Computer Games

Draw a Stickman

by Amy on September 23, 2011

Draw a Stickman.

Don’t question it. Just do it.

You’re welcome.

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Interview with a 6-year-old

June 4, 2011

It’s that time of year again, where I marvel at the fact that the little baby I used to cuddle in my arms is a year older. 6. Crazy. I went back and read the interview with my then 5-year-old, and this year – the year of Kindergarten – seems like the biggest leap forward [...]

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Relentless Advertising to My Kid

April 4, 2011

We haven’t seen the movie Hop yet, but you can bet that we will. Olive really wants to see it, and so does my niece, so we’re waiting until the girls can see it together. Olive knows about the movie from two places: the subway, where the poster is plastered in every station, and on [...]

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My Wild Self is a Hiss-pol-sha-tarantula

March 26, 2011

Finally! We found something even more fun than Mad Men-ing ourselves, and something a tad more age appropriate for Olive. It’s the new online Build Your Wild Self game from the Wildlife Conservation Society. There are tons of choices to first build your human self, but don’t get wrapped up in that too much because [...]

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Make Your Own Comic and Other Geeky Projects

December 5, 2010

Yesterday at the holiday pop-up Wired store (in the old Tower Records space), Ken Denmead of GeekDad fame was hosting a GeekDad family event to highlight some of the fun projects in his book Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share. Olive had a ball. There was pirate cartography, [...]

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Flabby Physics

October 17, 2010

I quite enjoy games that can be explained in 2 seconds. In Flabby Physics, press the spacebar to make the circle hit the star. Blammo! That’s all you need to know. (via Neatorama)

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An Explorer Through LeapWorld

September 30, 2010

It’s out with the old and in with the new at LeapFrog with the launch of the new Leapster Explorer, a nice big step for the Leapster. Olive has really been enjoying the Explorer that LeapFrog sent us, tossing her old Leapster by the wayside. The Explorer is sleeker, lighter, and easier to hold, but [...]

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