Babysitting Mama for the Wii could almost be considered an educational simulation. Sure, it’s just a game and a lot of the mini-games collected in it are silly fun, but many are based on actual tasks you would be performing when caring for a real baby. I’ve been able to play Babysitting Mama for over a week now, and in an odd sort of way, it’s taught me a little about what I could expect if I decided to become a mom tomorrow.

So, I decided to share 10 little tidbits of wisdom that I’ve gleened from Babysitting Mama. Maybe they’ll help teach you something too…

These days, it seems like every disgruntled employee for a major developer is complaining about his or her job.

Learning about animals is always better when there are Muppets involved. Jim Henson’s The Song of the Cloud Forest and Animal Show with Stinky and Jake are two new DVD’s about our favorite animals and the rainforest. Children can enjoy watching the zany antics of puppets and animals, while learning some valuable lessons in the process.

The two DVD’s offer several different episodes to watch, each talking about different species of animals from our friends at the rain forest, to Africa’s finest. There are also plenty of songs to keep you entertained and educated…

Ahoy me pirate mateys! It’s time for Monkey Island. That’s right, Telltale games has released a new series of adventure games based on the Monkey Island series from Lucasarts with Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal as the first part.

This series is a bit different from the way you are use to playing the Telltale games. Each of the four games makes up part of one whole game. Each game will end in a cliffhanger and a “to be continued” screen, so you need to play the next one in order to find out how it turned out.

The final installment of the Wallace and Gromit legacy is finally out. Wallace and Gromit: The Bogey Man is the fourth game in the W&G series by Telltale.

In this game you start out as Gromit who must help his owner Wallace out of an accidental marriage proposal by getting him to join a golf club “The Prickly Thickets.” Makes perfect sense, I know. After he gets into the club, It’s up to Wallace to find the deed to the Sticky Thickets gold course or else be shut down by the rather jealous Officer Dibbins.

So what do you get the gamer who has everything? The real question is, what shouldn’t you get him?

For those of you who are worried about getting the wrong gift for that hardcore gamer you love, here is a quick list that should help point out some bad gift ideas.

Top Ten Worst Gift Ideas for the Hardcore Gamer

10. A Book. They do enough reading during the game, especially if playing a good role-playing game. Frankly what gamer has any extra time to dedicate to A Tale of Two Cities?

09. Nice clothes. A Hardcore gamer never goes out on the town, more or less out of his room. Besides, they have…

1Up posted a very fun feature today about the essential drugginess of many classic games. It’s a countdown of the top five, everything from the munch-centric antics of Pac-Man to the mushroom use of Super Mario Bros. all the way to the blatant pill-popping of Dr. Mario. You know, they’re missing a few classics. Like more »

A recent GameDaily article entitled “Top Ten Pokemon We’d Like to Eat” answers a question many Pokemon fans have debated and wondered about – if pokemon are edible. The author of the article certainly seems to think so, and the games certainly don’t suggest differently. In fact, the descriptions for each of the choices make quite a bit of sense and may get you hankering for a Magikarp fillet with panko breading. Yum.

Click through to see GameDaily’s top ten and a few which I think should have made the list.

Tuesday was certainly an eventful day for DS owners. Two very intriguing titles came out on the same day. These are instant classics. Games which will remain in your system for at least two weeks straight.

Of course I’m talking about Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles and Zoo Tycoon 2.

This kind of event leaves everyone in a tizzy! You have to decide which one to buy, play and love forever. Plus, when there are such quality titles like these, you can’t just rush in. You have to weigh the two sides evenly against each other and determine the pros and cons before making a life changing decision. So we’re going to match up and examine the two titles, side by side, in some very pertinent categories and see which one stands out.

Read on to discover which title is truly the superior game.

If you ever want to read something that is so funny yet thought provoking, you have to check out a commentary-style feature on Gamer Help called Video Game Karma-geddon by Barf Deity. It’s not what he says that makes it so funny, its that you can so totally identify who he’s ranting about and the more »