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Hot For The Holidays: New Xbox 360 Kinect Kids Games – XBox Bundle Giveaway

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The Xbox 360 is one of the greatest gaming devices around, according to my husband Del. Since a young kid he has been playing games starting when he owned his first 8-bit gaming system in the 1980’s. It was very simple, but as years passed the technology became better and better and more game systems were created not just for the home but also the road. He remembers every year growing up, waiting to see what new game system was coming out and what was going to be the newest technology that will set out the next best game maker. When he would create his list of things that he really wanted for Christmas he said that every year would include a game system or a game accessory or certain video game.

But it was not until Microsoft came out with the original Xbox did gaming change as the world knew it. Games finally took advantage of the massive storage allowed by the Xbox DVD-ROM, and used that space to for the creation of the best graphics and game engines outside of a computer. And not only were the graphics great, they could store enough data to provided days, weeks, and years of gameplay. He still to this day plays videos games, but not like he used to. But being a dad he has used video games as a way to bring our daughters into his hobbies as a kid plus they love to play games too! It is great to talk with them about technology and see them surprised with the past as they are intrigued with the future.

When we heard about the Kinect that was coming out on the Xbox 360, we figured we needed one for us all. It was a simple add on to the Xbox 360.  Would we really be able to interact using our bodies, and do away with the controller? The answer was simply, yes! We have owned a Kinect and have a library of Kinect titles including the original Kinect Adventures, Kinectimals, Fantastic Pets, Once Upon a Monster, Winter Stars, Michael Jackson The Experience, Nickelodeon’s Victorious Time To Shine, and our newest titles Sesame Street and NatGeo TV America The Wild.

The National Geographic NatGeo TV title is great because not only is it interactive, but it plays a small episode teaching the kids something new and exciting about animals and nature. They then get a chance to interact with their environment. The Kinect turns the user’s arms and head into the animal to be. We all had fun! You are led through the Yellowstone and Alaska by host Casey Anderson and his 800 pound grizzly bear Brutus. Become an owl, wolf, bears, and many animals. Our kids loved this game!
Just check out this video:

NatGeo TV includes:

Volume 1

  • Expedition Grizzly
  • Stalking the Mountain Lion
  • Black Bear Invasion
  • Wolverine King

Volume 2

  • Project Kodiak
  • Inside the Wolf Pack
  • Yellowstone Spring
  • Yellowstone River


Sesame Street  TV was fun for both girls. It is rated EC for Early Childhood and great for toddlers. Brooklin had fun interacting with the Grover, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie and all of their friends. From counting different objects that kids like, to getting to play in Elmo’s world little ones can let their imagination come to life! Brooklin can relate to a lot of the content so she enjoyed following along volume 1 just great. Sesame Street TV helps to promote literacy and math skills and teaches kids how to think about science.

Sesame Street TV offers 2 volumes:

Volume 1: Growing Up

  • Elmozilla
  • Baby Bear’s Baby Doll
  • Goodbye Pacifier
  • Siblings

Volume 2: Science

  • Humpty Dumpty’s Big Break
  • Failure to Launch
  • Rocco’s Boat
  • Bubblefest

 

Both new titles for kids would make a great gift this holiday and if you’re looking for the perfect family gift pick up an Xbox 360 with Kinect today. You can find Xbox consoles and games at all major retailers.

Giveaway!

We’re giving one lucky winner an Xbox 360 with Kinect bundle and one copy of Sesame Street  TV and one copy of National Geographic NatGeo TV.

Main Entry: To enter, tell me what about these games do you think your kiddos would enjoy. How would you use the Xbox as a family?

Extra Entry Methods:

      • Follow Xbox on Twitter
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      • BLOG ABOUT IT!!! 5 entries.
      • Grab my banner(shoot me an email; I’m willing to exchange banners) 1 entry.
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      • You can always leave a comment on any non-giveaway post.

 

Giveaway ends 11-30-2012

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  3. My kids would love the National Geographic NatGeo TV game more probably. They are 6 and 8 and out growing Sesame Street. We have some younger cousins to pass that on to. We love to have fun as a family and the Kinect makes that easy to do inside. Thanks!

  7. xbox has some pretty great games and these would be enjoyable to the younger kids.

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  14. My kids are huge animal and nature lovers and my youngest loves Sesame Street.Thanks!
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  23. I like that they are so interactive. I know they won’t get bored.

  26. First of all, my kids would love this because our Xbox is now outdated and my older kids are bringing games to the neighbors houses so that they can play them. My girls love Dance, Dance Revolution and my teenage boys love Haol and Black Ops.

  30. I think I would have fun playing these games with my kids. The National Geographic is one i have not heard much about but think it would be fun for the whole family. We would love to win an xbox and some games! Thank you

  34. I think they would like the humpty dumpty game or the bear one

  39. i think the national geographic video game would be an excellent family game. we would love to own the xbox!

