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‘Serious Games’ that set out to deliver some form of training or learning have been around for years. Unfortunately, almost all of these games put the ‘learning’ before the fun, which usually involves bolting weak videogame elements on to content-heavy training materials. There are examples of such games that are so unbelievably [...] Our young playtesters were let loose on Sims Animals 2 (Wii), Sims 3: World Adventures (PC) and MySims: Agents (Wii). All three titles were played at length and the kids enjoyed most of what they came across. There was, however, a clear difference between the children’s reactions to the games. Sims Animals [...] Keeping children occupied without sending them off on their own doesn’t need to be hard work. Our suggestions for kids of 7+ can fit in the living room and be as entertaining for adults as for kids. They also present plenty of opportunities to help children get started on an activity or to [...] We’ve a couple of quick suggestions for Halloween. Our 9-year-old Free Realms playtester has continued to enjoy Sony’s online RPG and some extra content has arrived. There’s a new football/ soccer minigame, which is good fun. There’s also a Halloween season ‘makeover’ that lets players collect ‘trick or treat’ sweets and items, which [...] Time we returned to some straight games coverage. Zoo Tycoon 2 has been around on the PC for a while. The release of several expansion packs speaks for the popularity of the game. Zoo Tycoon 2 is great entertainment for kids over the age of 8 or 9, especially if they get [...] The latest version of ‘graphic’ tabletop RPG Treasure is ready for free download. It comes with a full set of the game’s images, including colour and B&W versions of 500 fantasy related icons in Scaleable Vector Graphics (SVGs) format. The Creative Commons SVG collection extends Treasure’s use of XML based content, which began [...] In the mid-1970’s parents were nervous about RPGs. Concerns were fuelled by inaccurate and sensational media reports that re-branded D&D as a cult. This may have increased sales of D&D at the time but it also left tabletop RPGs with a reputation for being a bit ‘out there’ or ‘niche’. Any school or [...] Comic Life has been around on Macs for a while but the Windows copy arrived later. We’ve been trying it out for several months and it’s a lot of fun. Which is more than I can say for any other page layout or DTP software I’ve used. The idea is to let [...] Treasure is a free, ‘pen and paper’, fantasy RPG available in html. At over 200 pages it’s a complete RPG system. Treasure can be played as a graphic or visual RPG, which means that PCs, actions and encounters can all be shown using icons. The game comes with hundreds of vector graphics [...] |
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