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Setting Nintendo Wii Parental Controls

Take advantage of the parental controls settings on your Nintendo Wii and keep your kids safe from inappropriate video game content and themes. I just had a recent discussion with some moms about setting limits on which video games are allowed for their families. One of the issues that came up was the fact that many parents just don’t have the time or the knowledge to screen the video games that their children play. Setting up the parental controls in your video game system is one way to help you control the content. While the Nintendo Wii has many family-friendly … Continue reading →

Setting Parental Controls on Your Video Game Systems

Do you test out every video game that your child plays before they play it? Do you rely on word from friends, websites or even your kids themselves to determine the appropriateness of each game? How do you keep children away from the more mature games that are already in the home played by older siblings, dad or mom? One of the ways to do this is by setting up the parental controls that are available in your video game system. Just like the famous v-chip or the parental controls that are available in some cable television systems, the parental … Continue reading →

Video Game System Failure

If you have been trying to decided which video game system to purchase, here is a new feature to consider: how likely that video game system is going to break. Personally, it is information that I would like to know. A few years ago, my son received a V-Smile kids educational video game system as a gift. Later, we purchased several cartridges to go with it, as well as an extra controller. The games were fun for him, and they helped teach him letters, numbers, addition, subtraction and reading. We looked forward to passing the game down to his sister … Continue reading →

Spielberg Makes a Video Game

It has been a long wait, but we have some news. There are new details about the video game collaboration between Steven Spielberg, legendary film maker and Electronic Arts the popular video game maker. The game, called “Boom Blox,” will be available is May for the Ninento Wii video game console. Electronic Arts has recently released information that indicates that the game will be a casual game full of “Blox-laying chickens or…baseball-throwing monkeys” or cartoonlike grim reapers in tiki, medieval, frontier, or haunted themed settings.” In other words, it is probably going to be full of a lot of weird … Continue reading →

Body for Life Day #9 Training: Aerobic

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By now you should be used to the Body-for-Life 20-minute aerobic solution. For three days every week you get to put in a great aerobic workout in less than half an hour. This takes up very little of your day and you can have your workout completed, along with a shower and change, in no time at all. Last week we tried walking, running in place, and stair climbing. These are all workouts we can do indoors and at home. The best part about taking the Body-for-Life Challenge is the fact that you can do every workout in the comfort … Continue reading →

The Wii – a Lot More Than Just Games

During one of the Christmas specials we taped this year we saw a commercial for Shrek the Halls. Being Shrek fans, my family was disappointed when we found out we had missed it. My husband suggested that maybe someone had put the show up on YouTube and that we could watch it on the computer. We talked about how cool it was that you could watch missed TV shows online. My oldest son had an even better idea. He turned on the Wii and went to the Wii internet channel. A few minutes later he found Shrek the Halls divided … Continue reading →

2007 Video Game Report Card

MediaWise, a parent advocacy group for the National Institute on Media and the Family, released its report Tuesday on which video games are yeas and which are nays when it comes to family friendly content. This report comes at a great time, just when the holiday gift giving season is here. This year it is especially important to have a video game report you can trust, since many parents are looking to video games as replacement gifts for toys that could possibly contain unacceptable levels of lead paint. There are thousands of children out there, ages 8-14 who play with … Continue reading →

Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training

Last week, Nintendo released the Wii Zapper. The Zapper itself is a plastic holder. Once the player inserts a wii remote and a Wii Nunchuck the plastic holder the Zapper is like a gun or a crossbow. The remote lays flat on the top front of the zapper. The Nunchuk goes in the back. A small compartment holds the cords that connect the Nunchuk to the remote. A trigger at the front of the Zapper lets the player shoot. Another button allows the player to zoom in for close shots, and the Nunchuk lets the player navigate through the game. … Continue reading →

Free Wii Jacket

The effort to protect Wii users and all who come in contact with an active Wii unit goes on. Why do all of these people need protection? Well it isn’t that their is anything inherently wrong with the unit or electrical components. And no, as far as we know, the Wii doesn’t have a trace of lead paint on it. The danger really has to do with the design. Or maybe a more accurate declaration is that the danger is about 60 percent design and 40 percent user enthusiasm. Yes, the issue that first surfaced when the Wii was released … Continue reading →

Top Wii Games

Whether you’re looking for some new games to play on your Wii or just shopping around for the upcoming holiday season, you’ll want to check out this list of top Wii games. Some haven’t even been released, yet! Which ones will be your favorites? According to gamespot.com, these are the most popular games for the Wii right now. The descriptions are mine. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Get your star wars fix in this next generation of Star Wars games that employs, you guessed it, next generation technology to bring the force to life. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Who doesn’t … Continue reading →