Review: What Toy Inventors Create at IDEO
Design and innovation firm, IDEO, have a Toy Lab. Yep, that is right Ideo Toy Lab is like a digital Santa’s workshop. They have a committed group of little elves called toy inventors who work away at...
View ArticleC Is for Comedy: Should Cookie Monster Host Saturday Night Live?
I was convinced before watching it that this had to be a fan-made thing, but no, the video is posted on the official Sesame Street channel on YouTube. Join the Facebook group, and maybe we’ll see...
View ArticleNew Sesame Street Games Chase Some Clouds Away
When I first began hearing about Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Sesame Street titles for the Wii and Nintendo DS I was ecstatic. I’ve long lamented the lack of both substance and proper...
View ArticleCallaway Digital Arts: Producing Engaging iPad Apps for Kids
Callaway Digital Arts is poised to begin really making some significant contributions to the world of iPad apps. I’ll admit I wasn’t such a big fan of their first high-profile app for children, Miss...
View ArticleT-Shirt Alert: “The Sesame Six”
Sesame Street gets the Marvel treatment today as its cast of Muppet characters are re-imagined onto the cover of Fantastic Four #1. Here we can see Cookie Monster taking on the role of Thing, Big Bird...
View ArticleSesame Street Launches Subscription-Based iPad App for Kids’ Books
The folks at that educational media stalwart, Sesame Street, have moved to further strengthen their place on our mobile devices by launching an iPad eBook reader. It is essentially a portal into their...
View ArticleYip Yip Yip Ah-huh Ah-huh: An iOS App
You know the martians from Sesame Street. Yip Yip Yip Ah-huh Ah-huh. Well, they have an app. It is why the 99-cent app genre was created — for apps like this. It is worth the 5 minutes of fun you ...
View ArticleTired of Zombies? So Is Cookie Monster.
If you are as tired of the endless horde of zombie games as I am, you are not alone! Watch as Cookie Monster — possibly the greatest network executive since Jack Donaghy — gives video game maker Tim...
View ArticleLook at Grover — Awesome Sesame Street Parody of Old Spice Ads
I can’t wait to see Isaiah Mustafa’s response to this. And next, I want to see Gonzo as the “Most Interesting Muppet in the World.” Update: It’s been pointed out to me that this has been around for a...
View Article5 Reasons Why Bert and Ernie Should Not Get Married
There's a push by the LGBT community to have classic Muppet characters Bert & Ernie marry one another. But are these the right characters to teach this lesson through?
View ArticleCookie Monster Makes a PSA about Parental Controls for Game Consoles
Cookie Monster isn’t just googly-eyed, fuzzy, blue, and a lover of his namesake food item. He’s also a responsible, upstanding citizen who recorded a public service announcement (PSA) with Microsoft,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Announces New “Playful Learning” Titles
This week, Microsoft announced a couple of new additions to their “playful learning” line of family games aimed at bringing families together. The games were developed with the Sesame Workshop and...
View ArticleWhy I Love Augmented Reality Right Now
Over the last month I’ve had the pleasure of engaging with a range of augmented reality tools for both children and adults that have me really loving watching this space develop. What is most exciting...
View Article22 Years Later, Remembering Jim Henson
It's been 22 years since the world lost Jim Henson, and I still can't think about it without tearing up a bit. His death at age 53 was sudden and catastrophic, like being hit by lightning on a...
View ArticleShare It Maybe by Cookie Monster
Carly Rae Jepsen's single 'Call Me Maybe' is a huge pop hit. However, we find the Cookie Monster version from the folks at Sesame Street to be more... palatable, for obvious reasons.
View ArticleSnapatoonies: Viewing For Young Geeklets
Snapatoonies does not try to hide the fact it is educational. It respects the fact that young children want to learn, that their brains are primed for it and just like the folks over at Sesame Street,...
View ArticleWhen the River Meets the Sea: Rest in Peace, Jerry Nelson, 1934-2012
By now, most people have heard that beloved voice actor and puppeteer Jerry Nelson passed away on Thursday. The news, while not a total surprise given Nelson’s health issues over the past decade, was a...
View ArticleThe Monster at the End of This Tweet
Earlier today, the Sesame Street Twitter feed mentioned that there was a monster "at the end of this Twitter conversation," with the similar expected conclusion. What's particularly funny to us...
View ArticleWatch This | Sesame Street Overturns Downton Abbey
The lady of the house has trouble getting something to eat in Upside Downton Abbey by Sesame Street.
View ArticleGame on! | Kinect Sesame Street TV Scaffolds Parent-Child Learning on Xbox
We visit Soho Studios to talk to the team behind perhaps the most pre-school friendly game ever: Kinect Sesame Street TV.
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