Doctor Who – the longest running science fiction TV series – is back! The newest season, now showing on British and American television, introduces us to a new Doctor, played by Matt Smith, and his new companion. With high production values, innovative CGI, an all-star cast and scripts from the cream of British writers, this new Doctor Who is the ultimate gripping and action-packed adventure.

If you’re in USA, then BBC America is showing each new episode every Saturday. You can also download Doctor Who episodes from Amazon Video on Demand, in both standard and HD resolutions.

1. Pay attention to game ratings. There is an ESRB rating on all Nintendo Wii games. These are rated according to the recommended age groups. For example, a rating of EC means early childhood. Games with this rating are recommended for ages 3 and older. Games rated E are suitable for everyone, and games rated E+10 are for ages 10 and older.

The ratings also let you know which ones are not good for children. Games rated T are suitable for teens and adults only. Games rated A and M are for adults only. When shopping for the family, stick to games with an E or EC rating.

2. Read reviews. Websites with reviews of Nintendo Wii games for kids can be a great source of information. Reviews are often written by parents with first-hand knowledge of the games. What better way to find out about kids Wii games than from another parent?

You’ll have an easy time finding Wii games for families if you follow the tips in this article. Keep it in mind the next time you’re shopping for games. You will find what you’re looking for in a flash.

First up is a new page showcasing some of the best Wii games for kids, while aimed predominantly at the 3 to 6 year old, many of these games will be great fun for older kids and even grown ups. Another, slightly broader list is top Wii games for children, which caters for older age groups as well.

Looking a some more specific types of games, there are the My Sims Games for the Wii and the very popular Wii LEGO Games (new page). The LEGO games are particularly fun for kids to play with a friends, or a parent.

For the older kids, there’s this freshly updated list of Teen Xbox 360 Games. The Xbox 360 is very popular with teenagers, so this page showcases the top rated games that are suitable for teens.

So if you’re looking for the next video game to buy for your kids, these guides will help you find one that is suitable.

• Top 10 Wii Games from 2009 – a list of the top rated games released this year, recently updated to include 2 new ones. I’m going to be very busy next year, as I’ll need to rewrite this for 2010.
• Best Wii RPG Games – featuring the best Role Playing Games for the Wii, yet still being shunned by Google. I submitted it to Digg this week, in the hope that send some more traffic.
• Top Wii Accessories – formerly a Group, this was built with content, products and lenses. This one gets a decent amount of traffic each week, which is nice.

You can preview these themes using the Squidoo Toolbar or the Theme Switcher lens.

Christmas Theme

Winter Holiday Theme

I took one of my older lenses from 2007, titled Nintendo Wii – Top Games, and completely rewrote it from scratch with fresh content. It features 10 top games that have been released this year, using aggregated ratings from Metracritic.com. I used an Amazon Spotlight for each of the games, and used color to bring out the reviews.

One of my newest creations, published at the beginning of October, was Top Wii Games for Children. This lens showcases over 40 games for kids, using mostly the Amazon module, categorised by age. Again, I’ve used colour to highlight the reviews of each of the games.

A more tightly focused niche is MySims Wii Games – there are now 5 different games based on this title, and this lens has a review, a video and customer comments for each of them. As the titles were released, I added them to the lens, so it has been growing with time.

Currently, I’m working on rewriting my Top Wii Games lens, replacing some of the Amazon feeds with static modules. While this means I will have to regularly update this lens myself, search engines will get to see this and will hopefully rank it higher. Still got a lot of work to do on this one.

What have you been doing to get ready for the Christmas shopping season?

If you’re an Amazon Associate, you can put your own affiliate links on Squidoo, and potentially earn more revenue. While the starting commission rate is only 4%, if you can sell just 7 items in a month, you commission will go up to 6%! The more items you can sell, the more revenue you will make.

…and Christmas is just around the corner – now is the time to start building commercial lenses focused on seasonal gifts…

However, you can’t put any of Amazon’s widgets on to a lens, because Squidoo don’t allow you to use any HTML that has <iframe> or <script> tags. Instead you need to use the Amazon Link Generator, which will create static HTML that you can put on your lenses. This links include images, prices and a friendly ‘Buy Now’ button.

This can also be used to put UK links with sterling prices on to a lens – great if your target audience come from Britain.

More information about this tool can be found on the Amazon Links lens, and there is also another tool for dynamic Amazon RSS Feeds.

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In other news: This month also saw the release of a new “Potter Puppet Pals” video: Snape’s Diary, where Harry Potter steals Professor Snape’s secret diary. Visit the lens to see this and all the other hilarous videos.