  49. My daughter loves sesame and animals so it would be a win win and something fun that the whole family can do together! Family fun night!

  50. My whole family young & old love games so this would be an awesome prize 2 win. We have 10 grandsons that are all gamers 🙂

  58. The National Geographic games would be educational as well as fun and we could play and learn together!

  62. My daughter would love the Elmo game an the interaction besides playing dolls with me. Plus we could most def invite other children over to have fun!! Being a military wife I would like to say it would be a wonderful gift to share with not just my family but the rest of my extended family who comes over every weekend! lol.

  63. My 3 year old loves Elmo and learning …my other 3 teens and hubby would enjoy being able to do something together interactive as a family.

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  66. I think that my kiddos would enjoy the fact that these games require movement and are interactive! Also they are right at their “level”. We love playing as a family because it’s something that we all enjoy, regardless of the game we are playing!

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  69. I think the National Geographic game would be cool acting like animals and such.

  70. I think we would enjoy playing these games with my niece…I think she would really enjoy the Sesame Street games because she watches every day and would be able to identify and play along with all the characters!

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  96. We always do XBOX as a family. I think they’d like stalking the mountain lion

  97. Normally we are a active family but lately we have had busy schedules and have not been as active as we normally are. If we Had an Xbox with the kinect we would be able to spend time together as a family and be active together at the same time.

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  98. I think my kids would enjoy the NatGEo games with the animals! sounds fun.

  101. We love to have family game night and my kids would love to try the new games. They love the way you can interact with the Kinect.

  104. I am following you on Twitter as well as joined your G+ circle..Thank You for this oppurtunity!!

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  106. My daughter loves to play interactive games especially when she can use her brain. I know she would be very blessed with both of the featured games. We have seen these at the store and she has pointed them out to me before…

  111. They love Sesame Street and animals, so they’d enjoy interacting with a game like these. We’d play these games together.

  114. My daughter would love this because it would allow her and her friends the opportunity to play together and also learn at the same time. I might be able to play video games now also!

  115. My kids would love this because they can play them with their grandparents! It surpasses generations! Fun!

  116. My nephew loves Sesame Street and we as a family would use the xbox to exercise together.

  120. Nat Geo – Ian is fascinated with animals and the world around him.

  121. My daughter would enjoy the Science one, and it’s alway’s fun to play together and get some bondong time in!

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  122. My grandchildren would love these. I like the National Geographic NatGeo TV one, because it is interactive. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  126. Did what I could 🙂 thanks you (wishes you and your love ones happy holidays! )

  131. I think my kids would love the National Geographic Game – We love playing games together as a family!

  135. Spending time with the family is a precious gift. Having this prize will provide us with games that the kids would really enjoy playing.

  136. In reality, they all look fun and colorful. We are a very active family, and we try to get the kids to go outside, but during the rainy wet winters, this would be awesome!

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  139. My nephew would like the games because he loves big bird! This would be fun to get the whole family interacting and playing 🙂 jenniferpeaslee at gmail dot com

  145. They would love the fact that it involves their favorite Sesame Street Characters and that we can play as a family. Since they’re always playing games, it’s nice to have family games that we can play together

  148. Winning this would be so awesome right now we play video games together on a saturday or a sunday on our gamecube, it’s fun but it would be so cool to have this under the tree and surprise my two guys!

  164. We would use the Xbox as a family for a nice fun family game night each Friday night. I would love to have this to play with the kids and bond with them doing fun family activities!!!

  173. My daughters would love the dancing and the characters. I would definitely get in there and dance with them !

  179. mY GIRLS WOULD LOVE ANY CHANCE TO HOP AROUND…AS A FAMILY WE WOULD LOVE THE ZUMBA!

  182. Tristan would enjoy the Sesame Street game. We would use the Xbox for our family game night in addition to board games.

  184. My son would love the national geographic as he is really interested in nature and i have to tell you that he really Loves Animals , he always buys a new pet! He would also love the sesame street game because he has been watching it for a very long time. We would be very happy to win and we can use the Xbox all together including my wife.

  190. I think they would enjoy them because they look fun. Playing xbox together as a family would be fun too!

  191. My husband and I share 7 children ranging in age from 4 to 17. Its hard for us to do things all together as a family. Even going to see a movie would cost too much and we can’t afford it. Plus its hard to squeeze us all into one vehicle! Lol. It would have to be a clown car to get the 9 of us crammed in it! We would love something like this that allows us to have family time without breaking the bank! The Xbox 360 has such a wide variety of games that we could all enjoy… from our little princess to our oldest teenager. And family night would be something we could all look forward to!

