In past years, I have been a veritable Tamagotchi maniac. I bought Tamagotchi-related books while in Japan, translated any Japanese information that I could find into English and put it on my website, and kept copious notes on the results of my inhumane experiments in light deprivation and so forth.
With Tamagotchi Connection V4, though, I’ve been considerably more relaxed
All six episodes of Telltale’s first season of Sam & Max are now online and available for purchase and download. So what’s the official Toy Vey verdict? Let’s sum up.
I-CY is the latest addition to Hasbro/Tiger Electronics’ iDog family of musical companions. For those late to the scene, iDog and its cousins iCat, and iFish are electronic pets that plug into various MP3 players and interact with the music through lights, sound, and just generally grooving. There’s also an iPup, which doesn’t plug into MP3 players but does react to music through motion and exciting light displays.
Another month, another Sam & Max episode from Telltale! These guys are like clockwork — which is more than I can say for myself.
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Has it really been a month or so already? On-schedule releases were few and far between back when I was an adventure game junkie (and I’m led to understand they’re even rarer nowadays), but Telltale’s kept the faith and released the second chapter of their episodic Sam & Max series right in time for the holidays.
Holy Hannah in a dilapidated breadbasket, Max, the Freelance Police are back.
Ever had deja vu? Not the really annoying kind where you’re vaguely reminded of something, but you’re not sure when or what or where. The good kind, where you’re taken back to another time, when computer games were free to romp and play and offer a player some good old-fashioned third-person non-combative story-based puzzle solving. That’s the kind of deja vu I had when I heard that classic theme start playing.
Any animation geek worth his or her salt knows that Avatar: The Last Airbender is just about the best cartoon on television today. With its blend of serial storytelling, martial arts action, epic fantasy adventure and well-written humor, the show has captured the attention of viewers young and somewhat-less-young alike. If you aren’t watching it Friday evenings on Nickelodeon, you probably should be.
