Are Traditional Family Games a thing of the past?

Board games have evolved massively over the years.

Board games have evolved massively over the years. As a child my memories of board games were Monopoly, Draughts, Cluedo, Guess Who and many many more.  All games that we could play as a family to pass the time away. Hours of fun was had by all.

My favorite game was Monopoly a game that give me an insight to Real Estate (ironically enough, I now have a career as an Estate Agent).  Is that a coincidence or did my childhood obsession with Monopoly play on by subconscious?

Many Sunday afternoons were spent with my four sisters playing, or should I say rowing over this fabulous game.  The first row would normally be about who would like to be the iron, shoe, car etc (these were the items that you had to chose from to represent you on the board as you played). My favourite was always the dog!

The next row would be about who went first, and then the next would be about who would play the role of the Banker.

Finally the game would begin, and how much fun we had.  Hours and hours of fun week after week.

How things have changed? Today, whilst we still have the old traditional Board games, and I guess we always will, Games are far more advanced, and are often played on computers, or via DVD Players using your Television sets.

You can now play a board game on your own against a Computer (who will act as your opponent) as opposed to playing with friends and/or family.  I find this quite sad, especially knowing how much fun we had as children interacting with each other, and observing each other as we rowed over such meaningless but then important issues.

I now see my own nephews spending hours on their own in front of a computer playing games without any physical human interaction, whilst their parents get on with other things. I guess one advantage is that if you are an only child you don’t miss out on not playing games just because you had no-one else to play it with you. The Traditional games such as monopoly can now be played on a computer and the Computer can act as your opponent. You can even set what level of difficulty you want to play at.

The disadvantage to this, in my opinion is that the family getting together and interacting with each other seems to be a thing of the past.

Train Your Brain with Pocket PC!

Gyms and sport clubs are overcrowded with those wishing to take up some sport or just keep fit, and all in all healthy lifestyle has become common practice. But while it’s quite clear with the body, what about brains?

Spb Brain Evolution Review

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Nowadays thousands of people are becoming increasingly aware of their physical health and fitness. Gyms and sport clubs are overcrowded with those wishing to take up some sport or just keep fit, and all in all healthy lifestyle has become common practice. But while it’s quite clear with the body, what about brains?

When did you last do mental arithmetics? Can you recall your first school teacher’s name and surname? Can you keep your shopping list in mind without writing it down? Do you know when the Titanic was built? If your answers are ‘no’ or ‘don’t know’, then it seems your brain needs serious training.


Spb Brain Evolution 1.0 is a high-level training centre for your brain and one of the most intelligent games for Pocket PC. It’s a set of 10 games – because games are the best way to combine fun and enjoyment with unobtrusive training. Start leading a healthy mind lifestyle now with this extremely useful program.


Every training program starts with measuring the current situation. Use Brain Marking mode to find out what your current Brain Status is. Take five tests and see how well you do. It is especially important that this mode tests different mental skills, and you’ll be able to see where you have problems and concentrate on these specific skills. The game keeps all statistics so this mode is also good for observing the overall progress.


After Brain Marking you proceed to Brain Training, the second mode that consists of the training programs. Each program is composed of several mini-games. Start by playing simple ones and get high results to unlock higher difficulty levels and new games. After successful completion of a program, you’ll have a chance to read some new interesting facts added to the game’s Knowledge base. Try to complete all the programs to get to the full base and have a chance to surprise your colleagues and friends with your remarkable erudition.


In order to make your training varied and interesting, there are 10 mini-games testing and training your knowledge, logic, memory and many other skills and abilities. You’ll find both classical games such as Minesweeper and Matches and those you’ve never played before. Handy hardware keys control makes the gameplay easy and adds up to the overall fine experience.


Spb Brain Evolution is suitable for a wide-range audience: how about training your child’s mental skills together with improving your own? Three difficulty levels and a system of awards for outstanding results can even make playing Spb Brain Evolution your family contest! The mobility of your Pocket PC allows you to train your brain wherever and whenever you want, and soon you’ll feel the difference.

Put on your thinking cap now… and don’t take it off!

Spb Brain Evolution Features:
• Support for qVGA , Square Screen and VGA devices
• Addictive gameplay
• Brain Marking and Brain Training modes
• 10 development mini-games (Sudoku included)
• Handy hardware keys control
• Different awards for better play
• Knowledge base
• User profiles support

Compatible devices list
Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows Mobile 5.0, Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 2002
ACER: n300 Series, n30, n50, n20 and others
ASUS: A626, A636, A639, P505, P525, P535 and others
Cingular: 8125, 8525
Dell: Axim X3, X5, X50, X50v, X51v and others
Dopod: Dopod 838 Pro, Dopod 686, Dopod 699, Dopod 828, Dopod 900, Dopod P100, Dopod N800, etc.
Eten: E-Ten G500+, E-Ten M600+, E-TEN Glofiish, Eten M700, etc.
HP: hw68xx series, hw69xx series, hx21xx series, hx24xx series, hx29xx series and others
HTC: TyTN, Wizard, Prophet, Hermes, Artemis, Universal, Herald, P3300, P3600, P4350, P3350, X7500, Athena
IMATE: i-mate JASJAM, i-mate JAMin, i-mate PDA-N, i-mate K-JAM, i-mate JASJAR and others
O2: XDA series
T-Mobile: MDA series
QTek: 9000, 9100, 9600, S100, S110, S200, G100, 2020, 9090
Other Windows Mobile Powered Devices.