The holiday shopping season is coming down to the wire, ….. but did you remember the kids stocking stuffers?
Toy Insider Mom, Laurie Schacht visits Fox Chicago to give them her recommendations for stocking stuffers as well as some great last minute gifts.
Great Gifts and Stocking Stuffers for Kids: Toy Insider Mom: MyFoxCHICAGO.com
This fall, musical movie favorite Grease was turned int a video game for both Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStation.
Whether playing as a solo act, in a duet or as a team, Grease provides an interactive social singing and dancing experience where players can turn up their style and release their inner rock ‘n roller; delivering the movie’s signature choreography and legendary songs combined with today’s motion-sensor technology. Now every adult (like me) can re-live their favorite 1980’s musical– sing along to their favorite Grease tunes including iconic anthems like “You’re the One That I Want”, “Greased Lightning” and “Summer Nights– and even learn to hand drive along the way.
Grease key features include:
- Sing: The game features 15 song compositions from the original film and 5 bonus classic rock ‘n’ roll tracks.
- Dance: Hours of fun with rock ‘n’ roll routines from the movie, including duet choreography and freestyle sections where players can express their individuality and dance for increased points.
- Gameplay modes: Game includes Dance Mode and Karaoke Mode with both featuring versus and co-operative play.
- Cooperative gamplay: Up to eight-players can compete in Party Mode — two teams of four players consisting of 2 dancers and 2 singers at any one time.
Grease is sure to be the game to have seen how it is still receiving recognition for its great chorography to this day. This greatly family oriented game is rated T for Teen and is in stores for a price of $49.99.
Kinect never ceases to wow us. Their new release, Motion Explosion is sure to be one of Kinect’s most energetic games yet.
This new title is composed of 12 mini games that keep your entire body moving fast, ducking, dodging, catching and balancing whatever might be thrown at you! Play levels range from simple to incredibly tricky with various controls, camera angles, multiple objects, faster pace, making this interactive game fun for all ages.
Motion Explosion also features turn-based competitive game play (supports 2-4 players). So while you are indoors this witer, invite friends and family to the ultimate Motion Explosion party right in your living room!
This game is Rated E for everyone and retails for $39.99 online and in stores.
With pumpkins on our doorsteps and leaves falling from the trees- we know Spring sounds so very far away. But the latest news from Microsoft this past week was so exciting we wanted to bring you the scoop!
Launching next spring, The Kinect for Xbox 360 will allow preschoolers to visually and physically interact with Sesame Street characters on screen while watching Sesame Street episodes with their newest title: Sesame Street TV. While playing in areas unique to Sesame Street, such as Elmo’s World kids can help characters finding shape and counting objects.
Also launching in Spring, 2012- Kinect Nat Geo TV. Kinect Nat Geo TV will bring kids and their families around the world through its unique blend of the Nat Geo Wild TV show episodes and Kinect for Xbox 360 technology. Like Sesame Street TV, kids not only watch the episodes, but they also engage, play, and learn as Kinect Nat TV turns living rooms into habitats and viewers into animals.
And if as if all of that wasn’t fun enough, Microsoft’s Kinect team is also expected to release, Code-named “Rush,” a new title to debut in the spring that allows players to immerse themselves in iconic Disney-Pixar films, including The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2.
