Toys and Games – Insight Sciences

Toxic toys may be poisoning our best friends

January 23, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Toxic toys may be poisoning our best friends
By Susie Cagle, grist.org

My favorite people to buy holiday presents for are animal people. They are always so grateful! But sometimes maybe they shouldn’t be.

A new study out of Texas Tech finds that the chemicals in hard plastic bumper dog toys readily leac…

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Study Reveals BPA and Phthalates “Readily Leach” from Dog Toys (dogster.com)
Reagan’s Toy Chest Celebrates 2013 Toy Fair With Site Wide Sale on Educational Toys For Toddlers (prweb.com)
Your Guide to Nontoxic Toys (babyzone.com)
High Tech Versus Hands-On (babyzone.com)

Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre

November 12, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board

English: A German Monopoly board in the middle... — English: A German Monopoly board in the middle of a game. Taken from German Wikipedia Bild:Monopoly99_gr_vers.jpg by Benutzer:Horst Frank the 13:23, 7. Dez 2003 (CET). Español: Un tablero de Monopoly en versión alemana del juego. Tomado de la Wikipedia en alemán Bild:Monopoly99_gr_vers.jpg por Benutzer:Horst Frank. Deutsch: Ein Monopoly-Brett während eines Spiels. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Redefines Genre.

why monopoly fosters negativity, compeition, makes board games unpleasant. German board games are cooperative, fun.

Benefiting from Board Games (igorscience.org)
Settlers of Catan – the “Perfect German Strategy Board Game” Gains Exposure in the United States (prweb.com)
Carcassonne: Xbox on Windows Phone Review (wpcentral.com)