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Gift Giveaway: Boom Blox for WiiJuly 18, 2008Posted by: Dan T.  I have an addiction and I'm not afraid to admit it, and that addiction is the new Boom Blox game for Wii. Pretty soon, you'll be hooked too because we are giving away copies of Boom Blox this week.Boom Blox is the brain child of Electronic Arts and Steven Spielberg! This active-play gem involves elements of dodge ball, Jenga and bowling (amongst other games) spread over hundreds of levels via clever characters and story lines.
Spielberg's involvement stems from him not only being a video gamer, but wanting "to create a video game that I could play with my kids." The game is certainly addictive as a single player, but with the whole family involved, it encourages active play, collective reasoning and problem solving. And with over 300 levels, the complexity of the game never feels too simple nor too complex for kids and adults alike. Boom Blox is an excellent example of how a video game can provide a 21st century version of family bonding through gaming.
Want to win? Post a comment below and tell us about your favorite family bonding activity by 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, July 24. One comment per person please, multiple comments will be discarded. Click here to read the official rules. |
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Our family loves to play card games and board games together. We can go for hours in marathon game sessions. Boom Blox looks like it would be a great natural extension of that for us!
Posted by blsummers | July 18, 2008 @ 10:09 am
My favorite family bonding is our family movie/game and pizza night. Once a week we order pizza and all gather round the table or wii to play games or we grab a family movie. We take our three boys (ages 5, 9, & 11) and decide what we all want to do and have a blast spending quality family time…and Boom Blox looks like it would be a great addition to our family game night!! Keeping our family nights in tact is sure to keep our family in tact!! =)
Posted by indpndnce925 | July 18, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
We like to draw together!
Posted by piepie | July 18, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
The family bonding that is a favorite of my mine is book reading. In the evenings, our family shares knowledge learned or stories that have been read that particular day. We all learn so much from each other that way.
Posted by berwyn | July 19, 2008 @ 9:16 am
We love to go camping together!
Posted by stacy1955 | July 19, 2008 @ 9:24 am
Our family has a game night and movie night
Posted by abfantom | July 19, 2008 @ 9:28 am
We have family night every Saturday night either watch a movie or play a game, scrabble, cards, kids really look forward to it!
Posted by michele84 | July 19, 2008 @ 10:11 am
We really enjoy having family board game night.
Posted by r0xjo0 | July 19, 2008 @ 10:30 am
Would love to win this game. My husband is disabled and our exercise is the Wii. Our grandkids come over and we play together. It’s lots of fun.
Posted by lsheldon5 | July 19, 2008 @ 10:31 am
my husband and i like to go walking in a near by park and then we have a little cook out buy the creak. it’s really nice. we sit and watch birds come down and take baths. we even get in the creek a little and play in the water.
Posted by doozercries | July 19, 2008 @ 11:09 am
Bonding over a campfire while camping is our favorite activity.
Posted by dianesattler | July 19, 2008 @ 11:23 am
Our favorite family bonding moment is playing board games. We enjoy it so much. Our favorite is UNO attack. It is so fun and you never know when the cards are going to shoot out at you
Posted by sonyasparks | July 19, 2008 @ 11:42 am
We like board games, especially an obscure one called Birdopoly.
Posted by cdziuba | July 19, 2008 @ 11:58 am
Our family likes to go camping and hiking together! We usually go out for the whole day!
Posted by balto100 | July 19, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
Hi, Our favirite family night is watching movies and pop some corn. Thank you, Phyllis
Posted by dale82945 | July 19, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
When we have time to sit down and enjoy something together, it’s usually Uno that we play. Other times, we just all make up silly, elaborate stories together; some lies, some truths, some imagination, some memories. We can do it in the car or while making dinner, getting ready for bed or school, waiting in line somewhere. It’s fun!
Posted by havthat | July 19, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
We like to explore different places…just get in the car and take a day trip someplace new.
Posted by angela67p | July 19, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
We make up crazy games, with paper and pen or cards, anything really! This looks great.
