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CRASHBOX, part of HBO Family's after-school lineup, is an animated interactive series that provides brain food for grade-schoolers by engaging them in fun, fast-paced games. Each challenge tests viewers' skills or knowledge in areas such as math, history, grammar, culture, and more. Presented by eccentric characters that are brought to life through stop-motion animation, the games take place against a curious backdrop of robots and mechanical arms that perform various tasks.
Each time a new game begins, a robotic arm inserts a different computer chip into a square slot - kind of like the brain switching gears to go from one subject to the next. The games - of which there are 14 different types - include 'Skeleton Crew, ' in which Captain Bones from a pirate ghost ship helps children 'bone up ' on their math skills; 'Poop or Scoop, ' in which viewers are challenged to separate animal-related fact and fiction; and 'Dirty Pictures, ' in which a maid dusts off a portrait bit by bit while another character gives clues about the famous historical figure hidden underneath. At the end of each episode, a brief review session reminds viewers of what they learned. A truly educational show, Crashbox is a parent's dream: The time your child spends playing these brain-tickling games is anything but wasted. Despite two minor quibbles - the characters' speech is sometimes hard to understand, and the complete lack of live humans as 'teachers' feels a bit odd for some reason - the lively characters are quite funny and entertaining and make learning a pleasure.
It's even likely that adults watching the show with their children will learn a thing or two (or more) and be amused by the whimsical presentation of the games. Crashbox's unique cyber-backdrop keeps it current, a nice counterbalance to what some may consider a rather dated and eccentric animation style.
This is a Top 10 education games from the hit HBO's Education Show, Crashbox. Rules are included. Mug Shot Game Host: Verity Pins Rules: Verity Pins, a New Yorkish detective, gets four suspects pinned down for lying and allows the viewers to spot which three are guilty by listening to their lies.
The suspect who says something truthful and trivial is innocent. Distraction New Game Host: Dora Smarty Rules: In this recurring game of staying focused, Dora Smarmy, the cardboard cutout anchorperson, tells the news of a particular topic while nonsensical distractions run amok onscreen. After talking about the topic, she asks the viewers five questions about the topic. Captain Bones Game Host: Captain Bones Rules: The skeleton pirate, Captain Bones, uses his bones to make puzzles to save him 'from going stark ravin' mad.'
Many puzzles consist of incorrect math problems that need to be solved (e.g. 1 + 1 = 3 changes to 1 + 1 = 2 by moving one bone on the 3) or puzzles that need to be arranged to make another image (e.g. 5 squares need to be changed to 4 squares). Riddle Snake Game Host: The Riddle Snake Rules: After the Riddle-Snake plays a tune which brings up a riddle, viewers are given time to figure out the riddle before a man who never opens his eyes appears and gives the answer.
When seen, usually it is the last game they play before the episode ends. Dirty 'ictures'! XD I mean, Dirty Pictures Game Host: Musuem cleaner, and the Janitor Rules: Similar to Haunted House Party, the viewer must figure out who the most well-known person is by watching parts of a picture in a museum dusted off by a maid and reading the museum keeper's cue cards. Radio Scamble Game Host: Jumpin' Johnny 'Jelmub!' I mean, Jumpin' Johnny Jumble Rules: At KBOX, 'Jumpin' Johnny Jumble', an anthropomorphic microphone and radio host, plays tunes to let the viewers figure out what words the jumbled letters really make.
The music will always relate to the unscrambled word (for example, if the original, unscrambled word was 'mouse', the tune might be about how a 'soume' kept squeaking). The beginning and end always show off an example of mixing the word 'jumble' (e.g. In occasions, he disguises himself as another person to broadcast either sports, weather, or traffic. Poop or Scoop Game Host: A sideshow caller, whose arms and cane are only seen Rules: A True or False game. Shows four different animals and a fact that relates to each one.
If one fact is true, viewers would choose 'SCOOP.' If false, they choose 'POOP.' This was the only game in the series that has rankings on how many questions the viewers answered correctly. If the viewers got only one answer right, the rank is 'Party Pooper', if they got two right, the rank is 'Pooper Scooper', if three, the rank is 'Super Pooper Scooper', if all four questions are answered correctly, the rank is 'Super Duper Pooper Scooper'. Sketch Pad Game Host: Sketch On his sketch pad, an artist named Sketch draws pictures that tell a story and omits a picture so the viewers try to figure out what really happened before the final picture of the story is revealed.
The story is usually in the form of a lateral thinking puzzle. Eddie Bull Game Host: Eddie Bull Rules: At the Walla-Walla Washington Zoo, a boy named Eddie Bull (a pun on 'edible'), is swallowed whole by an unseen animal and gives the viewers clues (trivial facts about an animal) to have them figure out what animal swallowed him alive. After he tells the viewer what the animal is, he manages to come out alive in the end, usually due to 'going back the way (he) came'. And # 01 Crashbox game and I mostly like.
Psycho Math Game Host: Prof. Rocket Rules: Prof. Rocket, the robotic host with a crazy persona, lets viewers solve equations by showing pictures that represent a particular number (e.g. Number of letters of the alphabet = 26, Number of days in a week = 7). Three pictures are placed in the first three boxes with a question mark in the fourth box (e.g. # x # - # =?). Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division signs are used randomly.
Order of operations is not taken into consideration And know for a question I can ask you. Do you ever watch Crashbox If you do; 2. Which is your famous Crashbox game? Go to this to know other games. Information about the games' rules are from wikipedia information on Crashbox.