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  194. I know my kids would love the interaction. We would use this for family game night. Thanks for the awesome giveaway 🙂

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  196. We love interactive games and Sesame Street is the best for anything

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  206. My son would love the Sesame Street game, he is just now getting into video games and he loves Elmo.

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  207. nat geo tv

    Our family does not own any type of gaming system because I am a single mom and on SSI so this would not only be the BEST present ever. I might win some mom points with my oldest. but any family would be blessed to own this. Thank you so much for the chance.

  208. My son would like the Sesame Street disc–love to see hi figure those characte

  214. With the Kinect, it makes playing games as a family much easier. Following Xbox on Twitter
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  215. These games look to be a fun way of learning while playing. The titles sound like lots of fun for toddlers

  219. They would love that there is no controllers and we would definitely use this as a family!

  222. I think the National Geographic NatGeo TV is a fun way to get the family interactive. We would use the Xbox to have fun family and social nights.

  223. They would love the dance games and zumba. We could play the dance games together as a family.

  225. T he Nat Geo and we have family game nights and this is something everyone can play.

  230. I think they will love moving along with their favorite characters (and I’ll be happy that they are being active even playing video games)!

  233. I have 2 little ones that love sesame street and would love playing with elmo. They all love animals and would enjoy learning about them and the whole family would love playing games together

  238. My children would love that they can interact with the game. They love animals so I’m sure they would love the National Geographic game

  241. Can’t wait to be the animals on the National Geographic one with my kids 🙂 Please let it be me!!!

  246. They would love Nat Geo. I think we would all love to learn about the animals.

  264. My kids just love games! But the national geographic would be fun for them. They are very fond of lions, tigers, and bears!

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  267. My kids would love to use the Nat Geo game to learn new things about animals – they love animals a lot
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  277. think they would love the kinect to get exercise
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  284. The kids would love playing together on xbox, and as a family the Kinect would be a blast!

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  301. They would really like both. They especially will like National Geographic. They love their programs.

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  303. My younger kids like anything elmo or sesame street while my other girls would just love the animals in the national geographic one

  308. We use our xbox all the time and would like to play the Sesame Street game

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  318. My kids would love the sesame street kinect game! I would love to get my kids more active about their video games. My kids and myself love to dance and I know a lot of dance games are available! Thanks for an awesome gievaway! Good luck everyone!

  322. The kids would love the Natgeo game! We would play together and get some excercise

  324. my kids would most enjoy sesame street, they are in love with elmo, the characters and even the actors that play on the show!

  329. They would like that they can interact with the game. The whole family would be able to enjoy this together.

  330. They will like being able to interact with the TV instead of just using a remote.

  334. My 15month old daughter loves Elmo. We don’t let her watch much TV, but when she’s teething, Elmo and/or Mommy are the only things that keep her happy. Getting to interact with Elmo would be awesome. Plus she’s really into mimicry and if she can do something to follow on the TV and the characters will respond… I think I have to buy this if I don’t win it!

  340. these are just the kind of games my little girl loves to play,plus there fun and educational,so i like that!!!

  345. My niece would love the Sesame Street TV because she’s NUTS about Elmo!

  347. I would use the Xbox to get fit and stay that way through the Holidays. I do A LOT of baking. 🙂

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  353. i like the movement with the kinect – so much better than sitting on your butt with a controller

  359. my daughter would enjoy natgeo the most. We would use the xbox as a family for family nights instead of just watching a movie etc

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  362. I think our kiddos would like having something new to do during the rainy winter here.

  364. My granddaughters would love Seseme Street. My Husband would love NatGeo

  370. I have been looking into the xbox kinect for the family and especially our special needs son so we can all interact and this seems like a perfect package for a family like mine, Thanks for offering such a thing!

  374. My son would love the Sesame Street game and I think it would be fun to get a game like Disneyland to play as a family on the Kinect. I’d also use it for exercise!

  394. Interactive games are always good! And even better if they’re educational!

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  396. I think that any system where the children are not just blindly staring at the screen is a good thing. The family would enjoy being active together in interactive games.

  398. My boys would LOVE the Nat Geo game…especially the 6 yr old, anything animals is right up his alley!

  413. i think my nephews would love all of these. they are super active and love video games.

  416. I think these learning games would be benificial to the kids….. participating as a family is important for kids as well as your family. Together time is always treasured!

  428. I think the kinder would love the National Geographic NatGeoTV game. We’d use it as entertainment and exercise on family night.

  429. My children would love being able to physically play a video game with their favorite characters. We would love playing this as a family.

  432. We would definitely use this as a family and I think my daughter would love the Sesame Street Game.

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  445. My kiddos will enjoy the counting, music and just about all of it. Having fun together with the games will bring us closer as a family.

