tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:42:06 +0000Fun stuff, useful stuff, any old stuff. Find the review here.http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/Stuff_Home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)Blogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-7048146135136768362Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-03-08T09:42:06.330Ztoy/game reviewCost: £18.Contents: 36 marbles - 18 white, 18 black.Game board featuring a 6x6 grid of sockets for the marbles. Each 3x3 corner of the board can be rotated independently.Gameplay: The first player places a marble on the board and then rotates one of the four sections 90 degrees. (The rotation can be in either direction and doesn't have to be on the section where the marble was just put down.)The http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/03/pentago.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-2792074564404356877Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-10T12:20:55.589Zactionsci-fiStarring: Sigourney Weaver, Uhura from Star Trek, the conflicted Terminator from Salvation and a host of characters that even special glasses can't make three-dimensional.Rated: 12A.Story: 150 years in the future, a paraplegic ex-marine gets the chance to go to the planet of Pandora and try to convince the 'primitive' indigenous people to quietly move out of the way of the human mining http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/02/avatar-3d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-1183327823157921585Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +00002010-02-05T11:06:07.589Zactionfilm reviewsci-fiStarring: Christopher Eccleston, Darth Maul, Dennis Quaid, the green girl from Star Trek, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans (remember him from Dungeons & Dragons? No? Maybe for the best...) & some generic action guy (Channing Tatum).Rated: 12.Story: An elite unit of super soldiers must recover some 'nanomite' warheads that have been stolen by a lunatic and his army of henchmen. In an effort to stop http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/02/gi-joe-rise-of-cobra-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-5529193610858012981Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-02-01T09:50:28.481Ztoy/game reviewCost: £15 (plus medical expenses).Contents: Game board.4 plastic mice. (Red, green, yellow and blue.)32 plastic cheese wedges. (8 of each colour.)3 ball bearings.1 6-sided dice.2 rubber bands. (Both required.)An enormous assortment of cardboard and plastic pieces to assemble into traps.Gameplay: An adult reads the assembly instructions in an increasingly bemused fashion as children jump around http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/02/mouse-trap-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-2082098240317437153Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-01-27T10:12:26.734Zfilm reviewfantasysci-fiStarring: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman and John Hurt.Rated: 15.Story: An astronaut from another world crash-lands his spaceship in eighth century Scandinavia. Unfortunately, he brings a fire-breathing lizard monster with big teeth along for the ride.He's forced to earn the trust of the local Vikings and then they all go dragon hunting...Comments: Daft. The whole set-up http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/01/outlander-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-8811480844564614926Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +00002010-01-22T11:03:10.402ZotherCost: £36 for the version coated in white plastic. £60 for stainless steel.Contents:A three-tier plate rack. (Size: 525 x 412 x 250mm.) The top tier takes side plates and bowls, the middle tier takes plates, and bottom shelf takes mugs, etc.Slide-out tray for catching drips.Three-compartment cutlery holder.Comments: I've never really been sold on the idea of having an automatic dishwasher. When Ihttp://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/01/delfinware-3-tier-plate-rack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-7780280358591167986Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-01-18T10:03:05.453Zcomputer game reviewXbox 360Rated: 18.Story: You are a mercenary hired to do a simple piece of infiltration work in Shanghai. As soon as you pull it off, however, the whole city goes up in flames. You and your partner are left to fight your way to safety through a lawless disaster zone overrun by the private army of a lunatic.That said, you still find time for witty banter about pandas...Gameplay: The 40th Day is a shooter http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/01/army-of-two-40th-day-xbox-360.