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If you have Minecraft loving children a couple of articles this week will be of interest. Firstly the BBC ask Should parents ever worry about Minecraft?. “The stars of Minecraft, like [...]

At New York Toy fair earlier this year we caught up with all things Lego and had a chance to discuss games and toys with Soren Laursen, President of Lego US, about the future. “We believe [...]

Our guide to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, from what makes this game great to what to watch out for here’s the ultimate 2 minute guide. 1. Genre The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a horror [...]

This is our guide to GTA V for parents. Highlighting what age the game is suitable for, and how to play safely. 1. Genre Grand Theft Auto V is an action game in which players can travel around [...]

Sick Bricks is a new iOS game that is a little similar to both the Lego and Skylanders video-games. As a basic premise this ticks the right boxes, both in terms of the toy-game hybrid genre but [...]

The release of Mario Party 10 is accompanied with new amiibo figures in the Super Mario range. These toy figurines not only unlock playable characters int he game, but grant access to different [...]

All about Amiibo, Nintendo's entrance into the toy meets video-game space. We look at how [...]

Here’s our guide to Bloodborne, from what makes this game popular to what to watch out for, here’s the ultimate 2 minute guide. 1. Genre Bloodborne is an action role-playing game. The [...]

If you are looking for a novel way to revisit school memories or sample an americanized version of what growing up is like these days, Life is Strange is both fascinating and emotional. While the [...]

Here is our look at the top selling video games for each PEGI age rating for the week ending 14th March. We break down the top selling games into the five PEGI age ratings. After 3 consecutive [...]

Here’s our guide to Battlefield Hardline, from what makes it so popular to what to watch out for this is the ultimate 2 minute guide. Today we’ve worked with game journalist Jordan [...]

For families it can be useful to have devices with larger batteries. One product that achieves this for the New Nintendo 3DS is the Mugen battery expansion. This is a convenient solution as it [...]

A new trailer for the upcoming LEGO Jurassic World video-game reveals new game-play and that the game will cover all four movies in one package. For families this is a nice way to revisit the [...]

Video-games are excellent and breaking down boundaries and getting different people playing together. A new game for the Osmo iPad peripheral has just been announced that will make anyone into a [...]

In our gaming stories series we pull together positive results of having video-games as part of family life. This week we want to highlight a feature in the Guardian from Keith Stuart about how [...]

Here is our look at the top selling video games for each PEGI age rating for the week ending 7th March. We break down the top selling games into the five PEGI age ratings. Dying Light from Warner [...]

Monster Hunter has been a popular and long running video-game series. It combines large open worlds with various fantastical beast to track down. Players progress steadily building up skills and [...]

Angry Birds games are often popular with families because they are easy to pick up and play by anyone. Recently the trend from developer Rovio has been to add more layers of complexity. Today [...]

Collectable toys are increasingly popular with families. Getting the most value out of them is the trick to success in our experience. With this in mind we were interested to hear that the [...]

Our guide to Dying Light, from what makes it so great to what to watch out for here’s the ultimate 2 minute guide. 1. Genre Dying Light is a horror game played from a first person [...]

Here’s is our family guide to Mario Party 10 and amiibos from what makes this game great to what to watch out for this is the ultimate 2 minute guide: 1. Genre Mario Party 10 is a [...]

If you’ve not heard of the Beast Quest series you probably don’t have young boys in the family. The series has attracted sales of around 14 million books. A new iOS and Android game [...]

Guide to White Night on PS4, Xbox and PC. From what makes this game great to what to watch out for this is the ultimate guide. Compiled today by dad Mark Clapham. 1. Genre White Night is a story [...]

Here is our look at the top selling video games for each PEGI age rating for the week ending 28th February. We break down the top selling games into the five PEGI age ratings. Warner Bros. [...]