Posted by kekagel | July 19, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
We make up any game that we can and change the rules often to keep it fun!
Posted by kekagel | July 19, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
we used to play triomnos with our grandma before we moved away i miss her and the triominos
Posted by gotany7s | July 19, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
We bond while sitting around watching the stupidest TV shows we can find. Comedy Central and some of the “reality” shows are really hilarious and my kids have a great sense of humor. I’m trying to get into the Wii games because my kids love them. A lot of them are HARD for us old people! This looks like we could handle it!
Posted by redfantum | July 19, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
We like to play cards and board games or go for a weekend getaway.
Posted by fangirl | July 19, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
My family (or our family) bonding activity is to go as a family to the video store, buy one of the cheesiest 5.00 movies you could purchase and come home, pop up the popcorn, through down the candy and get comfy for a night of laughs cozed up to each other for the night…to us, it’s just a way to laugh about things that can be done together with out a lot of funding to do it.
Great giveaway!!!
Posted by babakers5 | July 19, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
We enjoy taking one-day trips together.
Posted by hjtillman | July 19, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
We like board games and card games
Posted by louiseb130 | July 19, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
Family time is watching old movies from the 1980’s and 1990’s and just hanging out and laughing hysterically.
Posted by Mari1994 | July 19, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
we play Sorry
Posted by agordon10 | July 19, 2008 @ 5:09 pm
Our favorite bonding activity is baking cookies. There is plenty for all to do and we get to eat our accomplishments.
Posted by spawned | July 19, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
Cooking together, we all get involved and each person has their part to play.
Posted by smartshopper2 | July 19, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
We love to read books. I have always loved to read and I think sharing the joy of reading with your family can be such a wonderful experience and one that will pay dividends.
Posted by teechbiz | July 19, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
We love to play games as a family and just bought a wii. Our preschooler is the best wii bowler in the family.
Posted by jellosheriff | July 19, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
My family loves to spend time together at Disneyland as a way of bonding. It really is the happiest place on earth.
Posted by skybluefusion | July 19, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Watching a movie or playing board games is a family favorite of ours.
Posted by Lesha | July 19, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
We usually throw a little ball back and forth or play candy land. Other times we play wii sports together.
Posted by samsakara | July 19, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
We like to play Monopoly
Posted by susan1215 | July 19, 2008 @ 7:52 pm
We love to play Rock Band on our Wii. My hubby plays the drums, I play the guitar, our daughter sings.
Posted by tmf315 | July 19, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
My family bonds with bowling. We all love to bowl. We bowl together in Adult/Child Leagues and we also bowl as teams in tournaments. We also bowl with our extended family (Aunts, Uncles, Cousins) etc.. My kids have earned scholarship money for college through bowling. We always have fun! It is a great family sport that all ages can participate in.
Posted by bowlpatty | July 19, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
Singing is our favorite family bonding activity.
Posted by dhca37 | July 19, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
Dinner time is always bonding time at my house. It is the best time for us to tell each other how our days went. We also love to bowl via Wii. I haven’t gotten them into the other games yet…. I’m still trying!
Posted by jessyleigh9797 | July 19, 2008 @ 8:18 pm
Our family loves to collect rocks…oops minerals as my youngest son would say. lol
We have two sons, 8 & 11 and they both love going to mines and collecting different minerals. So we try to do this monthly.
We also love to play board games. Right now our favorite is Clue.
We also like to play with our wii. We only have the sports package, but that’s great, especially with boys.
Thanks so much for this giveaway.Posted by peg42 | July 19, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
Lately our favorite family bonding activity has been playing the Wii. My little girls love their Disney Princess Wii game and it is so much fun watching their daddy play it along with them. Thanks for this fun giveaway!
Posted by Honeybug | July 19, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
We play board games together and pop popcorn. Some nights recently since we have dnace revolution we take turns playing to the foot music . LOL
Posted by neneelynn | July 19, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
Our favorite family bonding time is going to the beach. We love to explore the bottom of the ocean for shells sand dollars and fish. The best is when we get to see dolphins.
