Wii Family Game Night 3 Games

The Wii Family Game Night 3 video game includes the following Hasbro games:

• Clue
• Life
• Mouse Trap
• Twister
• Yahtzee

The best part of the Wii Family Game Night 3 video game is its rating, “E” for Everyone. It’s hard to find fun games with an “E” rating.

The Game of Life

My favorite game is Life. I have loved the game since I was a kid and we have the board game and we all play it on the iPhone. We loved the Life game just as much. It is a long game, so if you don’t have a lot of time, play the Quick version of the game.

The familiar spinner from the game of Life.

Mouse Trap

My kids enjoyed playing the Mouse Trap game also. They had fun seeing if they could get the marble to the right place. They were yelling and screaming, “Go there, NO! Not there!”

Mouse Trap Game

Twister

Twister is very different from the board game and while it is fun, it isn’t Twister. Instead you copy the movements made by using your controller. We had fun seeing how far we could get, but it isn’t Twister.

Twister, video game style.

Family Game Night 3 Giveaway

ENDED! EA has provided me with one (1) copy of the Wii Family Game Night 3 to giveaway. The giveaway will end at 10:00 pm ET on Sunday, December 4, 2011. At that time I will randomly choose one winner using “And The Winner Is” plugin. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond or I will choose another winner. U.S. Entries only.

To Enter: Leave me a comment below with your favorite board game you played as a kid.

Disclosure: I received a copy of Wii Family Game Night 3 from EA in exchange for this review. All opinions of Wii Family Game Night 3 are 100% my own.

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Wii Family Game Night 3 Review originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Just Dance Summer Party 

Now that you’ve watched it, doesn’t it make you want to run out and get it? yes, the Just Dance Summer Party lives up to the Just Dance name. It is another awesome Ubisoft game. There are a lot of different songs and even a few from the 80s. My favorite is Fireworks by Katy Perry. It’s a very uplifting song. So I was thrilled to see it on the Just Dance Summer Party game.

I really like the Just Sweat mode which is basically a dance workout. Dancing burns a lot of calories and is also a lot of fun. You can play solo or up to 4 players.

If you are a Just Dance fan, then you are going to love the Just Dance Summer Party. And if you haven’t watched our video yet, DO IT! You can see us rockin’ out!

Just Dance Facebook Page

Let’s Talk About Just Dance Summer Party!

Do you have Just Dance Summer Party? Which one is your favorite song? If you could add any song to a Just Dance game, what would it be?

Disclosure: I received the Just Dance Summer Party in exchange for this review as part of the UbiChamp program. All opinions about Just Dance Summer Party are my own.

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Just Dance Summer Party by Ubisoft Gets My Kids Seal of Approval originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Battle of the Giants Wii Fun

The kids started by creating their own dinosaur character. There were so many to choose from so each child’s dinosaur looked completely different. You can play with 1 player and up to 4 players. You either play against the computer or against each others.  The kids played the tag team version during the party which is 2 on 2. They switched off between playing against the computer and playing each other.

Watching the kid’s play reminded me of the Jurassic Park movies. I’ll admit I did try to play it for a bit, but the kids beat me very quickly. The ultimate goal of the game is to avoid extinction. You are thrown natural disasters and lots of enemies to fight and survive.

At the end of the evening, the kids didn’t want to quit playing. I heard a lot of, “That’s AWESOME.” Ubisoft and Clever Girls Collective provided me with 4 additional games so each guest went home with their own copy plus some fun Dragon figurines. The parents were very thankful too! We had both boys and girls playing the game. The girls didn’t think they would like the game, but they all had so much fun. There are not many games where 4 players can play at the same time, so that is definitely an added benefit.

Our Battle of the Giants: Dinosaur Strike Movie

We created a fun video of our party.

Battle of Giants Dinosaur Strikes from Michele McGraw on Vimeo.

My son and daughter and 4 friends at our Battle of Giants Dinosaur House Party (friends were not on video)

Battle of the Giants: Dinosaurs Strike Giveaway

Ubisoft also provided 1 copy of the Battle of the Giants: Dinosaurs Strike for Wii for me to give to one of my readers. To enter, please tweet out this post (include me in the tweet @ScrappinMichele) and leave me a comment below after you have done that. The giveaway will end at 10:00 pm ET on Friday, December 3, 2010. I will choose one random winner. The winner will have 24 hours to respond or I will choose another winner.

Check out my other 3 giveaways ending on 12/3:

Scrapblog Photobook, Nintendo DS Petz Nursery 2, The Robot Book
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Ubisoft. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. In exchange for this post, I received a party package and compensation. All opinions are my own.

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Ubisoft Battle of the Giants: Dinosaurs Strike for Wii, Thumbs Up originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

As many of you know, I was a 6 week challenger for the EA SPORTS Active More Workouts. One of the reasons, I love this product has a lot to do with the interaction EA SPORTS has with it’s customers. They listen to us, they talk with us, they support us, they motivate us. It’s quite obvious with this new 2.0 (working title) version of EA SPORTS Active, that they have been listening to their customers.

