{"id":351,"date":"2008-01-12T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T17:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/2008-01-12\/reader-letter-cosmic-family\/"},"modified":"2008-01-12T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2008-01-12T17:03:49","slug":"reader-letter-cosmic-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/12\/reader-letter-cosmic-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader Letter – Cosmic Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cosimic1.jpg\"“I didn’t find anything in your site about “Cosmic Family” for Wii. I rented it for my 3-year old (4 on Feb 16th) and after getting over some trouble with the Wii IR difficulties, she really loves it. I was curious what you thought of it.” – Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

I could shout it from the mountain. “I Love Cosmic Family!”<\/p>\n

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But it’s true we haven’t officially covered it. Why? Too many games get released + I tend to favor the M-rated ones because we’re more about warning parents about content than we are about recommending great games (like Cosmic Family) to parents.<\/p>\n

On the strength of a recommendation on the GamerDad message board I picked up the game for my son Henry for Christmas. He loves it. It’s basically a bit of weirdness, I’m guessing it’s French Canadian, and has a real quirky sensibility. I haven’t payed attention to a plot but I love the bright and colorful animated characters. The cat appears to be insane. There’s a really cool bit where the bath water comes to life and the kids swim in it as it moves around a space bathroom –<\/p>\n

Look. If that last sentence didn’t impress you … nothing will.<\/p>\n

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Henry can do it all himself and he loves the game. I’ll do a review once I burn through all of this outside work. I heartily recommend it for 5 and under. 3 is about as young as I’d consider as the Wii remote work in the game requires a fair amount of dexterity and skill.<\/p>\n

Also, the game has a solid and consistent tone. It hasn’t gone through the American Blandification machine and that … European (or my guess, French Canadian) sensibility leads to hilarious and potentially offensive moments like Big Sister’s breasts going “boing” and jiggling slightly when she appears. I suppose some parents might appreciate a warning about that but really, it’s not as exciting or anything like what any teenagers reading think it sounds like. It’s just funny, surprising, and mildly shocking in a educational preschooler game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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