Posted by jolynn71 | July 19, 2008 @ 9:05 pm
Our favorite family bonding activity is making homemade cards/gifts for people.
Posted by deemkooo | July 19, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
eating out
Posted by w_wilson7 | July 19, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
Our favorite family activity is movie night on Saturdays. We let the kids pick the movie and we eat and have a really great time!
Posted by super3natural | July 19, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
We go for long walks in the park in our neighborhood.
Posted by jturner | July 19, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
We love to fish as a family bonding activity. It’s a great time with my 5 year old twins. We sit on the dock and talk as we watch the bobbers. We have so many great stories and they have so many questions. Teaches them patience…oh and we have laughs and screams and really become a family…
Posted by off2europe | July 19, 2008 @ 11:27 pm
We love family family game night!
Posted by SheilaBee | July 19, 2008 @ 11:47 pm
Going to the zoo
Posted by john1948 | July 20, 2008 @ 12:01 am
Movie & popcorn night at least once a week, also walking the dogs with our 10 year old is a great way to unwind after a long day. We just purchased a Wii this month for our daughters birthday and are having great fun challenging each other, even our 17 year old enjoys challenging his sister. Boom Blox is a game all four of us would definitly enjoy:)
Posted by pkyle | July 20, 2008 @ 12:13 am
Playing video games together.
Posted by tj2052 | July 20, 2008 @ 1:03 am
Camping as a family.
Posted by gcm2225 | July 20, 2008 @ 1:03 am
We play Mario Cart
Posted by rubymoon57 | July 20, 2008 @ 1:07 am
Boom Blox looks like a fun game that I would enjoy quite a bit.
Posted by k_siegert | July 20, 2008 @ 1:42 am
As corny as it sounds, we love going on walks together.
Posted by one_nanana | July 20, 2008 @ 1:59 am
sit around fussing about stuff together lol.
Posted by ghostamongyou | July 20, 2008 @ 2:01 am
My daughter and I really love to spend time reading. She’s doing well and it’s amazing how quickly she is making progress. Of course, we like to play our Wii together and we have both been wanting Boom Blox. Thanks!
Posted by traumajunky | July 20, 2008 @ 2:37 am
Eating dinner together and then playing games or watching a special movie we’ll all enjoy
Posted by Dove420 | July 20, 2008 @ 3:47 am
We love family game/movie night and the 3 generations get together and have a blast
Posted by Dove420 | July 20, 2008 @ 3:48 am
we love watching movies
Posted by rickagib | July 20, 2008 @ 6:22 am
We love outings to the zoo and also amusement parks
Posted by freakdujour | July 20, 2008 @ 6:44 am
With every one growing older, with working and school, it gets harder and harder, but we all try sit down at dinner for food and conversation.
Posted by bobbin | July 20, 2008 @ 7:08 am
we head for the beach great bonding time
Posted by toughturtles | July 20, 2008 @ 7:28 am
This looks like a game that my boys would love. Thanks for the chance.
Posted by idahomom | July 20, 2008 @ 7:41 am
wii activities of course… wii like bowling… though my son and i have a boxing thing going on
Posted by rmcgahagin | July 20, 2008 @ 8:25 am
Pizza night…every Sunday…from our favorite Pizza place down the street…paper plated, soda, ice cream, no tv, and chatting in the living room on the couch and our favorite chairs…
THANKS!Posted by mama43 | July 20, 2008 @ 8:46 am
Camping is a great way to bond with the family.
Posted by bmorin54 | July 20, 2008 @ 9:08 am
Favorite family bonding would be playing Uno!
Posted by n_i_k | July 20, 2008 @ 9:20 am
We have always loved board games and card games, but since getting a Wii last Christmas we have found that these games make it even easier to get the entire family involved. We play, from the youngest to the oldest. And it’s great when the younger ones can teach the older ones a thing or two! Many of the games for Wii make that possible. They can level the playing field and get us all laughing and encouraging each other as well as up and moving. We really have a great time as a family with Wii!
