The Babble Review: The Beatles: Rock Band
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The Babble Review: The Beatles: Rock Band

“Hey, Dad, what’s your favourite Beatles song?” “Tomorrow Never Knows,” for sure. Why, buddy? “I want to play it!” Never mind that my 9-year-old son and I are both too young to have experienced The Beatles firsthand — with The Beatles: Rock Band in our Xbox 360 for the past week, we’...
Take Super Mario Bros. Off The TV And Onto Your Walls
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Take Super Mario Bros. Off The TV And Onto Your Walls

For the hardcore old school gamer in the house, here is a set of wall decals that will take the video game out of the TV and onto the walls. bilk has created the Re-Stik movable and reusable decals that are based on the graphics from the original super Mario Bros. game (and it’s officially licensed so it’s all on the up and up). You can pic...
Tony Hawk: Ride Gets You Off The Couch And On The Board
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Tony Hawk: Ride Gets You Off The Couch And On The Board

If this exclusive skateboard controller isn't enough to get you amped for the upcoming videogame Tony Hawk: Ride, the video at the game's teaser site oughta seal the deal. Due later this year for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360, Ride takes you off the couch and away from the push-button controller, giving you the full-motion freedom to execute grinds, fl...
The Littlest Gamer
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The Littlest Gamer

First, let's get this out of the way: my husband and I are gamers. Not the kind who prefer their virtual lives to their real ones, nor the kind that dress up to go to conventions — but, still, a good amount of our entertainment comes in interactive form. I work as a Game Designer (the videogame's equivalent of a scriptwriter), and, before we met,...
First Look: Virtual Personal Trainer for Mums
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First Look: Virtual Personal Trainer for Mums

61.4% of women say they don’t have time to exercise, according to a recent survey, so anything that brings exercise opportunities into the home has to be a good thing, right? EA Sports Active – Personal Trainer is a Wii game which allows mums to to design a tailor-made fitness program, set and achieve fitness goals, and track their p...
Mum Buys Nintendo, Gets A Box Of Rocks Instead
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Mum Buys Nintendo, Gets A Box Of Rocks Instead

Somewhere in Florida, a kid is saying "aww, gee, Mum, you shouldn't have." No, really, we mean it. Because when a sixteen-year-old opened up his brand new Nintendo DS, all he found was a pile of rocks and some newspaper with Chinese lettering. Someone was apparently watching Hotel For Dogs before they made their Wal-Mart return. There's a scene...
2009 Toy Fair: Nerf N-Strike for Wii
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2009 Toy Fair: Nerf N-Strike for Wii

Over at the Hasbro stand, we had the chance to try the new N-Strike game for Wii. It uses a convertible Nerf dart gun as wii controller to play a tween-friendly shoot-em-up-game. The game itself hasn't broken any new ground (and incedentally I was hopeless at it), but the Wii controller is very cool. As far as shoot-em up games go, this one...
Finally Beat The Kids At A Game: Retro Duo Video Game System
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Finally Beat The Kids At A Game: Retro Duo Video Game System

Can't find (or afford) a Wii for the family room? Show your kids the fine art of old-school gaming with this Retro Duo Video Game System ($US44.99 at Amazon), which plays all those dusty Nintendo and Super Nintendo titles you've had in storage since highschool. You may not get the bells, whistles and wireless action of the Wii, but you'll at le...
Parent of Gamer Asks his Son to Honour the Geneva Conventions
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Parent of Gamer Asks his Son to Honour the Geneva Conventions

Hugh Spencer, dad to 13 year old son Evan, was concerned about his son playing the shoot'em up WWII video game Call of Duty online with his friends. So he came up with an innovative solution. Evan's wanting to play C of D was something of a challenge for us. It's rated T and he's only just a teenager and point and shoot first person games worry me...
Kid’s Videogame Nothing But “Redneck S—”
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Kid’s Videogame Nothing But “Redneck S—”

Disclaimer: This post is not racist and has no gripe against men with mullets (because who doesn't want a party in the back) or farmer's tans. Now that that's done. How would you like it if your kid spent his hard-earned (from Gran) Christmas money at the store, and all he ended up with was redneck you-know-what? That's what happened to a Con...
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Tori And Dean – It’s Date Night

5:25 PM Tori and Dean took some time off from the kids. They look super happy. Do you think they called the paps to let them know of their outing? Tori looks like she may have gained a... read more

Harlow Madden Has An Attitude

4:21 PM I love little Harlow’s attitude in this picture. I’m sure it was just the moment they snapped the shutter, but it’s adorable. She’s going to face life he... read more

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Fab New Kids’ Clothes And Shoes Shop To Open!

5:03 PM Stocking Lulu Australia bags, Rock Your Baby and Sudo clothes - not to mention being the only shop in Oz to stock Kickers and Pippy Toes, Naughty Monkeys is set to blow our min... read more

Fisher-Price Handy Manny’s Repair Shop

10:11 AM Every little handy-kid needs a workbench for his or her special projects, and with Handy Manny himself on-hand in this Handy Manny’s Repair Shop playset, it’s even... read more
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