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Winning Moves Games #Giveaway
Since I started blogging wayyyyyyyyyyyyy back when, one of my favorite companies to work with was Winning Moves Games. Over the years I have been spoiled with so many amazing games to review. Winning Moves Games has TONS and MORE of games for adults and kids. There are puzzles and Rubik cubes as well. What else would you expect from a company that is celebrating 25 YEARS!!! Remember this one called Nibbled? Alice and I played that one SO MANY TIMES! (How cute is THIS KID?!) Crocodile Dentist is STILL a favorite and makes me jump every. single. time. I snapped this picture of Alice when the Crocodile ‘bit’ her.…
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Down with the Patriarchy! A look at today’s gender roles in games
While it has been a frustratingly slow process, the world of gaming is shifting away from being a male-dominated hobby. That change is being driven both by developers and players. Some developers have begun to correct their mistakes by giving female characters better representation in their games, while there are several successful female gamers that have rallied against the misguided notion that gaming is a predominantly male pursuit. Let’s look at today’s gender roles in games. The character of Lara Croft demonstrates the battles that females have had to fight in the world of gaming. Early depictions of Croft were geared towards an audience of straight male players, something that…
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Nibbled! New Game From Winning Moves Games!! GIVEAWAY!!!
Update time!!! The awesome folks over at Winning Moves Games are giving a Nibbled game to give to one very lucky Peanut Butter and Whine follower!!! It’s game time!! Alice and I have one FUNNY and FUN game to share today. Nibbled. This has to be one of the funniest, easiest games to play for ages 4 and up. Although the game is so easy I think that you could start with a 3-year-old. Nibbled is a new game from Winning Moves Games. Nibbled is a game that requires no reading. Nibbled arrives with a deck of 52 cards, 16 plastic clip on fish. There is also a sheet of eye stickers to…