Anyone who has children will appreciate how useful a tablet device or smartphone is for keeping them amused when all else fails. This article lists 25 apps which are good for keeping children entertained on long journeys. many listed here are a little too advanced for my children right now, but a firm favourite here…
Category: games
Game of Ware Fire Age
I have been playing this game for nearly two weeks now and am really enjoying it. It reminds me in some ways of Age of Empires but has the added social element of being able to interact with the other people in your alliance. It certainly beats playing Farmville.
Sudoku Can Help Preserve Your Brain Power
Say scientists who have found that puzzles are better for the brain than vitamins or workouts. A study looked at 32 trials involving 25,000 healthy patients aged 65 or older. Studies of drugs, hormone therapy, vitamins and supplements ginkgo, omega 3 and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) showed no positive effect with the evidence of the benefits of…
Monopoly, Cat to Replace Iron
If your favourite Monopoly piece is the iron then you may soon find yourself having to pick something else, at least if you buy a new board. The iron is being phased out and replaced instead with a cat as pictured. The change was announced by toymaker Hasbro last week after fans from 120 countries…
Angry Birds at a Theme Park in China
A full sized Angry Birds game has been launched at a theme park in China. Like the ever popular game people use the slingshots to launch the birds, in these cases large stuffed toys towards the structures which contain the pigs. The unlicensed attraction is part of a month long stress reduction festival. There have…
Virtual Gyms Can Help You Lose Weight
If you want to lose weight but can’t drag yourself to the gym then you might find this article interesting. It claims that visits to virtual gyms in games such as Second Life can be as effective as shifting the pounds as visiting the real life alternative. A study looked at participants in a two…
Colour Blindness and Video Games
This is an interesting video regarding colour blindness and the impact it can have on video gamers. Personally I aware of the issues as my husband is colour blind, however, it seems many people have trouble distinguishing between different colours on screen. Whilst I can only imagine, how this can affect daily life, with video…
“My Way” Killings in the Philippines
According to this article karaoke bars in the Philippines have been experiencing a surprising amount of what has now been termed “My Way killings. It seems the Frank Sinatra classic brings out the worst in karaoke lovers as a number of people have been killed after singing the song. The crimes have become so common…
Burn Calories Without Leaving Your Armchair
According to this article doing puzzles such as Sudoku can help you burn calories. The claim has been made by mental agility experts cannyminds.com who say that doing puzzles and quizzes burns as average of 90 calories an hour. It is based upon the fact that our brains need 0.1 calories every minute to survive….
Wii Exercise as Good as Real Exercise
If you don’t have much time to exercise but want to keep fit then it appears it is possible to get a good work out at home. According to this article the exercise games available on the Wii are as good for you as real exercise. The article suggests that people use more energy playing…