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-557205456604840110Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:20:00 +00002010-01-13T09:24:55.356Ztoy/game reviewCost: £13.Contents:One bucking mule with base and blanket.12 assorted plastic items of cowboy equipment/baggage.Gameplay: The first player puts the saddle on the mule and then the next player attempts to hang or place an item of baggage on the saddle. Play continues round in a circle with players taking turns to load further items onto the mule. Anyone dropping an item, knocking one off or http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/01/buckaroo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-928627086170771407Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:20:00 +00002010-01-08T09:23:24.195Zactionfilm reviewStarring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart and a granny in a cardigan made of synthetic fibres.Rated: 18.Story: Chev Chelios wakes up from a coma to discover his heart has been stolen and replaced by an artificial one. He sets out on a rampage of destruction to get the original back before his batteries run out. Along the way, he finds every daft method possible to give himself a quick recharge.Mmmmmmm..http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2010/01/crank-2-high-voltage-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-8041405214945003403Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-12-31T09:30:01.151Zcomputer game reviewXbox 360Rated: 16+.Story: Some generic fantasy world has undergone a cataclysm thanks to the release of a whole load of titans. You're shipwrecked on a small island that's remarkably untouched by the chaos elsewhere. (Well, apart from the ancient temples full of deadly monsters which have risen out of the ground, that is.)You rifle the corpses of your shipmates for supplies search the beach for survivorshttp://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/risen-xbox-360.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-8319945870681092626Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-12-22T21:00:01.291Zfilm reviewsci-fiStarring: Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey.Rated: 15.Story: Sam Bell is coming to the end of a three year contract supervising an automated mining operation on the moon. He's had no company the whole time apart from a robot which sounds like it was designed by the same team as HAL. Even the satellite is out, so he can't have live conversations with Earth - he has to make do with http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/moon-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-1300213596313530487Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-12-18T09:30:29.535Ztoy/game reviewCost: £10-£15.Contents:Upright 'barn' dispenser with a hole at the top and a gate at the side. The discs are loaded into the hole. Each time the gate is opened, one disc comes out.12 discs in 4 colour-coded sets of three animals.One plastic bingo card for each colour. (Blue, red, yellow and green.)Plastic storage case/board.Gameplay: There are three variants to the game. In each one, players takehttp://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/barnyard-bingo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-6529435437253928725Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:25:00 +00002009-12-15T09:27:29.434ZserviceLast week, I got sent some PR material to tell you all how to improve your credit rating. Unfortunately, it's quite long and is somewhat lacking in the whole jokes/kids/explosions department. (It's also discretely endorsed by a 'higher interest' credit card.) If I stuck it up here, it would simply give the wrong impression. This is a place for time-travelling killer robots and slagging http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/credit-rating-info.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-2100943333676215128Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-12-14T09:43:52.978Zfilm reviewsci-fiStarring: Christian Bale and Sam Worthington.Rated: 12.Story: It's the future... but the future of an alternate past where nuclear war has already happened. Or something like that. Anyway, everywhere is covered with dust and burnt-out cars, and the machines have taken over large chunks of the world. The human resistance is surprisingly well-equipped with submarines, fighters and helicopters, and http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/terminator-salvation-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-4423043276076452480Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-12-09T09:06:50.499ZDScomputer game reviewRated: 3+ but there's lots of complex text. Players will need to be able to read fluently to get the most from the game.Story: Pirate One-Eye must search out the nine pieces of Blackbeard's sea-chart in order to find the mermaid and rescue her from the 'wicked' soldiers.There's a possibility this may not be all that historically accurate...Gameplay: The two main elements of Pirates are sailing http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/playmobil-pirates-boarding-ds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-7524035653588533555Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-12-04T09:23:36.548Zservicewebsite reviewDubit have asked me to let you know that they're currently looking for parents to join their Family Panel.Dubit is a UK youth marketing agency that started out as a Young Enterprise company 10 years ago, created by 13- to 15-year-olds who wanted to improve the way young people are marketed to. It's grown from there but the idea is still the same - people are more likely to buy something if it's http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/12/dubit-family-panel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-3215526985005569926Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-11-30T09:40:22.762Zactionfilm reviewfantasysci-fiStarring: A woolly mask with splodges on it and a man with a very unhealthy blue glow.Rated: 18.Story: In an alternate version of the 1980s, a retired superhero is murdered and his old comrades endeavour to track down the