Posted by dbug660 | July 20, 2008 @ 9:45 am
We love to go fishing. But on a daily basis we try to play a game together. The kids love board games:)
Posted by denyse_g | July 20, 2008 @ 10:11 am
We have always loved board games and card games for family time. But since we got a Wii last Christmas this is definitely our new love for family bonding time! Many Wii games allow people of all ages to play together, often with a fairly level playing field even for the youngest of the bunch. So sometimes even the younger ones can teach the older folks! Wii games get us laughing, encouraging each other and up and moving - great times for all!
Posted by dbug660 | July 20, 2008 @ 10:15 am
Our family likes to play video games together, right now we all play World of Warcraft! Thanks for the chance.
Posted by sneddy29 | July 20, 2008 @ 10:31 am
I’d love to win this game!
Posted by dsja761 | July 20, 2008 @ 10:39 am
We like to have family night with the grandchildren, spending time eatting together and then either watching a movie of their choice or playing a game of their choice - just an evening where they get to choose what to do, and we all have fun.
Posted by bhjustice | July 20, 2008 @ 11:08 am
Long walks in the evenings.
Posted by bbeer | July 20, 2008 @ 11:16 am
Our favorite family bonding activity is the dinner table chats
Posted by llinda29 | July 20, 2008 @ 11:22 am
We like to play games of all types, and we recently got a Wii so this would be really fun to do together! Thanks for the contest!
Posted by curleehair | July 20, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
Our favorite family activity is mini golf
Posted by rtrexel | July 20, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
We like to play card games. Go fish and Old Maid are classics.
Posted by jmcharries | July 20, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Playing games is a great family activity
Posted by Sunnyvale | July 20, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Our family loves screaming at each other through Mario Kart for GameCube. Now that we have a Wii, we need to get the new version to try!
Posted by mlockhart | July 20, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
My family really wants this game! Our favorite bonding activity is snuggle time in mom and dad’s bed. We read books, snuggle and the kids talk about stuff that’s on their minds.
Posted by stacitk | July 20, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Our favorite bonding moment is the Wii Fit.Thank you for giving an Awesome prize from an Awesome Site!
Posted by Blackout4439 | July 20, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
We love going to the lake in our boat. Some of us tube, some of us wakeboard, some of us just swim … but spending all day on the boat, laughing and enjoying the sun and water is my favorite family bonding time
Posted by renfamt5 | July 20, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
we need some new games for our parties that are fun for a group…can this be one of them???
Posted by mmentor | July 20, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
We love to play games!
Posted by kaaas | July 20, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
We like to go fishing together. I don’t fish, but the boys’ and my husband are the anglers and I bring my book and enjoy the company.
Posted by amy526 | July 20, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
We like to take walks with one another.
Posted by one_nanana | July 20, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
We like to go camping together. And playing video games
Posted by found1 | July 20, 2008 @ 2:39 pm
we play fribee
Posted by kenoward | July 20, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
making a meal together and visiting while eating the meal.
Posted by jrosek | July 20, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
we love to play wii together
Posted by jchic45102 | July 20, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
My little guy is busy learning his numbers, so lately we have been playing a lot of Uno for our family game nights - which lately has turned into a nightly event!
Posted by fairydancer | July 20, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Our favorite family activity is Wii Fitness and Mario Olympics. Thanks for the opportunity. Have a great week.
Posted by grabsatt | July 20, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
Going camping with the entire family. Both my mom and dad would go fishing with us.
Posted by randycur0962 | July 20, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
Our favorite family bonding activity is playing card & board games!
Posted by taras82 | July 20, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
my family plays the wii, it helps them learn about teamwork .when its too hot to go to the park, and a few of my games are sports games, so they get their exercise too!!
Posted by samarcy | July 20, 2008 @ 8:43 pm
movie night was always great at my house!
