[FoRK] Edutainment or Entercation?

[Jeff Bone]

+1 on the edu-quality of the recent Nintendo stuff.

Definitely edu-tainment.

This is from a presently-non-parent.  I buy this shit for myself! ;-)

jb

On Dec 13, 2007, at 10:11 PM, Tom Higgins wrote:

> Having a couple of Nintendo DS's in the house (one more on its way
> from the North Pole) has opened a few eyes to where games are going on
> at least a few paths. While many of the games we see our friends, well
> mostly their kids, playing are of the FPS or HackAndSlash mode the DS
> has given us a plethora of games that either are somewhat of a
> learning experience or are outright learning tools. Im not talking ust
> about the Brain Training, Brian Academy, Vision Training  stuff
> either.
>
> Master of Illusion teaches magic tricks. Lets Yoga is an intro to yoga
> and a nice beginners workout plan. My Spanish/French/?? Coach line
> trains up on language basics. You can even toss in the Cooking Mama
> games as my 5 year old can now tell me the ingredients and cooking
> skills needed to make about a dozen dishes, of which i tried a few out
> (I mostly just followed what he said to do) and by gosh and by golly
> we had food.
>
> Sure Ben is still playing Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart (btw, that has
> to be the most played non entercation game in the house) but he also
> plays the Interactive Story Book series along with his all time fave
> Cooking Mama.
>
> So is this a DS trend or are the other handhelds also on that track?
> What about the flash gamers track?
>
>
> -tom(oh yea I have not even mentioned the homebrew goodness)higgins
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