Archive: Advocates

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  • 31Jan

  The UK’s Most Collabortaive Gaming Family

  We’re happy to announce that a family from Rotherham is our overall winner the nationwide competition to find the UK’s most collaborative gaming families. Mackenzie Clarke (11), from Clifton Village, impressed the judges with her idea and her description of what her family game characters’ powers would be. In her game, her family  work together, [...]

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  • 28Jan

  Questions of the Month for January (2)

  Each month we field all manner of different questions on askaboutgames. Some people have intricate queries about particular games while others want to know which console will be best for their family. Here are our picks this month.   Question: Do you believe on average that most parents are aware of the violence that occurs [...]

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  • 23Sep

  Pop-Up Gaming Surgery with Brace Family

  We spent a morning in the Exeter GameStation store talking to families and offering advice in our Pop-up Gaming Surgery. Here is the third of the Family Gamer TV conversations we recorded at the event — you can also catch the first and second conversations. The Brace family were in store looking for a puzzle [...]

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  • 05Sep

  Pop-Up Gaming Surgery with Brooks Family

  We spent a morning in the Exeter GameStation store talking to families and offering advice in our Pop-up Gaming Surgery. Here is the second of the Family Gamer TV conversations we recorded at the event — catch the first video here. We talk to the Brooks family who were in store discussing which games are [...]

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  • 29Aug

  Pop-Up Gaming Surgery with Barker Family

  We spent a morning in the Exeter GameStation store talking to families and offering advice in our Pop-up Gaming Surgery. Here is the first of the Family Gamer TV conversations we recorded at the event. You can hear from three generations of the Barker family who play games — both separately and together. It was [...]

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  • 13Aug

  PEGI Ratings Help Parents Choose Games

  We return to the park to find some more parents to ask about PEGI ratings. Martin has a young daughter who is just starting her journey into gaming, he talks about how askaboutgames.com may help him to find appropriate games for her. He also discusses how he chooses games to play himself and how the [...]

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  • 03Aug

  Choosing a Video Game for Your Family

  With so much choice, even video game fans can struggle to pick out a game that will be good for them to play. In families it is often left to the children to make these choices because parents aren’t interested or find the whole thing a little bewildering. But that doesn’t have to be the [...]

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  • 11Jul

  Family Gamer TV Talks PEGI and askaboutgames

  It’s always an eye opener to talk to real families about video games. This is particularly true when it comes to video game ratings and labeling. This first episode from Family Gamer TV looks at how PEGI ratings are understood and perceived by families. At askaboutgames.com we’re keen to collaborate on this to get fresh [...]

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  • 10Jul

  Meeting Families at Games Britannia

  Games Britannia, staged at the MAGNA Science Adventure Centre, offers hands-on experience and inspiration for aspiring games designers. What better place to launch the askaboutgames.com search for a PEGI Family Gaming Ambassador. As you can see we went up to the Games Britannia festival with a stack of family games and our brand new website. [...]

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  • 09Jul

  Finding Families Like Yours

  One of the best ways to get useful tips and advice about video games (not to mention other areas of life) is to hook up with families at a similar stage to your own. Not only can you find out which games worked best for them, but also how often and when they played. This [...]