PS: If you could vote for these lenses in July’s Carnival of Squid, that would be lovely.

• T-Shirt Design Contest
• Top 10 T-Shirt Design Ideas
• T-Shirt Design Questions and Answers
• My top 10 favorite things about screen printing

• 3 new modules, allowing you to add star ratings, bookmarks and ClickBank Ads to your lens.
• The browser toolbar now has easy access to these modules (it will update automatically)
• The Lens Workshop Addon for Firefox has also been updated (if you already have it, install the latest version)
• Squidoo HQ release a new Twitter mashup: TwttrList – see my example collection of space tweets.

Don’t forget to subscribe to the SquidUtils blog and follow me on twitter for the latest toys for Lensmasters.

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The Kindle 2 will be available on February 24th 2009.

Read more about the Amazon Kindle 2 »

> www.squidoo.com/the-best-wii-game

Hosted by Captain Squid, this is an ideal location to meet and interact with other Lensmasters. You don’t need any software, and you don’t need to sign up for anything – just enter your Lensmaster name and dive right in!

What is perhaps different about this group is the focus on content – the main body of the headquarters page is built around an article, with Featured lenses and affiliate products inserted at appropriate points. I hoping that will be considered to be good keyword fodder by the search engines, and bring some traffic to the group and the lenses that are featured.

(Now that the tag pages aren’t indexed, groups are now vitally important for getting relevant links within Squidoo.)

• Amazon - 3 different types, and 4 styles, for US and UK
• eBay - easy to build feeds, and for many countries
• eCrater - a simple pipe that improved the look of their feeds

There will be more affiliate programs added to the list soon, with new tools to generate the feeds for you. If there’s a particular program you’d like to see supported, please let me know.

» www.squidoo.com/Affiliate-RSS-Feeds

» http://www.squidoo.com/Wireless-Nunchuck

A contrast to many lenses I have seen created by new Lensmasters…

• Top 10 IT Jobs and Salaries
• The Effect of Gas Prices on the Tech Job Market
• The Changing Job Market IT Opportunities
• Downsizing – How to position yourself for new or existing IT Jobs
• Building a Resume

I also built some hubs on the same topics for them.

Also, don’t forget that the Thirty Day Challenge starts at the beginning of August – this free course will teach you how to start your own online business, and make your first $10.

Well here is the ultimate list of the 40 games for Wii that were made for Wii.

» Top 40 Games for the Wii

I won’t tell you any more about it here – for more about this mini-epic, visit this lens. Be sure to tell all your friends about it too.

If you’re on any of the following networks, a vote or two would be really appreciated:
- Lensroll : Mixx : ShoutWire : StumbleUpon

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• • Lens Health-Check Tool (read these excellent tips on how to use it)
  • Amazon RSS Feeds (tool updated, and easier to use)
  • Fanclub Widget (show off how many fans you have)
  • Table Generator (the easy way to make tables for your lenses)
  • Squidoo Enhanced (addon for Firefox that improves the Lens Workshop)

For the full details, read » New Tools for Lensmasters.

If you own a Nintendo Wii, then there’s a good chance that you’ll be looking for the best games to buy for it. Here is are just a few of them, compiled by some keen gamers.

Featuring: 40 Best Wii Games, Best of the Best, Best Hardcore Games, Best Family Games and Best Sporting Games.

If you know of a game for the Wii that you think really is the best game ever, then submit it to the list at the bottom.

Also, check out My Top Wii Games - my own reviews of some of my favourite games.

Xbox 360 Accessories and Addons

If you are an Xbox owner and love playing your games then you probably know that customizing your Xbox can be a fun activity. Not only is it fun but also it makes your Xbox stand out more, giving you more satisfaction from the overall look of your games console.

Xbox 360 Mod Chip

As a serious gamer myself, I love to see games before they hit our shores here in North America. But more than that, I am always looking for the hottest and most unique games I can get my hands on.

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games for Teens

When the Xbox 360 was first released there were a large number of individuals who waited for hours in hopes of being able to purchase one. In fact, Xbox 360s are so popular that is likely that you have one inside your home right now.

Top Accessories for Xbox 360

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in one of the worlds leading and best gaming device available in the market today. The quality of the Xbox games is really amazing but it is made even better with the accessories that Xbox has brought in as add ons.

About the Xbox 360 Games Console

Learn about the Xbox 360, and get the most out of the games you play. Each week there will be new articles posted here that will provide tips and advice for gamers.