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This is a great example why it is cool to have a phone that is integrated with Xbox Live – you can have a continuous gaming experience across devices! Last night, the Marketplace released two games: Full House Poker for Xbox 360 (Live Arcade) Full House Poker for Windows Phone Okay, I might be a little...

If you have read my blog, then you may know that I am a Gamer and a Dad (hence my other blog -- XboxDad.com ).  What you may not know is that I am also a Cubmaster for one of my son’s Cub Scout Pack and an Assistant Scoutmaster for my other son’s Boy Scout Troop, and I was a scout growing up in...

If you liked the first Cars game from Disney and THQ, then you ought to really, really like this one.  If you didn’t (but did like the movie), then you should still probably give this game a shot. Cars Race O Rama took the better parts of the original game and made them so much better and added...

This is a really clever game that has captured my family’s heart.  In fact, I think that it is the only game that I have ever purchased twice.  We have two Xbox 360’s and it allows my kids and I to collaborate across systems.  Kingdom for Keflings is one of the first Xbox Live games to...

A big hat’s off and ‘thank you’ to the folks at LEGO and Harmony for a great game in LEGO: Rock Band For those that have read my blog before, you know that I am a big fan of all of the Lego titles, including Batman, Star Wars , Indiana Jones, and Battles .  And I have been waiting for this game...

As promised, I did receive LEGO Battles for Fathers Day – so I wanted to share my enthusiasm for this game.  My sons have both been into LEGO for a few years – and of course, I played with them when I was a kid. We have collectively played through all 3 video game series (as well as a few older...

If you have read the series – this is a ‘ must play’.   A t least for a while… This particular Harry Potter game is based on the fifth book of the Harry Potter book series – the Order of the Phoenix. As with the book, the game starts out at 12 Grimwald Place, the headquarters of the Order of...

Hello friends, First and foremost, thank you to all of those that read this blog.  It’s been an enjoyable way for me to share information (and my opinions) and I hope you’ve enjoyed them as well. Easily one of the most cool things that happens to me when meeting customers and partners is to have...

Earlier today, it was announced that: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have joined forces with the LEGO Group, Harmonix and MTV Games to merge two of the most popular videogame franchises with the creation of LEGO® Rock Band® . The unique family-friendly music experience is currently...

Have you ever played Scrabble or Battleship with someone 1000 miles away?   Me neither – let’s try it !!   A few weeks ago, the fun folks at Electronic Arts teamed with Hasbro to release several classic board games for the Xbox 360.  They are available via the Game Marketplace as...

FINALLY !! Old fashioned family games -- on Xbox!! The classics -- Yahtzee, Scrabble, Connect Four, Sorry, Battleship, and others... This month, on Xbox Live Marketplace Arcade, Hasbro released a really cool shell, where you will find yourself in a game room. On the game wall, you'll find these...

In my opinion, Crash is one of the less appreciated kid-gaming characters out there. Sure, we've all heard of Sonic and Mario, but Crash the Bandicoot? Why not ?! Crash of the Titans is the first Crash title that I've played (though my boys have played others) and I think I look forward to this one...

I must admit that I have been looking forward to this game for a while. Of course, I am big fan of RPG style games, but a few things made this one special from the beginning: Instead of the generic middle-earth or Dungeons&Dragons type world, this one is set in the rich tapestry of Greek Mythology...

Add a Dash of Giggles Another Dash of Loud Laughter Plus a Dash of " No, don't eat my truck with your dinosaur " That's how you get a " Dash of Destruction " -- and now you know what my house has sounded like since my sons and I downloaded this free Xbox Arcade title from the Xbox...

It's actually a rhetorical question -- effective December 1st, Xbox.com has retired the 'Xbox Dad' persona/column on family gaming.  My sincerest thanks to the original Xbox Dad (Duncan) for sharing his column with me this year -- and to the folks at Xbox.com for the opportunity to contribute. ...

Most of you know that aside from my vocational passion around Data Protection and Storage Solutions for Windows servers ... my vice is video gaming, particularly with my family. And in that vein, the kind folks at xbox.com have been letting me co-write about family games as XBOX DAD. . ...

This weekend was Fathers’ Day in the US – and I have three loving children (and a wife) who know that their daddy is an avid gamer. So, I thought I would share what I got for Fathers’ Day as an XboxDad . I did get some of the standard Fathers’ Day fare – clothes, including some Xbox pajama pants. But...

As you may have seen in some of my other gaming posts, I love it when my favorite things overlap - e.g. Star Wars and Video Games. In this month's Xbox Dad article , my Windows Home Server hooked up with my Xbox360 and effect was beautiful (literally), as my family photos and video, along with my...

Answer - I wrote about all of them today. But since I am publishing in different places, I am posting a set of links for those that are interested. The topics are varied, so please read or ignore as you see fit. :-) XBOX DAD Recommendation for the Fantastic Four : Rise of the...

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that the only thing I enjoy more than Data Protection and storage technologies is gaming -- and specifically family gaming is an area that I think is less covered than it should be. Well, the kind folks over at XBOX.com, specifically Trixie and...

  For those of you who follow my gaming recommendations, you've heard lots about my two sons, ages 7 and 9 -- and the games that we play together.  But there are two other gamers in my family, whose ages are 3 and 29-and-holding -- and their favorite pastime right now is Cooking Mama -- for...

  These have been out for a while, so this recommendation is a little late -- but as I have been telling folks about it for a while, I wanted to get this in print. The first release, LEGO Star Wars , was actually for the last generation of gaming consoles -- and covered the first three movies -...

source : http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9885383-7.html?tag=nefd.only Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died on Tuesday at the age of 69, due to heart problems. I never met Gary nor have I been to a D&D convention - and I think the last time that I rolled a 20-sided dice was...

  My sons are 7 and 9 -- and we are routinely looking for 3-player games.  We've done party games like Viva Pinata : Party Animals , as well as Fuzion Frenzy2. We have games on our Nintendo GameCube and Wii. And we currently do a lot of tag-teaming on 2-player games, where I play with one boy...

My wife and I recently unwrapped one of my Christmas presents to ourselves - the Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action game for Xbox 360. And the only complaint we had was that we wished we had opened it sooner. The kit comes with four controllers, each featuring a big button for fast "buzz-in", as well...