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Elmo’s Monster Maker – a Truly Awesome Toddler Game for iPhone
Where Has the Gaming Magic Gone?
6 Free Sites For Some Instant Retro-Gaming Awesome
TMNT: Turtles in Time HD Remix on for $4.99 for PS3
Travels in O.Z. — MMO Journeys
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Last Week, we reviewed Elmo’s Monster Maker, a toddler game for iPhone. If you are looking for some more great iPhone games for toddlers, here’s a list of six that I put together for 40tech.com.
If you have little kids and an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you know that you’ll be spending time fending them away from your precious device. Don’t. Your toy is also a seriously cool and fun learning tool for your toddler that will teach them everything from hand-eye coordination to numbers, letters (even reading), shapes and imagination. It also is a great way for you to either play with your kid or keep them blissfully occupied for a little while. These are cherished stolen moments that will allow you a time of peace, relaxation, and the ability to get something done. There are tons of games for your kids on the iTunes App Store, some free, some not – Elmo’s Monster Maker is one of the few paid games out there that is definitely worth the $3.99.
At the risk of sounding like an old curmudgeon, I’ll say this: games today don’t have the same magic that the games of years ago possessed. Before anyone gets all up in arms, let me explain myself. I’m not talking about whether older games are “better” or “worse” than games of today. Instead, I’m talking about the “magic” of games today. Do you remember sitting down in front of a computer as a child or teenager, being absolutely captivated by a game? Not just fun, not just “stay up till 4 a.m.” engrossed, but actually captivated? Let’s talk about whether today’s games are less magical than games of old…
Still jonesing for some retro-gaming action? There are several avenues that you can take to scratch that classic games itch, including Xbox Live Arcade, the Playstation Store, Nintendo Wii’s classic console downloads, or emulation (shhhhh…). But what if you want to play some of those old school gaming favourites for free – and play them right now – no fuss, no consoles, and no software? You know, just you and your (flash and/or javascript capable) browser; say, during a much needed break from your regular grind. A while back, on 40Tech.com, I covered six kick ass ‘play classic video games online’ sites that will help you get down with some old school arcade and console action right now. Immediately…
Recently, I’ve been jonesing for some retro-game action, but with the multitude of games awesome I’ve experienced over the years, I had no idea where I should start. I went to Twitter and was directed at Paperboy and Sonic 2 by @liloart, Punch Out by @SuzieWarCry, Pitfall and Space Invaders by @40Tech, and reminded myself of Zaxxon and Bubsy and a few other greats from the 80’s and early 90’s. I couldn’t choose and, as I was just about to settle in and just some Dragon Age: Origins on PS3, the Playstation Store nabbed me with an ad for the High Definition remaster of TMNT: Turtles in Time – one of the greatest, action-packed, beat-the-crap-out-of-the-bad-guys side-scrollers since Double Dragon – and it was on sale for $4.99…
On so many different levels, I liken my journey through MMO cyberspace to the movie “The Wizard of Oz”. I am Dorothy and have suddenly been whisked away to bright shiny new spaces in time with so many new, different and, at times, weird things assaulting my senses at every turn. I wander the virtual Yellow Brick Road seeking an online domicile for my wandering gamer’s (gamr’s?) heart, because there is NO place like home, after all.
But how do I find home? How do I find the time to find home? Every day there is another MMO release, another game clamoring for my attention, and in my position as a reviewer and journalist at the WarCry Network, I am asked to play all of them; to write of my impressions. Yet all I truly want to do is find ‘home’, a game that will capture my attention for a long while; a game that will transport me to that place complete with friends and safety. So I play. I look. I experience. I seek….and I write. This column will be my avenue to share my travels down the Yellow Brick Road…
