Monthly Archive — November 2009

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    Everyone here at Time to Play and The Toy Guy wishes you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving!!! We’re out of here until Monday. You can catch our pre-recorded Black Friday show on MomTV.com/TimetoPlay, airing at 1pm Eastern on Friday. You can also catch Jim and Chris on various TV programs throughout the day [...]

  • Game Review: Cook Or Be Cooked

    Celebrate your favorite food-based holiday with the cooking video game, Food Network’s Cook Or Be Cooked.

  • Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

    The Muppet’s revisit a classic with their rendition of Queen’s 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody:

  • Black Friday-Fun? Or Unnecessary Stress?

    Last Sunday night, I was in Chicago, and Michigan Avenue was lined with people there to watch a parade-and participate in the “official” opening of Chicago’s Shopping season.

  • It’s SOLD OUT!!!!!!

    You’re looking for a Zhu Zhu pet or a Mindflex and you can’t find one anywhere. It’s at the top of your child’s wish list, and you need to come up with this toy (this is where we need to define “need vs. want”. What should you do?

  • Time to Play: Teaching Kids How to Give Thanks

    How do you teach a 4 year old the meaning of Thanksgiving? Sure, he knows to when to say thank you- but to truly be thankful for something, or someone? How do you teach that?

  • Bad Kate Moss! But The NFL Thinks She Has a Point.

    Now you may wonder what in heaven’s name Kate Moss and her comments on eating have to do with toys and play, but stay with me on this one.

  • Game Review: We Cheer 2

    This week, I review the game We Cheer 2 for the Nintendo Wii. It’s cheer-tastic!

  • Time to Play: The Holiday Wishlist

    Let the holiday shopping madness begin. I can’t help but think that the season begins earlier and earlier every year. Maybe I notice it more now that I am a mom, but I swear I heard Christmas music on a commercial at the beginning of last month.

  • GameStop’s Wii Deal

    More great news for shoppers looking to purchase a new game system. This Week, GameStop announced a new deal to sell Wiis for $150