It's game day! Gaming fun for the kids!

I've got some really awesome games to cover today so I figured I'd make a whole day of it! Especially seeing as last week was slow with me being sick we will be offering a bunch of giveaways to kick off the new week and my new found freedom from school that starts tomorrow. Hey nothing like a little celebration to get me into the holiday break spirit!

First up on the schedule, one of my absolute favorite kids movie series of recent years has been made into a kids video game that the whole family will be clambering to play. Madagascar 2 Escape Africa is currently in theaters and sadly I have not seen it yet, however I have been playing it in my bedroom after Connor goes to sleep religiously for a week now and I can't seem to get enough of it. The game is part story part activity as for each part of the game you complete, which is broken down into mini games, a little more of the story is revealed. Currently I'm working on the "Welcome to Africa Chapter" and I'm rolling around Africa with Melman walking on a huge bolder attempting to close up steam vents. I have to admit for a kids game its super easy to play but its also just challenging enough that I'm not getting bored at all and parents will want to jump in and give it a try. Personally thus far my favorite level has been shooting Mort in a massive slingshot (poor Mort, he is my favorite after all) though I did feel a tad guilty when I shot him off the cliff on accident a few times. After all he does remind me slightly of Melos with those huge eyes.

Once you've finished a chapter your rewarded with a bit of the story. The cut scenes are crisp and look like bits of the real movie and make for a great little breakup in the game play. Connor just likes to watch me play to catch the cut scenes, though I've yet to figure out how to explain to him that I can't just skip to the cut scenes. heh. Each chapter is single player though its pretty easy to play with the whole family as you can just rotate turns doing each of the little segments however the game includes quite a few mini games that can be played with several players. Though you do not choose which character in the game you will play during the adventure mode you will switch between each of the characters in the movie so no matter if you loved Glorida, Mort, Alex, Marty.. each of them have their own roles in the game.

You can learn more about the game as well as play a demo and see some of the mini games on the Madagascar 2 Escape Africa The Game website! Madagascar 2 Escape Africa is currently available on Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, and PS3. You can pick them up at any major game retailer or on Amazon!

I have three copies of Madagascar 2 Escape Africa to give away a a copy for the Nintendo DS, one for the Nintendo Wii and one for the Xbox 360. Talk about a kickoff to a slow week last week.

To enter :

• Leave a comment on this post. Check out the Madagascar 2 Escape Africa The Game website and take a look at the mini games and tell me which one you'd most like to play!!Make sure to tell me if you need the Wii, DS or 360 version if you won.
• Make sure there is a way for me to contact you - if your email address is not on your profile or you are not a blogger you may leave it in your comment or email it to me directly (angelaandconnor at gmail dot com) We have had to disqualify a lot of potential winners as of late as many people do not have emails available in their profiles or leave anonymous posts without any way to contact you.
• Please US entries only.
• To get extra credit :
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  • One extra credit per person. Please post your extra credit in a separate post.
  • This contest will end Jan 15th at midnight!