Archive: PS3

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  • 18Jun

  Video-Games Get Physical with Quickdraw and Joust

  When you think of electronic entertainment chances are that you have an image of young people sat in front of a screen. However, there are a number of new games that get children up and moving. Beyond the usual, go-to games on the Wii some novel titles coming up for PlayStation 3 offer a gaming [...]

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  • 24Oct

  All About Harry Potter Video Games

  Let us take you on a mystery tour through the various Harry Potter video-games. From consoles to handhelds to smartphone and tablets, there are a wealth of different ways to play in the world of Harry Potter. We suggest a few places to start. Harry Potter for Kinect (Xbox 360) Unlike the other Xbox 360 [...]

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  • 18Oct

  Pop-Up Gaming Surgery with Dart 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 fourth of the Family Gamer TV conversations we recorded at the pop-up gaming surgery — catch the other videos here. We talked to the Dart family who were in store looking for [...]

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  • 06Sep

  All About Skylanders

  In the second of our “All About” series we are looking at the Skylanders video game franchise. Skylanders is published by Activision and developed by Toys for Bob. The first game, Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure was released on 14th October 2011 in Europe. The second game, Skylanders Giants is planned for release on 19th October 2012 [...]

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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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  • 22Aug

  All About Lego Video Games

  In the first of our “All About Video Games” series where we will be looking at a particular video game franchise, we are focusing on the Lego video games. Although there are other types, the main Lego video game titles are platform games. Players progress through the game by solving puzzles to reach particular platforms, [...]

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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 [...]