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LATEST REVIEWS and COMMENTARY |
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Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister
Lego Harry Potter : Years 1-4
Puzzle Quest 2
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Puzzle Agent
Sam & Max: They Stole Max's Brain!
Tales of Monkey Island
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Family Game Show
Fragile Dreams; Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Again: Eye of Providence
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Myst - DS
Princess and the Frog - DVD
Ponyo
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Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Castle in the Sky
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Non-violent Games
We have listed these non-violent games, which apply to both boys and girls,
on our site games4girls.com,
and you can access the list and the accompanying reviews, which may be useful to you in
chosing a gift for a child or grandchild by clicking
on this link.
Peacemaker
I follow the events between Palestine and Israel hoping for peace.
Often I have said. "Why don't they just…"
Here comes an opportunity to play out your plans – and I discovered that peace making is complex and difficult.
This is a video game simulation about the core struggles and multiple perspectives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Why Play Games?
How many of you have traveled to the
Myst kingdoms; played god and created a
civilization that worships you; staked your acuity and stealth against those trying to
eliminate you; raced souped up cars? All this and more are provided for you in the
current game world.
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Favorite Games
We've been playing games for many years and the games listed here have become our favorites.
Many are older games and have not been surpassed either in game play or creativity.
They are clearly worth playing or giving as gifts. Most are PC games, and they will
play on older versions of Microsoft Windows. I keep a separate setup of Windows
just to play these games if newer Windoes versions won't accomidate them.
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Six Flavors of Violence
Of course the news about
Manhunt 2 essentially being banned in England, Ireland, Germany and Australia
and getting an AO rating by the ESRB, would give me another chance to rail about the violence in the game industry.
The game, from the GTA publisher Take-Two, was banned because of "casual sadism".
Casual Violence is not a category that ESRB has implemented yet, but it may just be a matter of time for that category to be needed.
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