Upstart Magazine

The Kiwi kids' mag with EVERYTHING! 1 to win! Win your own Xbox360 uDraw GameTablet™ Yeah, that's right! And it's easy as to enter! All you have to do is send in a contribution to the magazine! Your contribution can be anything, e.g. a letter, artwork, poem, jokes, What I'm Reading, My Sports Achievement, My Achievement, Rant or a Rave, Gamerz review etc. See the 'Contribute and Win' section on pages 12-13 for full details. All contributors will go into the prize draw. Or enter at the Upstart Friendship Club, www.upstartmag.co.nz. Entries close 31 March 2012. REVIEWS official game reviewer SEBASTIAN ROWSE, 11, Somerville Intermediate School, Auckland PLATFORMS: Xbox360, PS3, Nintendo Wii uDraw Pictionary: The Ultimate Edition RATED: G I have never played Pictionary (the board game) before, so I found this experience rather confusing, especially as it was also my first time with the new uDraw tablet controller. I'm pretty sure the game play in uDraw Pictionary is the same as in the Pictionary board game (except the Xbox version has a cool Pictionary man leaping about the board). You are given a category to draw an object, person, place etc from and then your team mates have to guess what it is that you are drawing within the time limit. The scoring certainly demands an element of honesty as the game requires everyone to look away before asking if they guessed correctly. 62 February / March 2012 ch 2012 You use the stylus to draw the pictures that your team mates must guess. Although the It would be a great game for a party or a family games night. cover says it is a single player game, I can't figure out how that would work as one person needs to draw while another team member guesses what you have drawn. I suggest a minimum of four players would be best – two teams of two, but you could have as many players per team as you like. It would be a great game for a party or a family games night. 6 /10 which is generous considering I prefer games with solid storylines. Why did the skeleton go to the doctor? To get some spare ribs – LACHLAN DOUGLAS, 12, Ponsonby Intermediate School, Auckland Sebastian's three favourite games: 1. 2. 3. (PS3) (PS2) (PS3) bundled with the ! Jak and Daxter 3 Ghostbusters LittleBIGPlanet 2 Studio Instant Artist Upstart' s

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