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  460. I think my daughter would love the ability to interact with her favorite Sesame Street characters and it would be a great opportunity for both myself and husband to spend time learning and playing with her on this game.
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  465. My kids would enjoy the Sesame Street characters and we would use the Kinect to play as a family

  471. My 8 year old daughter is obsessed with animals. We would enjoy learning with the Nat Geo interactive program. She is always asking me questions about animals I can’t answer! We can learn together!

  472. I know my daughter would love this. She played it over a friends house and has not stopped asking for one I keep telling her ask santa. Hopefully Santa can afford it.

  480. i think my son would like both games.
    we do not have an xbox, we use it at a friend’s house

  485. My niece and nephew would enjoy the Sesame street bc they love watching it!

  490. My two year old is a Sesame Street nut so he would love that game when he’s a little older. I would also get some games for my almost 13 year old to enjoy

  499. This would be perfect for the cold weather and/or rainy weather! My oldest has been begging for a video game and this would be amazing because we would still be active!

  519. My grandson would love these games, he loves Sesame street and he is a gamer already, We would use the XBox to play the games with my grandson, getting a lot of games that he can learn from.

  520. I know my two little nephews would enjoy pretending to be animals, and as always happens, the rest of the family would son be joining in. Sesame Street is also a favorite in our house so both of these games would be big hits. Thank you for the chance to win. Happy holidays.

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  529. I like that the kids really feel like they are in Elmo’s World! thanks!

  542. We would use this as a family. I think the expedition grizzle and bubblefest would be instant hits. I think they would love the colors and interaction of the games.

  544. My niece and nephew would love to interact with these games. It is a way for the younger kids to interact with their older brother as well.

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  577. It would be great for both of my kids because my daughter could control it while my 2 year old watches her & what she does

  590. My kiddos would love this! My youngest is ALL about Elmo and I know that they would like the Kinect aspect of being IN the game. My whole family would have a great time with this and it would definatly put a new spin on family game night.

  591. A friend of mine is really struggling this Christmas. This would be such an awesome present!

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  597. my kids would love this type of thing unfortanatly i cant afford things like this money too tight
    my kids woulld be very excited to win this video game system

  608. They would like the Nat Geo one because it’s about nature and animals. We went to South Africa on safari a few years ago so it’s fun to share that with our grandchildren and discuss the animals in the wild if we can with them focused on video games

  615. My son who has down syndrome and autism would use this to help fine motor & gross motor skills along with mimicking movements. This is so awesome and thank you for the opportunity to win this and kudos for xbox for partnering with you to provide a great giveaway!

  623. My child will love Nat Geo TV. He loves nature and animals and tune in to NatGeo once in a while. We’ll be spending quality time together with this game.

  628. My kids would LOVE the Nat Geo game. We’d have loads of fun exploring digitally as a family!

  629. It would just give my family something to do, for everyone, step mom could use internet explorer and facebook, little brother and I can play video games, and my lil sister and baby brother would love the kinect.

  638. I think my girls will go nuts over Elmo. They are both big fans.

  656. My kids love everything associated with “nature” and natural geographics! We have magazines coming out of ears! To be honest, the Wii is getting boring for us as a family and we’re ready to move on to something bigger and better!!

  668. My son loves Elmo and my husband loves gaming in general. This would be great for my family!

  674. I would love to win this. There’s no modern gaming console at home and this would would really make people happy at home. The National geographic Game would be enjoyed greatly by the kids and enhance their creativity.

  679. My kids would enjoy the interaction between them and the characters ………and we would enjoy this as family time together especailly the sports game ….it makes for good competition games.

  688. I tweeted, liked, joined , subscribed, commented…would love to win this for my son..ty for the chance!

  694. The little tikes would like the colors and through-put game play. As a family, it would be fun to simply play the games together!

  696. My daughter simply adores Elmo!! Our family would use the Xbox to incorporate a new way of learning into our everyday – mix it up!

  702. the games look fun and my son would love the nat geo game..we would play after dinner when homework and dishes were done 🙂

  711. I think we would all love the National Geographic NatGeo TV and we’d love to try the Kinect feature

  719. My son would love the NatGeo game. He loves animals and zoos, and I think he’d love this game! We could play it together as a family.

  724. We would use our xbox kinect to get up and move around and shed a couple pounds all while having fun. My youngest daughter would love th elmo

  730. My daughter LOVES Elmo and would love interacting with him on the XBOX.

  735. My son would love these games because he loves Sesame Street and especially Elmo. Our whole family will love the national geographic game. We would use the Xbox to help our son who has down syndrome and is also autistic to learn cause & effect with the Kinect. We have heard some great things using xbox kinect. Thank you for this opportunity to win such a great gift package!

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  749. My son loves sesame street and would love to be able to actually interact with the game on tv. We would use the xbox as a family by taking turns playing the games and playing together as a team. My family loves to play together and we have tons of fun doing that.

  754. My daughter would love the one with Elmo, she loves him! I think it would be fun to get all the family together for it.

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