Monthly Archive — September 2009

  • Nintendo: Wii Price Drop, Sports Bundle & More

    From on September 30th, 2009

    This week I’ve got the details on three exciting announcements from Nintendo including a new lower price for the Wii, new Sports Resort bundle and release date for New Super Mario Bros. Wii! Read all about it in my weekly video game post on The play forum.

  • Trio Building System

    From on September 24th, 2009

    As I’ve previously written, the Construction category is a very hot category in the toy business. From Lego having another banner year, to the great early success of Halo Wars from Mega brands, kids have rediscovered building toys.

  • Game Preview: Where The Wild Things Are

    From on September 23rd, 2009

    This week, I take a look at the upcoming video game Where the Wild Things Are, inspired by the movie and original book by Maurice Sendak.

  • Time To Play: Without a Play Room

    From on September 21st, 2009

    When I was young, not one of my friends had a “play room”. Instead, our bedrooms were our domains and we stuffed them with toys, games, posters and memorabilia accordingly. Since then, the play room has become the new house must-have and designated rooms for toys and games are popping up in a number of friend’s houses around town.

  • No Do-Overs

    From on September 21st, 2009

    In the city neighborhood where I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, there were more than 53 kids between the ages of 4 and 12 within the two-block area that was our “base.” There were no organized activities. No little league. The occasional Boy or Girl Scout. Our lives were defined by school, church and home, and though they were different for many of us, we all came together in the neighborhood. There were groups and cliques and subsets, but for the most part, though parents were never far away, we were on our own.

  • Scooby-Doo! First Frights the Video Game

    From on September 16th, 2009

    Today in my weekly video game post I take an early look at the new Warner Bros Interactive video game, Scooby-Doo First Frights.

  • Time to Play: Let’s Pretend

    From on September 14th, 2009

    Imagination, pretend play, and dress up are something all children have in common. Imagination plays a very important role in a child’s up bringing. It helps them to be creative thinkers and will help them to “branch” out of normal everyday life. When we think of pretend play we usually think of small children, but really pretend play is good for any age. Not only can small children use pretend play to play Doctor, Mom, Dad, Teacher, etc… but we can also use pretend play to teach children how to react to certain situations and about different occupations. Here are some ideas to get the imagination flowing in your children.

  • The Beatles: Rock Band Invades The Video Game Isle Today

    From on September 9th, 2009

    The Beatles: Rock Band, the latest Rock Band music game, has received so much hype before arriving in stores that you might think the original Beatles had magically reunited. So why is this game generating so much attention? Because it’s The Beatles!

  • Time To Play: The Birthday Shuffle

    From on September 7th, 2009

    Planning birthdays in regards to boy/girl twins is difficult enough, but when you throw a 3rd child’s birthday into the mix just two weeks prior, things become even more complicated. This is exactly the case in our household. Our twins will turn 3 years old in mid January. Our older son will be turning 6 at the beginning of the same month. Not wanting to have any one child feel shortchanged, how do we celebrate each birthday with both his or her peers and our family members?

  • Construction Toys – On Fire

    From on September 2nd, 2009

    Okay, we aren’t talking literally on fire. We’re talking about the construction toy category that is having a very strong year, despite the economy and despite the popular, though incorrect, notion that kids only want to play with electronics.

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