Technabob » mini-game http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Mama Expands to New Game: Crafting Mama http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/19/crafting-mama/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/03/19/crafting-mama/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:30:01 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=10619 Crafting Mama is set to join Gardening Mama and Cooking Mama… in the triple crown of simulation mini-games. Now you’ll be able to work your fingers to the bone in an effort]]> Mama is about to become Cornering-A-Market Mama with yet another branch of what is becoming a serious franchise: Crafting Mama is set to join Gardening Mama and Cooking Mama in the triple crown of simulation mini-games.

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Now you’ll be able to work your fingers to the bone in an effort to please Mama in all sorts of real-world activities without any of the real world rewards! Yes, it sounds a little silly on paper, but when it comes right down to it, we just can’t resist Mama’s smiling face.

Gardening Mama is due this month, but Crafting Mama is just a new trademark–beyond that, there’s no word on it yet, though it’s easy to guess that it’s going to involve Mama, mini-games, and making things.

[via OMG Nintendo]

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The Canadian game  just plain sucked; fortunately the DoE’s offering is better and more polished, plus the website has other fun activities for kids as well. The DoE game looks a bit like Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and Little Big Planet. In the game players guide a character named Watts as he gathers energy and tries to avoid coming into contact with “excuses” monsters. Awesome.

doe gameplay

The excuses monsters embody the alibis that people say just to cover up their laziness when it comes to saving energy, such as when we leave devices plugged in or turned on even when they’re not being used. Those excuses monsters are strong too, and it doesn’t help that Watts is controlled using the arrow keys instead of the mouse, making jumping and aiming for platforms a bit tricky.  If you’re a kid, I mean. I mean I just totally went lightspeed with this game. I didn’t die twice at level 2 or get zero energy at level 3 or quit by level 4. I even managed to do a little grinding and some mini-games before killing the final boss. The uh, Excuses Dragon.

doe wallpaper creation

After crying because I couldn’t finish a basic platformer conquering the game, I tried out the wallpaper creation tool; it was pretty neat. And so was the wallpaper I created. OFF = WOOT.

doe videos

Finally, I checked out the videos, which show a couple of kids trying to come up with excuses when asked why they’re not saving energy. The kid above denied that the non-Energy-Saver-lights-equipped room was his; he said it was Baron Davis’ room. I think you know what happened next. Unfortunately, the clip is an Epic Fail, because you don’t expect your kids to go and replace the lights on their room on their own do you? Oh you do? Well then you might want to direct your kids to the DoE website, and help them lose their excuse and start saving energy.

[via geeksugar]

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