The Casual Entertainment Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that Brain Quest(R) for the Nintendo DS(TM) handheld system, based on America’s #1 educational bestseller*, has shipped to retailers nationwide. R4 DS has reported that in partnership with the New York based Workman Publishing Company, Inc., EA has released two Brain Quest DS games based on the fast-paced, educational quiz cards that have sold more than 30 million copies**: one available for third and fourth graders and another for fifth and sixth graders.
“We’re excited to have the Brain Quest Nintendo DS games as EA Casual Entertainment’s first foray into educational gaming space,” said Russell Arons, VP of Marketing, EA Casual Entertainment. “The series is such a natural fit for videogames and by further adapting it to the Nintendo DS, today’s tech savvy kids have an opportunity to be educated in an engaging and fun way.”
“We are very pleased that Brain Quest will now be able to educate and entertain children through the video game medium,” said Janet Harris, Brain Quest Publisher, Workman Publishing Company, Inc. “The Brain Quest video games are a great extension of the popular brand which is recognized by teachers, trusted by parents, and adored by kids.”
The Brain Quest video games are each packed with 6,000 curriculum-based questions developed specifically for the third/fourth and fifth/sixth grade levels. Kids will be entertained anywhere – whether on the way to soccer practice, at home, or while waiting for the school bus. The game’s Brain Mode allows kids to choose from an assortment of subjects, such as English, math, history, science and geography, and will engage them with a quick-to-the-fun, fast-paced question- and- answer format. A Quest Mode feature challenges players to help various characters by correctly answering questions in each subject. The game’s Multiplayer Mode allows children of all ages to play cooperatively, so everyone can get in on the action and enjoy the brain-challenging fun!
Throughout the game, players earn points by answering questions correctly, and use their points and cumulative achievements to unlock and redeem collectibles. These collectibles can then be used to customize up to six scenes in the game.
Both Brain Quest games have a U.S. MSRP of $29.99 and are rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more information or assets, visit http://www.info.ea.com.
September 26th, 2008
Having chronic headache may not always be due to some disease, instead be result of migraine and forms of tension. The sufferer feels like something tight has been wound around his head and the pain continues to affect even the lower back of the neck and some parts of the base of the skull. These people sometimes get anxiety and depression. Every headache that occurs every two days for a number of months is termed chronic. It happens mostly to women. Chronic headaches are often caused my migraine and tension, but also due to genetic is also possible. Children having chronic daily headachess get anxiety, depression and stress.
September 26th, 2008
The world can be a fun place. All you need is to think outside the box. A little adventurous attitude never hurt either. I bought a left hand drive car at an auction last weekend. I am a member of one of those drive clubs. You know the kind where people join up on the weekends to go drive, or rather cruising. So I cruised in my new car, painted yellow, and I got lots of great comments last weekend. People were curious as to where I got the car and if it was legal to drive. What a great time I had!
September 26th, 2008
I have been elected to get a get well gift for one of my colleagues. She was in the hospital overnight and now is resting comfortably at home. The only problem with this is that all I have is her cell phone number. I asked my neighbor if he knew about a cell phone reverse lookup. He told me that there was a site on the world wide web that would let me put in any phone number and get the information that I need. I decided to give it a try and soon I had the address that I needed.
September 26th, 2008
I have been working on the internet for a long time and I am struggling to find ways to make more money through my sites. I have been reading about the ppc search engine internet marketing and I think that I will wait a little while longer before I start using it. I say this because there are only a few major search engines that are really thriving on this technique and I am sure that it is just a matter of time before a lone startup company will introduce a new way of marketing that will generate a change web wide.
September 26th, 2008
According to the latest Breast Actives reviews, Breast Actives can help balance your hormones. This is a great advantage to a pill that was created to enhance your breasts by making them fuller.
The herbs in this breast enhancement product have a substance known as phytoestrogens in them. These phytoestrogens cause the breasts to “believe” they are on a pregnant body, which in turn causes them to become fuller.
The benefit of these phytoestrogens is that PMS becomes less fierce and your menstrual cycle can become more regulated and lighter.
If you are looking for a product to help enhance your breasts, and you also have some hormonal issues, this might be the product to try!
September 26th, 2008