a 36 inch screen, 236 pound Trinitron tube TV or a 40 inch screen, 43 pound Bravia LCD TV? The correct answer, of course, is neither. Unfortunately, it seems that many people have inadvertently opted for the second choice, with the number of children injured by […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Cathode ray tube, Consumer electronics, Displays, Electronic Geek, LCD television, Projects and Activities, Shopping, Television, Trinitron, Video
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Bayonetta Sparks Debate
Different people connect to different games. But sometimes you find a game sparks a range of strong opinion. Bayonetta on the 360 and PS3 is one of those games.
Over on my GamePeople blog we have had a bunch of our (older) family gamers write up their experiences. I was exciting to find that each […] Continue reading
HippoDict Chinese Dictionary for iPhone
When I was considering retiring my Palm TX in exchange for an iPod touch (no AT&T service in the rural area where I live, so no iPhone), one of my essential applications was a good Chinese dictionary. I speak Chinese fairly fluently but I’m not very literate; although I know how to use a dead-tree […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Chinese, dictionary, Electronic Geek, iPhone App, IPod Touch, Language, Science and Education
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