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Monthly Archive — April 2011

The Most Important Thing Happening Right Now…

From Jeff McKinney on April 29th, 2011

And it has nothing to do with a wedding.

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Time to Play’s Spring 2011 Power Ups

From Jeff McKinney on April 28th, 2011

Today was the big Time To Play Spring Showcase extravaganza event in NYC. At the event, we unveiled our list of three of the awesomist games of the season.

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Time to Play’s Spring 2011 Most Wanted List

From Time To Play on April 28th, 2011

Here it is — the most-anticipated hot toy list of the year! Time to Play’s Spring 2011 Most Wanted list represents the toys our editorial team thinks will be the most popular, most fun — and Most Wanted this season. We’ve looked at and reviewed literally thousands of toys, and the ones you see here [...]

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New Trailer for X-Men: First Class

From Time To Play on April 27th, 2011

Via Yahoo! Movies

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What’s All This Talk About PlayStation’s Network

From Jeff McKinney on April 27th, 2011

The PlayStation Network was hacked. What does that mean? Here’s a brief overview.

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Transformers 3 Trailer News and Shockwave Image

From Jeff McKinney on April 26th, 2011

The new Transformers: Dark Of The Moon trailer is scheduled to premier on Thursday. In the meantime, we have a great image of the movie’s Shockwave character.

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It’s Official, New Wii(?) in 2012

From Jeff McKinney on April 25th, 2011

Nintendo confirms the rumors that they are planning a Wii replacement for 2012.

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Zen and the Art of Toy Assembly

From Christopher Byrne on April 21st, 2011

That grinding sound you hear is my teeth, and that loud crash you just heard was me throwing a toy against the way.

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Count Down to “Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2″

From Time To Play on April 21st, 2011

The excitement is building for the opening of the final Harry Potter movie. The recently released Deathly Hallows Part 1 DVD and BluRay has been selling phenomenally well and has even caused an upswing in the sales of previous Harry Potter videos. The latest buzz surrounding Deathly Hallows Part 2 is a batch of newly [...]

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Gender-Appropriate Play

From Shannon Eis on April 21st, 2011

There’s been some controversy around a recent J.Crew ad that has generated a lot of chatter about gender-appropriate play for kids, and what role parents should have in defining those boundaries. The ad featured their style director painting her son’s toenails pink, and included some text about how lucky she felt to have a son [...]

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