I am new to the game show genre of video games and I was skeptical about the amusement offered by Electronic Arts’s ​​Hasbro Family Game Night 4: The Game Show. I approached my fifteen year-old son (and usual laboratory subject) with a proposal involving playing the game and offering his thoughts ...

Here at GeekDad, we are always interested in digging past the hyperbole and challenging ideas and assumptions that are not considered and well supported. For this reason, I find the results of Digital Australia 12 worth reading – no matter where you live. Digital Australia 12 is an annual survey conducted ...

In response to the groundswell of interest, admiration and inquiries about Mark Changizi’s daughter’s reinvention of chess, here are the full set of rules of Plastic Animal Chess: #ruleslist ul {margin-left: 2em;} #ruleslist li {margin-top: 0.5em;} The game proceeds like a normal game of chess. The board is nine squares wide rather than eight. Rather ...

In response to the groundswell of interest, admiration and inquiries about Mark Changizi’s daughter’s reinvention of chess, here are the full set of rules of Plastic Animal Chess: #ruleslist ul {margin-left: 2em;} #ruleslist li {margin-top: 0.5em;} The game proceeds like a normal game of chess. The board is nine squares wide rather than eight. Rather ...

I’ve been more than happy with my DS for many years now. The steady flow of original games and ability to play my favorite GBA cartridges is a formula that is as good today as it ever was. But since hearing about the 3DS and I have to admit it’s hard ...

Kinect has been a pretty popular piece of kit in our household, but as we’ve worked through some of the launch game we’ve had to learn to be a little bit picky over what we invest our money in. In fact, with Decca Sports Freedom and Dance Masters bringing up a ...

I was a little skeptical of Kinect before I tried it, but I keep coming across features that make gaming a lot easier for my family. Most recently we’ve been playing Kinect Joy Ride. Although hands free steering takes a bit of getting used to, we all enjoyed the light hearted ...

We’ve recently got into the habit of spending a little more on the videogames we like and buying both the Wii and DS version. There are a combination of reasons we do this that range from being able to get more of us sharing the game experience at the same ...

After digging into the 3DS hardware a couple of weeks ago, I got rather excited about Nintendo’s new gaming machine. Not just for a new shiny piece of kit, but for the new and creative ways it will enable my family to play and share games. Since then I’ve been tracking ...

Now that I’m over the first blush of excitement of the PlayStation 3’s Move controller, I thought it time to have a look at some of the games in more detail. What I found was a surprising array of ideas, and impressive implementation. But alongside these there were also a few ...