Posted by europa1080 | July 20, 2008 @ 10:32 pm
We watch a family movie together.
Posted by imjasonc | July 20, 2008 @ 10:46 pm
Our yearly trip to Lake powell!
Posted by her5boys | July 20, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
I love to play the wii with my daughter, finding multiplayer games for the wii that are decent games isn’t easy though, thanks for the chance to win one.
Posted by barbmccrea | July 21, 2008 @ 12:03 am
We love our family nights! Usually they are pizza, popcorn and snuggling with a great movie. Sometimes it becomes a game night, or we might head out and do something fun like go swimming, bike riding, or bowling. The kids make it fun no matter what as they just keep us laughing! (and on our toes!)
Posted by arbrashears | July 21, 2008 @ 12:43 am
We walk our dogs in the evening around the park and on Friday or Saturday night our family has game night.
Boom Blox sounds like alot of fun and seems to be a game all four family members could play together:)Posted by pkyle | July 21, 2008 @ 12:59 am
My children and I like to spend quality time together coloring and creating indoor picnics on the floor during rainy weather.
Thank you so much for offering this Awesome giveaway.
I would LOVE to win !!Posted by jsc123 | July 21, 2008 @ 1:03 am
Thanks for the giveaway, I would love to win this! Our family of 5 loves to watch movies together while eating a bowl of freshly popped popcorn!!
Posted by buddys_girl | July 21, 2008 @ 3:28 am
There’s nothing like a family BBQ! Especially if you go out and do it at a park, or somewhere away from the house, make it a bit of an adventure.
Posted by cilution0 | July 21, 2008 @ 4:29 am
We do lots of stuff like play board games, the wii, draw, crafts, walk to the creek etc. etc. Thanx for the contest.
Posted by kmbennet | July 21, 2008 @ 7:23 am
Gone fishing.
Posted by gibson777 | July 21, 2008 @ 7:46 am
Our family is spread out now so we have started meeting somewhere on vacation that we have never been before. Instead of staying in a hotel, we rent a condo or cabin or something so we will all be together.
Posted by fostertam | July 21, 2008 @ 8:20 am
Hiking in the woods always gives us a “we’re all in this together/survivat” type of feeling and then everyone always feels great at the campout afterwards!
Posted by meredlp | July 21, 2008 @ 8:34 am
My family is a big fan of the Mexican Train game! Especially in the summer, we like to sit outside and play board games.
Posted by alisonchico | July 21, 2008 @ 10:26 am
reading a book together.
Posted by vboackle | July 21, 2008 @ 10:46 am
We play card games and go fishin.
Posted by kygirl | July 21, 2008 @ 11:04 am
My absolute favorite way to bond with my family is at the dinner table. We eat dinner every single night as a family without any interruptions and we spend the entire time talking and laughing.
Posted by bamboozler | July 21, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Snuggle time in the bed room! Esp in a thunderstorm.
Posted by mzpaw | July 21, 2008 @ 11:55 am
We love playing Trivial Pursuit but we just got a Wii two weeks ago…would love something to play besides sports.
Posted by auntiethesis | July 21, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
We have a jar with different family activities in it, such as go to the movies, beach, play put-put, go boating, ect….we pull a slip of paper from the jar on Saturday and take off.
Posted by April1p | July 21, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
Since we live in central Florida a lot of our family time it done out on the boat for a day trip or evening for an entire weekend fishing, floating off the back of the boat or waiting for the divers to come up from a dive.
Posted by beausdorei | July 21, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
I love having a big dinner and playing games!
Posted by skalobster11 | July 21, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Call me old fashioned if you like but my family still eats together at the table every night and then we clean up after the meal together! We also have story time every night and at dinner we decide which book we are going to read. We have game night every week, usually on Friday nights but sometimes on Saturdays.
Posted by sabb266 | July 21, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
we have one night a week that is for the family, we go to a movie,play board games or watch video
Posted by bison61 | July 21, 2008 @ 5:11 pm