Toys for Kids & Adults

'Super Paper Mario' Walkthrough complete!
I am pleased to announce the completion of ourLBSuper Paper MarioWalkthrough and Strategy Guide.

Not only does this guide walk you through all eight chapters of this latest Mario adventure, but it includes an extensive "extras" section that will please Character Card collectors, Treasure Map hunters, Cooking experts, and Pit(s) of 100 Trials divers.

Check it out in all of its strategy guide glory here:

LBSuper Paper MarioGame Guide

How To: Fix your 'Guitar Hero II' guitar

Whammy bar got you down? If you're one of the unlucky thrashers whoseGuitar Hero IIX-Plorer guitar's whammy bar isn't responding well, you have two choices: send it in for repairs, or, do it yourself!

Since opening up the guitar doesn't void the warranty, what have you got to lose? Just followthese easy instructionsfound over atallaboutthegames.netand you'll be reverbing your way to happiness.

Hat tip toGayGamer

NBC's Russert suggests video games involved in VT shooting

Nearly a week after the Virginia Tech shooting, and with no credible evidence to support it, Tim Russert of NBC'sMeet the Presstwice suggested that violent video games had something to do with the tragedy.

Take a lookat today'sMeet the Pressand fast forward to the 19:35 mark.

Russert asks the Sec. of Education,Margaret Spellingsthis leading question: "Has any studies been done about video games, there are reports that Mr. Cho spent inordinate amounts of time looking at violent video games."

Spellings answers that there are many such studies and that "we do have evidence that children…exposed to violent television and video games, that that certainly does net out in more violent behavior."

Russert, who can't seem to drop the topic, then goes on to ask Sec. of Health and Human Services,Mike Leavitt, "Any thought of looking into video games and the impact they may have on young children?"

Leavitt gives a very generic answer essentially saying that "we have to look at a lot of things".

Let's debunk and rant, shall we…

Wii browser grows up

I first experienced the wonderful pulsating glow of the Wii a day after we set it up. Coming downstairs to a dark house, the living room was emanating an eerie, yet beautiful, blue light. What does this mean? I wondered to myself. Are the cats responsible for this?

Allison and I soon figured out that no nefarious feline activity had taken place and that it simply means you have a message, either from a friend or from Nintendo, whom I consider a friend.

This morning, that blue light caused me to flutter to the Wii like a moth to the flame. I was rewarded with a message saying that the Wii's Opera browser is now out of beta and is a full fledged adult!

Some of the new features include the ability to hide the toolbar, click-and-drag scrolling, and an option to choose your favorite search engine. All in all, it's a pretty rad TV web browser.

The browser is free through through June 30th after which time it'll cost $5. Not bad. Not bad at all.

March sales: Nintendo #1, kind of

Video game hardware sales data for Marchare inand Nintendo came out on top, with an asterix. Here are the numbers:

• Nintendo DS: 508,000
• Sony PlayStation 2: 280,000
• Nintendo Wii: 259,000 (2.1 million total)
• Microsoft Xbox 360: 199,000 (5.3 million total)
• Sony PSP: 180,000
• Nintendo Game Boy Advance: 148,000
• Sony PlayStation 3: 130,000 (1.2 million total)
• Nintendo Gamecube: 22,000

Console-wise, the Wii did come out on top of the current gen systems, however, the PS2 did outsell it, thanks in large part toGod of War II.

Time for some analysis…Hammertime!