killer whilst simultaneously whining about how much they miss the old days.Comments: I should hate this film. It contains the two things most likely to irritate me in an action http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/watchmen-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-6364364573630226193Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-25T10:22:32.055ZDScomputer game reviewRated: 3+.Gameplay: This is based on the long-running quiz show on Channel 4. You play 1-on-1 against a computer opponent to gain the most points. In Letters rounds you have to make the biggest word you can from nine random letters. In Numbers rounds you must use the six numbers provided to get as close as possible to a target number using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. In http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/countdown-ds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-3315775898384446825Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-11-20T09:50:09.708Ztoy/game reviewCost: £25.Players: 1 or more.Age: 8+. Children younger than this can play with it but they don't have much chance of getting far with an actual game.Game length: Usually under a minute.Gameplay: The Bop It device issues commands and the player(s) must obey them quickly or be eliminated. Available commands are twist it, pull it, spin it, flick it and bop it. These refer to specific levers and http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/bop-it-extreme-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-7091256561304171934Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +00002009-11-16T10:48:17.442Zwiicomputer game reviewRated: 7+.Story: A blob falls to Earth, searching for help. He finds a young boy and together they set off to defeat the evil Emperor who is terrorising Blobolonia.This task involves a surprising number of jelly beans.Gameplay: You control the boy as he explores the 2D platform levels. On his own he can't do much other than make tiny jumps, push small objects and come to a sticky end. Progress http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/boy-and-his-blob-wii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-1188170093911719653Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-12-15T09:24:29.292Zmoney(Information supplied by Aquacard and checked by HBOS. Correct as of December 2009.)If you are a homemaker with a low or irregular income, it can sometimes be difficult to obtain credit, such as a mortgage, a loan or a credit card. Even if you have been saving every penny or have always been good with money - your credit rating could still be poor. This may be because lenders don't have enough http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/how-to-improve-your-credit-rating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-6135399912845008814Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +00002009-11-11T14:41:27.752Zwiicomputer game reviewRated: 3+.Gameplay: This is a collection of virtual versions of five well-known family games: Operation, Jenga, Bop It, Pictureka and Connect 4x4. Each game can be played in a manner approximating the real world format or in a 'remixed' interpretation with aspects only possible in a computer game. Operation - Extract unlikely items from a patient by quickly and carefully pointing and twisting thehttp://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/hasbro-family-game-night-vol-2-wii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-2494378007223321557Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-11-06T10:28:56.113Zfilm reviewsci-fiStarring: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham-Carter and Tim Roth.Rated: 12.Story: An astronaut ventures too far into a temporal storm and crash lands on a planet where the apes are in charge and humans are kept as slaves. He attempts to phone home but ends up leading a rebellion instead.Comments: With the postal strikes disrupting my film rentals, I decided it was time to delve around at the bottom of http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/planet-of-apes-2001.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-3925044943068915039Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-11-02T09:39:03.473Ztoy/game reviewCost: £18.Contents:4 elephant masks with adjustable straps.12 plastic doughnuts in four different colours.Playing board.Gameplay: Players each wear a mask, bend over the board and then simultaneously race to pick up the doughnuts of their colour using only their trunk.Object: The first person to get all three doughnuts on their trunk at the same time is the winner.Game length: Potentially foreverhttp://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/11/doh-nutters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220444777699854187.post-47772373021729936Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-10-28T10:11:57.182ZDScomputer game reviewRated: 7+.Story: You find a ticket to HorrorLand, a new and terrifying theme park. Once you're inside, however, you're trapped for all eternity. The only way to escape is to master the rides and, er... play crazy golf.Gameplay: This is a mini-game collection dressed up as an adventure. You get to wander the theme park, talking to people and collecting tokens, then play the mini-games. There are http://www.dadsdinner.com/Stuff/2009/10/goosebumps-horrorland-ds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DadsDinner)0