May 5, 2010 By 222 Comments

Get Your Kids Into Software Development

Kodu Game Lab

I’ve been looking around for a way to get my son interested in Software Development.  My wife asks me what I would do if he isn’t interested in programming, and I tell her I would be ok with it.  It doesn’t mean I can’t try and influence his interests!  I stumbled onto this really neat project by Microsoft FUSE Labs, Kodu.  Kodu gives children the ability to learn programming and basic Object Oriented Software Development principles, without even knowing they are learning how to develop games.  Kids are able to create games by visually designing worlds, interactive objects, and characters.  The best part is your children will be able to play their games on their XBOX 360 after they are done creating the game!

I thought maybe I wouldn’t let my son play video games for a while, but maybe I might modify the rule and tell him he can play games, as long as he made the game.

Check Out Kodu and the Microsoft FUSE Labs team.

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April 26, 2007 By 45 Comments

Worst Video Game of All Time

Simple post, simple question.  What is the worst video game of all time, and why?

The worst game by far for me was E.T.  What a piece of garbage. Terrible graphics, no point to the game, unless you like the idea of falling in ditches, and trying to get out with a stretch neck fun.  What was worse was if you didn’t time it right, you would fall back into the same hole.  Even worse, if you timed it right, you might still fall into the same hole, or find another hole that might be different!  You get the point? This game was actually so bad that I don’t think anyone has a copy of this game, I’m fairly confident if you didn’t return it to Atari, you must have burned it or smashed it into a million pieces.

That’s my worst game ever! Please use the comments below to post your worst game ever!  The best postings, and most quantity will make it in an upcoming Blog Entry, The Worst Vide Games of All Time! Post away, don’t be shy!

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