Monthly Archives: October 2013

App Alert, Review

App Alert: AdvenChewers for iOS

AdvenChewers Opening Title

I received a download code to try out the new game, AdvenChewers. Opinions of the app are 100% my own.

AdvenChewers follows the adventures of the Kid. His dad was kidnapped by a maniac with a penchant for creating evil flying machines. The kid must travel through multiple levels armed only with special chewing gum and the aid of some birds. Sounds a little silly, doesn’t it?

Well, at first I wasn’t quite sold on the game because I have an aversion to chewing gum. No, really I can’t stand the stuff. But, I gave the game a try and found it to be very fun and visually a home run. The animation is fantastic and detailed. The obstacles get more elaborate and difficult as you go along but some of those can be used to your advantage. Continue reading App Alert: AdvenChewers for iOS →

Comic Book, Family, Photo-A-Day

Epic Hero Girl

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Photo-A-Day #3123

Today was Halloween ComicFest at comic book shops all over the country. It is sort of a mini Free Comic Book Day with a Halloween theme. Our local shop, wild Time Comics pulled out all the stops and got all decorated for the event. I didn’t actually get to see it all in person but I’ll get to that. I wrote about the event over at the Cooper and Kid site, Catch, as part of my Play column. I was very excited to bring Eva to get comics that I didn’t even stop to think how people would be dressed up to get the comics. That was a detail I should have thought about.

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