Captain Cook's Cello

Advantages: Lots of history
Disadvantages: Admission charges

...Whitby in north east England is today a bustling little town that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Many come here because of its quaint narrow streets and it's old-worldly charms, others to see its old traditional working harbour. There is no denying that Whitby is a town that is steeped in a rich history and at the centre of this history is the story of Captain James Cook. Reference to this local hero, who sailed from here on his epic voyages of discovery to the New World, are everywhere that you look. In fact the residents of this town are so proud of their connections that they have dedicated an entire museum to him, which is known as the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. This museum is located on one of these narrow streets that so typify the old part of the town. The building itself that houses this museum... Read review

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...I've never been a good cook but after my friend let me have a go on her Cooking Mama game I had to buy it for myself! Basically, you have to make a dish and at the end you get a grade from cooking mama, depending on how well you make the dish. The grades are Gold, Silver & Bronze with Gold being the best, Bronze the Worst. Cooking Mama is similar to games such as Wario Ware because of the fact you will be given a short amount of time to complete simple actions which can be anything in Cooking Mama such as slicing, mixing, pressing food , grating & even pouring! All these actions are done with the Stylus by swiping, tapping, or scribbling on the DS screen. When finishing the action, if you finish it perfectly, Cooking Mama will tell you, you are Very Good with a small gold badge underneath it , If you did okay she'll tell you, you did... Read review

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Advantages: very user friendly and informative
Disadvantages: repetitive

...Cooking Mama on the Nintendo DS. Now being a profession Chef i was worried to start with about what this game would actually teach about cooking, as with many other games i have played myself which are centered around cooking they have no actuall basis on cooking, but this game was different i found it a joy to play with my younger sister and found she was intrested in cooking many of the different dish's which were featured in the actual game. it is very user friendly which allows users of all ages to play easily. the game is slightly repetitive which causes users to lose intrest in certian aspects of the game. but overall i found this game a joy to play and a very good buy.... Read review

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