There's that old saying, "you can't please all of the people all of the time". Well, that statement's true for everyone except Steven Spielberg. Time after time, the legendary director has delivered blockbusters with undeniable cross appeal. The eyes of adults were as wide as their children's when Eliot's bike flew past the moon in "E.T.", and grandparents gasped right along with the kids as Indiana Jones nearly got run over by a giant boulder in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Now, the legendary director is applying his skills to a different medium.

     Just last week, the EA Casual Entertainment Label released "Boom Blox"", a new game designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii. "Boom Blox" is the first game produced by Spielberg, and also the first of three he's agreed to create for Electronic Arts (EA). Perhaps what's most notable about "Boom Blox" is how un-cinematic the game is. Unlike "Grand Theft Auto IV", which features developed characters, a story line better than most Hollywood films and a soundtrack filled with notable tunes, "Boom Blox" seems more like, well, a video game. It's a puzzle game - more in the vein of "Tetris" than "Halo" - and its characters are cartoons. But what really differentiates Spielberg's game from a lot of the other games out there is that it's designed for parents and kids to play together. And that aspect came directly from Mr. Spielberg.