Posted on October 17th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
Tenkai Knights is a toy line and anime series on Cartoon Network. The story goes that in a parallel universe exists a cube-shaped planet, and its inhabitants can shapeshift from blocks into robotic warriors. The denizens of this planet have endured a centuries-long war over their Tenkai energy source. When it seemed like evil was about to take over the planet, a group of four brave robotic warriors called Tenkai Knights appeared and drove away the bad guys. Now the evil is back and stronger than before, and a new generation of Tenkai Knights is needed. For some reason, four teenage boys from Earth are transported to the war-torn planet to become the next batch of robotic fighter Tenkai Knights. And now you can relive the action of the cartoon with Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle for Nintendo 3DS.
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Posted on October 15th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
One of SEGA’s greatest games on the Nintendo GameCube was Super Monkey Ball and its sequel. You rolled around as a monkey in a hamster ball, trying not to fall off the edges of challenging mazes, not to mention playing fun mini-games like bowling and target practice. Now the monkeys are rolling, no, bouncing onto iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here), in a game that’s not quite what you would think. Super Monkey Ball Bounce is more akin to a pachinko machine. If you enjoy playing games like Peggle, you may want to check this one out, especially since it’s free-to-play.
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Posted on October 13th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
Supposedly, the love between two squares is the purest love of all. Or maybe not. Anyway, in this puzzle action game, you play as a walking square who has just fallen in love with the girl square of his dreams. But unfortunately, this geometrical gal will only date guys who wear the right clothes. Guide our hero and navigate mazes by twisting and turning your tablet device to help him fall through mazes and get the outfits she desires her man to wear. Fallin Love is available to download on iOS and Android devices, but reviewed on iPad here.
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Posted on October 10th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
Everyone’s favorite maternal video game character is back and needs your help in the kitchen again with Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit! for Nintendo 3DS. Just like the others, play touch screen mini-games to cook 60 different recipes, then help Mama around the house, yard, and shop with brand new mini-games, and test your skills at the Cooking Dojo!
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Posted on October 9th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
BoxPop derives its rules from the game of chess. Your job is to clear as many squares as possible from various boards. But the rule is that you can only clear out squares in the way that knights move on a chess board (two squares up and one square left or right). Use careful planning to clear as many squares as you can in this puzzler available for download on iPad and iPhone (reviewed on iPad here).
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Posted on October 8th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
So there are these luminous critters who suspiciously look like those guys from Cut the Rope, and they like to take naps in dark, ancient ruins. But one day their babies decided to wake up and get lost in the shadowy catacombs. Now it’s up to the grown-ups to light the way and save their kids! Light in the Dark is a unique game that requires you to solve light and shadow puzzles along with some color mixing, too. It’s available to download on iOS devices, Android, and Windows Phone, but reviewed on iPad here.
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Posted on October 7th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
During some of the afternoon and evenings when we weren’t at the parks, there were a couple of other things that we did at Disney World. So to conclude my blog series about my Disney World trip, I’m going to talk about the indoor arcade and amusement park DisneyQuest and the shops at Downtown Disney!
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Tags: Misc
Posted on October 6th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
Last time, we left off boarding the Hogwarts Express train from Universal Studios to Islands of Adventure, their sister theme park. Even though it was just a simple train ride, the Hogwarts Express ended up being one of the best rides at the park, due to the theming and atmosphere. Find out why and see more of Islands of Adventure in this blog entry.
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Posted on October 5th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
Over the weekend we went to Universal Studios and its sister park: Islands of Adventure. In some ways, I actually liked Universal Studios better than some of the Disney parks. Well, maybe not better than Epcot, but certainly better than Animal Kingdom or Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Read on to find out why!
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Posted on October 4th, 2014 by Cary Woodham
Next day we went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I didn’t enjoy this park as much as I thought I would, though. It was unusually crowded and hard to get around. But there were still a lot of fun things to do so let’s take a look.
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