What else are your kids playing?
Hello Again,
Gaming Editor Sean here back to tell you more about the KidZui Gaming categories. Last time I covered five categories; Games, Arcade Games, Action Games, Puzzle games, and Sports Games. This time I’m going to tell you about the other eight gaming categories your kids might be accessing while enjoying KidZui.
Sports Games: This category consists of sports games that range from traditional football, baseball and soccer games to the more contemporary games about surfing, skateboarding, and BMX biking. Your children will also find some sports games featuring their favorite characters such as Scooby Doo Big Air and Bugs Bunny and Cecil in Mad Dash. Whatever your children’s sports interests are, they should be able to find a game in this category to help them explore it.
Educational Games: This category consists of games that are designed to help kids learn. There are geographical games such as Geography United States of America, in which kids must find all the states on the map. There are math games such as Math Mountain, in which your kids race up the side of mountain by answering equations. Your kids will also find games like Type and Pop and Alphabet Jungle that can help their spelling and vocabulary. These games and more all serve to give your kids a fun experience while still learning.
Games for Girls: Most games seemed to be made with boys in mind and that is why we created the Games for Girls category. In this category your daughters will find games that may appeal to their interests a bit more. There are cooking games such as Minnie’s Dinner Party, dress up games like Horseland Dress Up, and even management games like Perfect Hair, in which your daughter runs a hair salon. They’ll even find games with some of their favorite characters like Princess Jasmine and the Bratz. While your daughters will most likely enjoy games from all of the KidZui gaming categories, Games for Girls should provide them with some more traditionally themed girl entertainment.
Dress Up Games: Here your kids will find games where they can dress up superheroes like Batman Dress Up or their favorite celebrity like Hannah Montana Rock Star Dress Fashion Challenge. They’ll also find some more traditional dress up games such as Elegant Wedding Dress Up or Pets in the City. All of these games give your kids a fun way to show their style.
Cooking Games: These games provide a fun experience while showing your kids a bit about the kitchen. They’ll be able to cook with their favorite characters such as in Disney’s Frenzy Kitchen. They’ll also be able to cook in a magical forest in Forest Cooking. They can even learn a little about running a pizza parlor by playing Pizza Pronto.
Holiday Games: This category consists of all the holiday themed games. There are Easter games such as Egg Match which requires kids to match different colored eggs. There are Christmas games such as Holiday Tree Decoration and Santa’s Chimney Trouble, in which you must create a path for Santa to bring presents into the house. Anytime your kids are feeling a holiday spirit they should be able to find a game to help them celebrate in this category.
Character Games: This category consists of games you’ll find in all the other KidZui gaming categories that feature your kids’ favorite characters. From the Bratz and My Little Pony, to GI Joe and Batman, your kids will be able to play a great game that brings them closer to their favorite characters.
Zuigames Jr: This category is for the very young KidZui users. Generally the games here are for the 3-5 year old gamers. They’ll find everyone’s good buddy Spongebob Squarepants in Avalanche at Plankton’s Peak as well as Dora the Explorer in Space Adventure. They’ll also find many games that are designed to enhance primary skills like Jigsaw Puzzle and Kangaroo Coloring. All the games here will serve to provide a quality experience for kids who are just starting out in the world of gaming.
There you have an explanation of the other eight KidZui gaming categories. We hope your kids are enjoying them all. Thanks for reading!
KidZui Gaming Categories
Hi Folks.
My name is Sean and I’m Gaming Editor here at KidZui. This week I’d like to lend some clarity to some of the gaming categories your children may be accessing in KidZui and on our gaming portal, Zuigames.com.
If you’ve been following the KidZui blog you know that in the beginning of November, 2008 we launched Zuigames.com. This website is our answer to the risk that most gaming domains pose. Unfortunately the majority of gaming websites are laden with adult orientated content from violent games to inappropriate ads to unmonitored user comments. Seeing this fact and knowing that kids love games, we decided to collect the coolest and safest games the internet has to offer and put them on our own site, Zuigames.com. Of course this site is approved in KidZui and its games make up the content your children will find in the gaming categories.
The categories themselves were selected based off experience with other game websites and games in general. They are designed to be specific enough to allow kids to find what they are looking for while at the same time aiding parents in understanding what type of games their kids are playing. This week I’m going to give you a quick overview of five categories, Games, Arcade Games, Action Games, Puzzle Games, and Racing Games.
Games: This is a catch all category in KidZui that has a sampling of each of the other nine gaming categories. It’s a great place to start if your children are unsure of what they want to play or you would like to get an idea of the games we feature in KidZui.
Arcade Games: This category has a selection of fun games that can be played for 5 minutes or 5 hours. It includes simple games like Dino Drop, in which you match 3 of the same color eggs to clear a board. It also has games like Red Beard, in which you control a red bearded pirate as he jumps from platform to platform to collect all the gold.
Action Games: This category includes a selection of action and adventure games. Some of these games pit the player against an endless army of robots that they must destroy such as in Mechablaster. Some of them challenge your child’s investigative skills such as in Scooby Doo and the Attacks of the Ghost Pirates. And some of them are just plain fun action orientated romps such as Dogfight in which you control a World War 1 fighter Ace and Snowball Warrior, in which you fight off the bullies in an epic snowball fight.
Puzzle Games: This category includes a selection of puzzle orientated games. Here your children will find traditional puzzles like the 101 Dalmatians Jigsaw puzzle. They will find classics like Mahjong, Silly Solitaire, and Tetris as well as some new classics like Conundrum in which they will be challenged to raise all 25 blocks by clicking on different sections of a board. Puzzle games also include games like Charger Escape in which players much find certain objects to help a horse escape its pen. Finally they will find some fun games that require a little more thought and deft mouse work such as Scribble in which they must draw a path to guide the little characters safely through each level.
Racing Games: This category is actually pretty straight forward. Here your children will find standard racing games like Hyper Velocity Racer in which they drive an F1 racecar to victory. They’ll also find less traditional racing games like Frog Race in which they race a frog by selecting the power of its jumps and Scooby Doo’s 1000 Yard Graveyard Dash in which you help Scooby race away from an evil ghost.
So there you have a quick summary of what these five gaming categories are and some games they include. As Gaming Editor it is my pleasure to personally select the games your kids are playing in the KidZui Gaming Categories and I hope they are enjoying them as much I do. I’ll be back down the line to give you all some more insight into the rest of our gaming categories. Thanks for reading and enjoy KidZui.
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