This Story Posted:
March 24th

 
 

[1:36 PM]
Nickelodean Teams Up For Mac Educational Title
Nickelodeon has teamed up with Humongous Entertainment to bring a new Blue's 123 educational title to the Mac based on the hit TV kid's show Blues Clues. The new title is called Blue's 123 Time Activities and is designed to help kids improve their math and reasoning skills. According to the two companies:

Blue's 123 Time Activities, based on the most watched preschool show on TV, Blue's Clues(tm), builds on the success of both Blue's ABC Time Activities(tm) and Blue's Birthday Adventure(tm), the first two Blue's Clues CD-ROM titles. According to PC Data, the market intelligence firm that is the computer industry's primary source for software sales information, Blue's ABC Time Activities and Blue's Birthday Adventure were the No. 1 and No. 4 selling educational CD-ROM titles of 1998, respectively. Blue's 123 Time Activities is slated to arrive at retail stores nationwide in June 1999.

Blue's 123 Time Activities, the newest offering from Humongous Entertainment and Nickelodeon, brings Blue's Clues' unique and playful learning approach to the world of numbers and allows preschoolers to practice pre-math and problem-solving skills with Blue and her friends at the Backyard Fair. Multilevel activities help kids develop logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, practice simple math and explore numerical estimation and prediction. Kids can strengthen early math skills as they collect Blue Dollars to help Blue win one of many big prizes at the Prize Tent.

The new title will be priced at US$19.99 and is expected to be available in June of 1999.

The Mac Observer Spin: Humongous Entertainment is owned by GT Interactive who seem to have been increasing their support for the Mac in recent months. Of course this is an educational title which is practically a sure thing, but another Mac title of any sort is always a great thing, especially one with a successful TV name brand attached to it.

Nickelodeon - GT Interactive