Activision Games for Girls Summit

I had the privilege to attend the Activision Games for Girls summit at the W Hotel in Dallas.

As a tech blogger, mom to 3 kids and a wife to a husband who are all game players – this was right up my alley.

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The panel included Suzanne Kantra from Techilicious, Nicole Armstrong from Activision and Holly Homer from She is Dallas and June Cleaver Nirvana.

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Suzanne shared the latest from various studies on game play amongst children

Did You Know?

• Over 90 percent of kids ages 2-17 (population of approximately 64 million) are gaming in the U.S., an increase of 9 points when compared to 2009. https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/pressreleases/pr_111011
  
• Children who strongly agreed their parents had rules about television viewing time were less likely to exceed recommended screen time limits.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21402267
  
• Girls who play video games with a parent enjoyed a number of advantages.  Brigham Young University’s School of Family Life study (Feb 2011)

Nicole introduced us to 6 of Activision’s games that just released:

• Lalaloopsy
• Zoobles
• Wappy Dog
• ZhuZhu Babies
• Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo
• Squinkies 2: Adventure Mall Surprize!

I couldn’t get enough of Wappy Dog. It’s a physical toy dog that interacts with the DS game.

Thanks Activision for a fabulous afternoon and swag bag!