The company was among the first to set stringent guidelines for child-friendly gaming, like changing blood color from red to green or, more curiously, in Wolfenstein 3D, substituting rats for guard dogs as shooting targets.
Considering a recent spate of thematically – and sometimes visually – very dark platform titles such as Braid and Limbo, the return of a family-friendly gaming hero in Kirby's Epic Yarn is a welcome reminder of why the original protagonists of the platforming genre are so well-loved.
That said, Wii sales have dropped quite a bit since last year, and the Kinect has replaced it as the must-have family-friendly gaming device.
Today, hot on the heels of the news that OUYA has landed $15 million from Kleiner Perkins to bring its affordable, $99 Android-friendly gaming console to the masses, BlueStacks is firing back with some news of its own.
They love sleeping!" Daniel Middleton, aka DanTDM from child-friendly YouTube gaming channel The Diamond Minecart, has been working a lot.
The man cave is a great place for console gaming, too, especially for less family-friendly games.
The Nintendo Wii has turned the gaming world on its head, with motion-sensitive controls and family-friendly games.
Gamers who like to keep an eye on their impact on theworld as they fire up their consoles are facing something of a puzzle over which hardware to buy, as Greenpeace and Nintendo have gone head-to-head over how environmentally friendly the Japanese gaming giant is.
