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Edutaining Kids
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Parents' Guide to Children's Products for Fun & Learning
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Parents' Guide to Children's Products for Fun & Learning
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Cleverly
humorous and graphically dazzling, this activity center software
program based on the hit movie Monsters Inc. has much going for
it. For one--and unlike many Disney Interactive activity centers
based on movies--this title contains a tremendous number of
activities. For another, many of them are quite fun. Best of all,
kids need to draw upon logical and strategic thinking skills in
order to succeed at them. Another "plus" to be said for
the game is its format--kids need to work through each activity
for a pre-determined amount of time before opening the next in
line. This gives kids a sense of purpose, and ensures that each
activity will be given a fair shot. Of course, kids can return to
any "open" activities whenever they want. Difficulty
levels increase automatically, but can be changed manually as
well. 
The
setting for the game is Monsters, Inc. Players become employees of
the company and start, naturally, in the mail room ("All trainees
start in the mailroom," players are told). Opportunities for
advancement at this company, where "We Scare Because We
Care" is the motto, are plentiful. In fact, if kids have
"what it takes", they can work through all the
departments, earning key cards one by one, and moving up the
ranks. 
Other
activities include filing paperwork into folders, serving up
made-to-order lunches for the monsters in the cafeteria, and
parking monsters' cars in the lot. 
