Oct 25 2008
Improve Math Skills with Math Play for the Nintendo DS
Math play is somewhat of a Brain Age type game. It can be useful for junior high kids to practice their math skills or be used by older kids and adults to keep their brain sharp. It is, however, not for everyone and not exactly exciting enough to be an educational tool that kids will just want to play just because. If you like Brain Age, though, then I think you will like this game too. I personally like math games, so I am biased towards liking this, although I will admit the game depth is pretty minimal, but so is Brain Age’s.
The Math Play has only 4 different games to play. One is Equal Drill in which you must arrange number and math sign tiles to make a proper equation. One is Equal Shuffle, which works a little bit like Dominos with you make equations match up. One is Equal Match, which is basically the game of Uno. The final game is Equal Nine, which is a little bit like playing 21, except you try to stay under 9 with your equation.
Overall I enjoyed playing this game, but it really gets boring after about half an hour and is very repetitive in that there are only 4 activities. Yet, I still regard it as a good educational tool and enjoyable to play every once and a while.
