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Will Parents Be Video Game Winners This Holiday Season?

Game Crazy Helps Parents Pick the Perfect Video Games for Kids WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents will be tested this year in their pursuit of the perfect video game-related gifts. According to the 2008 Game Crazy Holiday Gift Tracker, a nationwide survey of kids and parents, a whopping 96 percent of kids have a gaming system, and 90 percent of kids are planning to ask for at least one game this year, up from 80 percent in 2007. With video games topping kids' wish lists, Game Crazy wants to help parents save time and money, pick the perfect gift and facilitate family fun. "We went straight to the source for the second year in a row to find out what video games kids want and what they think their parents will actually buy them this holiday season," said Wes Sand, senior vice president at Game Crazy.

Will Parents Be Video Game Winners This Holiday Season?

PRNewswire/ -- Parents will be tested this year in their pursuit of the perfect video game-related gifts. According to the 2008 Game Crazy Holiday Gift Tracker, a nationwide survey of kids and parents, a whopping 96 percent of kids have a gaming system, and 90 percent of kids are planning to ask for at least one game this year, up from 80 percent in 2007. With video games topping kids' wish lists, Game Crazy wants to help parents save time and money, pick the perfect gift and facilitate family fun.

Boy found dead, parents blamed Call of Duty and video game addiction

November 5th, 2008 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Written by Valay Brandon Crisp, a young boy, had been missing up until today when he was found dead. Brandon ran away from his home after his parents took away his Xbox 360. His parents took possession of the console after they decided Brandon had become addicted to Call of Duty 4. Initially, Brandon’s parents believed that the boy’s disappearance was somehow related to his addiction to video games. It was only after investigators analyzed Brandon’s Xbox 360 analyzed that the link between video games and his disappearance were no longer tied together.

Diapers.Com Makes Online Shopping Even Easier for Parents

MONTCLAIR, N.J., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Diapers.com, the nation's largest online baby essentials retailer, has launched its new and improved Web site where parents can find the widest selection of name brand diapers, wipes, formula, baby skin care products, toys, and more -- including many natural and organic choices. The retailer, which is dedicated to making the lives of parents a little easier, has also expanded its product selection while still offering 1 - 2 day delivery, free shipping on most orders, great deals and excellent customer service.

ESRB adds summaries to game ratings

Today the Entertainment Software Rating Board, more commonly known as the ESRB, launched a new addition to their game ratings: summaries. "Research shows that the vast majority of parents who purchase games for their kids are aware of and regularly check ESRB ratings, but parents can always use more help when making choices as to which games are right for their children. With our new rating summaries, which provide exclusive and unprecedented insight into the nature of the content that triggered a given rating assignment, parents will be that much more empowered in making those choices."

Parents playing video games with their children, says survey

MONTREAL - Video gaming covers the gamut of ages in Canada, with parents and kids playing on their own and as a family, according to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada

Children raid parents' wallets to shop online

LONDON: Unsuspecting parents are shelling out £191mn a year to fund their children’s fraudulent online shopping habits, according to a survey.

Hollywood parents get their youngsters into trick-or-treat mode

During the run up to Halloween Hollywood parents have been getting their youngsters into trick-or-treat mode by picking up a pumpkin or two to make spooky lanterns. Spiderman star Tobey Maguire checked out the options at an LA pumpkin patch with his daughter Ruby Sweetheart, who turns two next month

Kids using parents' cards to shop online

Children in the UK are illegally using their parents' credit cards and online accounts to rack up huge shopping bills, according to research from CPP.

Kids using parents' cards to shop online

Children in the UK are illegally using their parents' credit cards and online accounts to rack up huge shopping bills, according to research from CPP.

Kids using parents' cards to shop online

Children in the UK are illegally using their parents' credit cards and online accounts to rack up huge shopping bills, according to research from CPP.

Kids using parents' cards to shop online

Children in the UK are illegally using their parents' credit cards and online accounts to rack up huge shopping bills, according to research from CPP.

Kids using parents' cards to shop online

Children in the UK are illegally using their parents' credit cards and online accounts to rack up huge shopping bills, according to research from CPP.

Kids using parents' cards to shop online

Children in the UK are illegally using their parents' credit cards and online accounts to rack up huge shopping bills, according to research from CPP.

Bell Lets Parents Police Cell Phone Web Browsing

A week ago, I came across an episode of the TV show Wife Swap, and begun watching right at the point when they were talking about how the overly protective mother checks her 16-year-old daughter’s text messages on a daily basis. I couldn’t believe how crazy that was. While a new service from Bell Mobility and its affiliate company Solo Mobile isn’t quite as intrusive, it will let parents block out certain Websites that they don’t want children to access on their phones.

SMS alerts for parents a good idea, says Barnett

The State opposition has called for an SMS alert service to be introduced to warn primary school parents of potential dangers, following the horrifying sex attack on a brother and sister as they walked home from a Perth school last week,

UK kids shopping online behind parents' backs

One in five under-16-year-olds are raiding their parents' purses without their knowledge to shop online - landing unwary relatives with a potential shopping bill of £191m per year.

BCE's Bell lets parents control mobile-phone Internet

BCE Inc.'s Bell Mobility and Solo Mobile today announced a content-access control solution that lets parents limit mobile phone access to Internet sites they feel might be inappropriate for their children, a first in Canada.

Industry Moves: Gurgle's New Parents, Guardian Mobile, Reuters Editor

Gurgle: Mothercare’s mother-and-baby social network has got new parents, hiring Telegraph Media Group’s digital channel development head Pettrina Keogh to be its new MD and Roz Stoyel as commercial director, bringing ad sales in-house, NMA says. Mothercare started Gurgle last year in partnership with social media agency Media Burn.

Ont. teen missing since parents banned Xbox likely died from tree fall: autopsy

TORONTO - Investigators say the Ontario teenager who ran away from home after being banned from playing a video game his parents said he was addicted to likely died after falling from a tree in the woods.

Ont. teen missing since parents banned Xbox likely died from tree fall: autopsy

TORONTO - Investigators say the Ontario teenager who ran away from home after being banned from playing a video game his parents said he was addicted to likely died after falling from a tree in the woods.

Ont. teen missing since parents banned Xbox likely died from tree fall: autopsy

TORONTO - Investigators say the Ontario teenager who ran away from home after being banned from playing a video game his parents said he was addicted to likely died after falling from a tree in the woods.

Ont. teen missing since parents banned Xbox likely died from tree fall: autopsy

TORONTO - Investigators say the Ontario teenager who ran away from home after being banned from playing a video game his parents said he was addicted to likely died after falling from a tree in the woods.

Ont. teen missing since parents banned Xbox likely died from tree fall: autopsy

TORONTO - Investigators say the Ontario teenager who ran away from home after being banned from playing a video game his parents said he was addicted to likely died after falling from a tree in the woods.

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