I have been a fan of the Brain Age and Big Brain Academy games on the Nintendo DS. So I wasn’t surprised when someone in my family gave us the Wii version of Big Brain as a Christmas gift.
If you are looking for a more mentally stimulating game than the average first-person shooter, you will probably like Big Brain.
The whole idea behind these games is to exercise your brain by showing you simple puzzles and measuring how long it takes you to solve them. The answers are things even an elementary student knows, so the challenge is the go through them as quickly as possible.
Here’s an example. You are given four numbers: 4, 1, 2, 3
Eliminate one or more of the numbers so the sum equals six. There are a couple of ways to do it, but the quickest response gets the most points.
In between family matches of tennis, we are now adding some brain exercises. Anyone for an online challenge?
I am still have problems with Vista. If I weren’t in the middle of a semester, I would dump it tomorrow, but it will have to wait until Christmas.
Want to broadcast on the web? All you need is a computer, Internet connection, web cam, microphone and 
I got my Christmas present a little early this year. It’s an iPod Touch. The Touch is basically an iPhone without the phone or camera. It holds music, photos and video and can connect to the web via WiFi.