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games

  • 05.12.08
    Polls Are In: Boom Blox Definitely Rocks games | (0)
    Last week we announced the release of Boom Blox for Wii, a collaboration of Steven Spielberg in conjunction to create a family-friendly interactive strategy game for Wii. Over the weekend I had a chance to check out the gameplay and controller scheme and it's really fantastic. There are basically three main kinds of games within Boom Blox: One is where you throw a ball to hit point blocks and even try to ricochet the blocks off of targets in the background to get points. Next you can play a Jenga like game either with friends or against them. Lastly there's a shooting gallery where ...
  • 05.07.08
    Steven Spielberg’s Boom Blox for Wii games | (1)
    Steven Spielberg has long been a gamer and last year latched onto the Wii as a great opportunity to create casual games that are fun for the entire family. He's been working on Boom Blox in collaboration with EA Games, which was just released for the Wii. When the Wii came out, he announced that he would be working on this project, which is not his first foray into the gaming world. It looks sort of like 3-d Tetris or live Jenga, but with all the interactiveness that Wii can offer. You also get to destroy things by grabbing or shaking ...