I'm dating myself here, but I have many fond memories of Simon, the primitive electronic game that had you wildly following lighted musical pads in an effort to keep up with their bleeps and bloops. Hasbro's Jive Pod is sort of like that -- only the bleeps and bloops have been replaced by beats, breaks, booms, bangs and whatever other sounds you can pile into the thing.
Part MP3 accessory, part electronic game, Jive Pod gives you two playing options: You can follow the preset lighted pads, trying to keep up with the game's preloaded music; or if you really want to get daring, you can connect Jive Pod to your own MP3 player. Not only does the game act as a speaker for your tunes, but depending on how advanced your musical tastes, it can make for some pretty intense action on those lighted pads.
$7.50 (regularly $24.99) from Amazon.
