Star Kid: Brad & Angelina Take the Kids to The Little Mermaid

SunnyChanel — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on Broadway! No, they’re not starring in a revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, they took most of the brood out to an evening at the theater. This super star couple took 5-year old Pax, 7-year old Maddox, 4-year-old Zahara and 2 ½ year-old Shiloh to Disney’s stage production of The Little Mermaid.

When leaving, I’m sure most kids would spy the jam-packed gift shop and sing a rendition of “look at this stuff, isn’t it neat.” No telling if the Pitt/Jolie gang bought any show merch, but if I had my pick I’d go with the Dinglehopper Fork Brush. A perfect way to tame your own Little Mermaid’s mane. You can pick one up from the Playbill store here for $10.50.

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7 Days of Video Games: Disney Princess Enchanted Journey

Chris Ford — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:03:00 GMT

If you've got a Wii and a little girl who is really into princesses, then chances are you've probably looked this game over. And while in my experience it's not really a very good video game per se, it does have one thing that makes it better than most of the games on the Wii we have (and I'm not just talking about the fact that it features the Disney princesses). It's a game my three year old daughter and I can actually play together, which is what it's really all about.

The game is pretty simple. You get to be a princess (that you customize with hair, dress, jewelry etc.) that goes around and helps all of the Disney princesses. There are Jasmine, Cinderella, Snow White and Ariel "stories" that you become a part of, and you run around their respective kingdoms helping defeat bad goblins that turn into butterflies with your magic. Sounds mind-numbing, right? Well, it kind of is, but my daughter loved it not just for the stories, but because she could play too.

The game is played with the Wii "Nunchuck" (the thumb controller that attaches to the normal "Wiimote" controller) and the "Wiimote." You use the Nunchuck to run around in the game, and you use the Wiimote to wave your wand and shoot magic at the bad guys. The way my daughter and I played it was she was in charge of the wand and I was in charge of running our character around the map. The system worked out really well, and after a few weeks of playing it here and there we even finished the game.

The game itself doesn't seem to be written very well. It has lots of glitchy moments when you can't figure out where you're supposed to go, the audio levels are all over the place making it hard to hear the story sometimes, and to play you have to be physically much closer to your television than most other Wii games I've played. It also doesn't look nearly as polished as most other Wii games out there, but if you're looking for a game that you can do with someone who quite frankly isn't coordinated or old enough to play a video game by themselves, then this is a game you might want to check out.

Ultimately, it's a good example of how well the unique Wii controller system works, and how it's the best video game system out there for families.

Buy Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for the Wii for $19.99 (cheap) from Amazon.
And shop Amazon for a Wii System (if you can find one).

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Star Kid: Brad & Angelina Take the Kids to The Little Mermaid

7 Days of Video Games: Disney Princess Enchanted Journey