Language Tutors
Assuming you still want to learn Spanish, you’re in luck. The latest version of Learn to Speak Spanish: The Complete Interactive Course (The Learning Co (more…)
How-To Guides
Interactive Complete Joy of Home Brewing
The rallying cry of zymurgist Charlie Papazian is “Relax. Don’t worry. Have a homebrew.” The Interactive Complete Joy of Home Brewing (MediaRight Technology) offers this wisdom at every possible opportunity, even when there’s no obvious cause for alarm – the most benign discussion of hops is followed by the heartfelt advice, “Relax (more…)
Kid’s Education
The Interactive Alphabet (Corel CD Home – ages 2-5) offers a nice, if simple, multimedia spin on a classic ABC storybook. Each letter features a scenario that uses a heaping handful of words – usually 15 or 20 – beginning with the letter to tell a short, alliterative story (more…)
Sports
Real Line: An Interactive Learning Cube (L3 Interactive) wants to teach you the basics of in-line skating. Access the material using the patented “cube,” which is divided into beginner, intermediate, and professional levels; each level has three parts, and each part teaches three things like technique, safety, or maintenance (more…)
Kid’s Education
Beginning readers get forty short, simple books in Reader Rabbit’s Interactive Reading Journey (The Learning Co. – ages 4-7). Your job is to help Sam the Lion find his kingdom by following the reading road (this scenario may ring a bell with parents; think Oz) (more…)
Sports
For those who want their football to be soccer, World Cup Interactive (Softbit Inc.) delivers a no-frills reference work. There is information on every game of every World Cup, plus every major player with his stats, plus the history of soccer in every country where it’s played (more…)
Religion
The Interactive Bible Study Guide (Cinerom, Inc.) suffers from a split personality. The majority of this CD-ROM presents biblical history as the absolute truth, questioning nothing (more…)
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