What’s New and Streaming for Families for May 2020
It’s May 2020. And what a big, fat, hairy month it is. In fact, now that we’re in what seems like the third year of isolated coronavirus lockdown, big, fat and hairy are all very literal descriptors. So it’s only fitting that we give you a good-sized collection of less-than-hairy streaming family fare. Let’s get […]
What is This Thing Called Houseparty?
OK, so your socially-isolated kids have burned through their favorite books, games and streaming TV shows and are now asking … pleading … begging you to let them join in on this thing called a Houseparty. And as a protective parent, you harken back to days past when a house party was a usually teen-filled […]
What’s New and Streaming for Families for April 2020
April 2020 is here. And what an April it’s shaping up to be. Because of all the Covid-19 dangers, our minds are set on keeping a six-foot personal-space boundary and staying keenly aware of new shipments of toilet paper at the local store. Of course, more than any other recent April we’re also happy to […]
Pop-Up Booths and Yoshi Too
With everybody locking themselves away over the coronavirus, you may not have heard that Nintendo had a cool campaign afoot that may have you longing for the good old days of late February. The company was staging what they called Nintendo Switch pop-up lounges in a handful of airports around the world, including the United […]
Entertainment Industry Responds to Coronavirus With Early VOD Releases, Special Offers
Well, here we are in the new age of fear and virus loathing. Concerts, conferences and sporting events have been cancelled, school is going totally online, restaurants are closing and public places of entertainment like movie theaters are shuttering for the immediate future. That massive social-isolation shift to our own couch and kitchen table has […]
Libraries Versus Movies: Is There Any Contest? Nope, Not Really.
There’s a very modern mindset that libraries are antiquated things: obsolete, archaic and dusty old buildings that sit unused. I mean, who needs a library (the thought goes) when you can pull out your phone and instantly have an enormous internet of things at your fingertips? But a recent Gallup poll suggests that ain’t so, […]
What’s Streaming for Families in March (2020)
We’ve all heard the old saying that March comes “in like a lion, out like a lamb.” But did you know that on the ancient Roman calendar, March rang in the New Year? That’s what some knowledgeable scholars say. And in our modern day, March is also known as a great month for basketball (March […]
What’s New and Streaming for Families in February 2020
It’s February: a time for hearts and flowers, poems and blown kisses. And, of course, a lot of dreary weather and blown snow. In fact, maybe that’s why, historically, thoughts have always turned to lovey-dovey stuff in the second month of the year. I mean, what else is there to do other than cuddle and […]
There’s No Nicotine in Social Media, So Why are You Puffing so Hard?
Who wrote this? We are in the business of relaxing people who are tense and providing a pick-up for people who are bored or depressed. The human needs that our product fills will not go away. Thus, the only real threat to our business is that society will find other means of satisfying those needs. […]
10 Mind-Blowing Gadgets Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Show for 2020 has come and gone. And, of course, it brought with it a wide assortment of gigantic TVs, foldable phones, futuristic computers and robotic wonders: All the sorts of things you’d expect when the words “consumer” and “electronics” show up in the same sentence. But instead of talking about the […]