According to the EA SPORTS Active blog,

… the new fitness program will feature a wireless control system which will make it that much easier to get a great workout.

There will be leg and arm straps with motion sensors along with a heart rate monitor.

EA SPORTS Active Challenge 2.0 style

With any fitness product, I want to be challenged, supported, motivated and heard. The 2.0 version will include a 3 phase 9 week challenge along with an online community where we will track and share our fitness data. We will be able to support and motivate each other with workout groups and messaging. New workouts will be available for download to keep our workouts new and exciting. The EA SPORTS Active online hub will be the “one stop shop” for all our fitness needs.

I am so excited about this new version, although we won’t be able to get our hands on it until this Fall. EA SPORTS Active is keeping this geek fit and healthy. I have been the most successful in my healthy lifestyle efforts when I’ve had a support system and EA SPORTS Active 2.0 has added that key element to their interactive fitness product.

If you go to the EA SPORTS Active website, there is picture of the wireless arm/leg bands.

Have you tried either of the EA SPORTS Active Personal Trainer or More Workouts? Will you buy the new 2.0 version?

disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. I wrote it because I am SUPER excited about this new 2.0 version and I’m sharing my joy!

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EA SPORTS Active Goes 2.0 originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

After the challenge, all 12 of us challengers met in Beverly Hills for a retreat and charity party. I had THE most AWESOME time. I loved meeting all of the challengers and the EA SPORTS Active folks. We stayed in the most glamorous hotel I’ve ever stayed. It was the SLS Beverly Hills hotel and words just can not describe what this hotel was like. You’ll have to check out my vlog post about the room.

I finally got to meet @Active_Girl (Kathryn Peck) in person and had the opportunity to meet with Gerard (@Active_Trainer) to discuss our personal goals both short and long term. He also answered a lot of our questions about the product and fitness. He was a wealth of information and made exercise sound like a lot of fun.

We all got celebrity makeovers and then had our “after” shots taken by a professional photographer by the pool (and it was about 75 degrees in January).

March of Dimes Charity Event

The highlight of the entire trip was going to a celebrity charity event hosted by Nancy O’Dell and sponsored by EA SPORTS Active. Nancy and her friends set up personalized workouts on the More Workouts and then signed a Wii. Those systems and games are currently being auctioned off at Charity Buzz. Be sure to check out the auctions. All the money raised goes for a very worthy charity, March of Dimes.

The trip would not be complete without a few dinners out with good friends and of course a 4.4 mile hike.

Sometimes the best way to tell you about a fantastic event is to show you. I created this (not so) short, but really fun video of our entire retreat. Enjoy!

disclosure: EA SPORTS Active sent me a copy of More Workouts to use in the 6 week challenge and paid for my entire trip to the retreat. All opinions are my own.

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EA SPORTS Active Retreat Vlog & March of Dimes Charity Auction originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Image via Wikipedia

This past week I completed my 6 week challenge with the EA Sports Active More Workouts fitness product for the Wii. The challenge began the week before Thanksgiving and ran through New Year’s Eve. Talk about a challenge!! Last year during that same time period, I gained 10 lbs. This year in spite of 3 holidays, a trip with my husband, several holiday parties, lots of holiday cookies and a crazy chaotic schedule, I lost 6 lbs and 5.5 inches over the holidays. It was definitely due to the 6 week challenge. I am so excited and thrilled with the results I got.

I worked out at least 4 times per week and I watched what I was eating. I did not diet and I did not deprive myself when I was at parties or traveling. I really didn’t think it was possible to lose weight during the holidays and not feel deprived. I proved to myself that it is possible. Losing weight is always great, but I noticed a lot of other benefits from the 6 week challenge:

• I slept much better and I didn’t wake up feeling tired.
• Felt more energetic.
• My clothes fit much better.
• I wasn’t as hungry all the time and I craved more healthy foods.
• My family was more active this holiday season than in the past.

My final vlog post for my EA SPORTS Active 6 week challenge:

Now that the New Year is upon us, I am starting my 2nd round of the 6 week challenge and I am going to track all the foods that I eat and keep my calorie intake to no more than 1500 each day. I know with that combination, I’ll be back down to my desired weight in no time.

How did your 6 week challenge go? Tell me all about it!!

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EA Sports Active 6 Week Challenge Completed originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Here are a few videos of my weekly recaps:

Week 4 Recap

Week 3 Recap

Week 2 Recap

Week 1 Recap

What I like best about the EA Sports Active is that I don’t feel like I’m working out. I’m having so much fun.

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I'm Workin' It…Using the EA Sports Active More Workouts originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

EA Sports Active More Workouts

6 Week Challenge Edition

10 p.m. EST, Tonight

on MomTV.com

Join me as I welcome Kathryn Peck (@Active_Girl), EA Sports Community Manager and several of the 6 week Challengers tonight as we discuss the new More Workouts fitness product. I will be doing a LIVE demo of More Workouts and Kathryn will be available to answer any of your questions about EA Sports Active for Wii.

The EA Sports Active has gotten my family to be more active and live a healthier life. It is an amazing product. This past October, my 2 older kids and I ran a 5k after training using the EA Sports Active Personal Trainer. Many of you followed the 30 day challenge this past May when the Personal Trainer launched. Starting on November 20th, we will begin the 6 week challenge from the More Workouts product which launched yesterday. Get the details on the fitness product and the challenge and then join us this Friday as we embark on a new healthy lifestyle change.

PRIZE: We will be giving out 1 copy of the EA Active Sports More Workouts to 1 random participant. You must be present to win.

Links from the show:

• EA Sports Active More Workouts
  
• EA Sports Active Personal Trainer (original)
• EA Sports Active Challenges Overview
• EA Sports Active Videos
• EA Sports Active Blog
• EA Sports Active Facebook Page
  

EA Sports Active More Workouts 6 Week Challengers (begins on November 20):

• Kathryn (@Active_Girl)
• Michele (@ScrappinMichele)
• Christy (@reallifeadv or @shrinkingjeans)
• Laura (@lauramcarter)
• Amy (@momspark)
• Jackie (@umagurl)
• Roger (@renyart)
  
• Mike (@mjsi24)
• Donny (@daddyclaxton
• Monica (@mommybrain)
• Renee (@reneejross)
• Jennifer (@mombloggersclub)
• Julie (@momspective)
  

Other Articles about EA Sports Active on My Blog:

• I completed the #EASactive 30 day challenge
• EA Sports Active Review & Vlog 6 Months Later
• I’m an EA Sports Active 6 Week Challenger
• EA Sports Active More Workouts First Impressions

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Digital Soul Hour: EA Sports Active More Workouts 6 Week Challenge Show Replay originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

I didn’t even bother to put my hair up or put on shoes because i really had myself convinced it would be really easy.  I chose an easy 20 minutes workout. It started with some warm-up exercises and then got right into the fun. The scenery was worth the new game for me. I was working out along the beach and riding the waves. All the exercises I did were either completely different or a variation of an exercise from Personal Trainer.  It was definitely a challenging workout

Right after I completed that first workout, I recorded this video. I wanted to capture the excitement I felt at that moment.

My first geek impression? AWESOME

Today, I tried the 11 minute abdominal workout. Yes, the More Workouts includes workouts for your abs. It was 11 minutes of abdominal torture. I had a hysterectomy 2 years ago so my abs are not very strong and an area I’m really looking forward to strengthening. More Workouts is going to do that.

A few more first impression comments:

• The obstacle course is really fun and really difficult. A great interval workout.
• Easy to transfer your information from Personal Trainer to More Workouts.
• Playing squash is really hard for me even in a game (but a challenging lunge workout).
• I can water ski on the Wii much better than in real life.
• I prefer running with gorgeous scenery.
• My trainer won’t let me cheat on the abs exercises.
• I’m very sore this evening after 2 days of More Workouts cardio and an abs workout.
• This is a Geek tool for living an active lifestyle

Here is a video from the EA Sports Active website showing the different exercises that are available:

The EA Sports Active More Workouts will be available on November 17. Go out and buy it and then join us for the 6 week challenge which starts on November 20th. I will be joining 11 other challengers in the 6 week challenge. We will be tracking and sharing our progress with you at the EA Sports Active More Workouts website.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: November 18, 2009, 10 p.m. ET, Digital Soul Hour @ MomTV.com

Get your geek on with @ScrappinMichele, @Active_Girl, Kathryn Peck, EA Sports Active Community Manager and some of the twelve 6 Week Challengers for a special edition of the Digital Soul Hour.

• A LIVE video demo of More Workouts by ScrappinMichele
• Ask @Active_Girl or any of the 6 Week Challengers questions about the game
• Win a copy of the EA Sports Active More Workouts game (must be present to win).

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EA Sports Active More Workouts First Impressions originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Geek + healthy lifestyle = EA Sports Active.

It’s a perfect match which is why I am so thrilled to be a part of this challenge. The EA Sports Active has become a part of my life, my daily routine now and I want to share that with others. I have done the 30 day challenge several times. The EA Sports Active helped my family train to run a 5k and survive. I am now so ready to do a 6 week challenge.

This will be tough (a challenge) because this will be during the holidays. It’s a very busy time of the year for me and for my family. But that is all the more reason for me to participate in this. It can be done if you make it a priority and I’m going to show you all how. You’ll be able to follow me on my 6 week journey. I’ll be vlogging, blogging, whrrling and tweeting the whole 6 weeks.

Here is the video I submitted:

The EA Sports Active More Workouts will be released on November 17. Purchase your copy and join me on the 6 week challenge starting November 20 (through December 31). Leave me a comment if you plan to participate with me.

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I'm an EA Sports Active 6 week Challenger originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.