The Xbox 360 and Kinect motion controller sold a ridiculous amount of units last week.  If you're a new Kinect owner, and still have some holiday shopping to do for the kids, you may want to check out Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster.  This new video focuses on the family aspect of the game.  We really liked the title ourselves, giving it a  4.5 out of 5 in our Co-Op Review.  If you want to get your youngsters into gaming, but still want them active, this is a pretty cool option.

Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster is getting some out-of-this-world DLC.  The Unidentified Furry Objects  pack will be out on the Xbox LIVE marketplace tomorrow.  Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo, and the gang spot a light in the night sky and are soon visited by new furry friends.  You can check them out in the attached gallery.  Expect more of the great local co-op gameplay that earned the kid-friendly title a 4.5 out of 5 in our Co-Op Review.

As mentioned in our List of Black Friday Co-op Deals, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure will be on sale at Kmart and Hastings for $49.99 this Friday. But the crowds will be thick on that Blackest of Fridays, and maybe you don’t have one of these stores nearby anyway. Thankfully Amazon has come to the rescue, offering Skylanders at the same price all week long. But that's not all...

Are you a parent?  Have you checked out Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster for the Xbox 360 Kinect?  You haven't?  Why don't you love your kids?  What did they ever do to you?  Okay, I know they feed on all of your hopes a dreams, and they have absolutely crushed any will you may have had to improve yourself through diet and exercise, but this is a really cute game.  So cute, we gave it a 4.5 out of 5 in our Co-Op Review.  Check out some of the concept art in the attached gallery.  Kids love this stuff!  As an added bonus, if you play this game with your kids, you'll get a little workout yourself.  If you're as big a fan of bacon as I am, it will be outright rigorous!

It's amazing what a little time can do to your perspective of things. When I founded Co-Optimus a game like Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster wouldn’t have even been on my radar - I was a man that cared more about the next Halo then I did about the next casual or kids title. But now as the father of a two and a half year old girl, Once Upon a Monster instantly appealed to me as a way to entertain her and enjoy something with her, without having to watch another episode of The Fresh Beat Band.

I know what you're thinking; "Oh great, another kids game for the Kinect."  And you'd be right!  But what separates Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster from other Kinect titles?  Tim. Schafer.  His Double Fine Productions have recently created a slew of successful downloadable games over the past year.  This latest venture includes an iconic licensed franchise and kid-friendly motion controls.  It should be awesome.  I'm going to try the demo right now!

October is here and it is on!  It's game time!.  We have a healthy stable of new releases this week.  There's a zombie game redux, a high flying sequel, a variety of downloadable titles, and there's even something for the kids.  Is it just me, or do Frank West's hands look weird?  He's got some monkey fingers.

A demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, the kid oriented Kinect game set in the Sesame Street universe and created by Double Fine Studios.  

Tim Schafer has got a game to pitch.  You may have heard of this game before.  It's got zombies, and it's going to be awesome!  Oh noes!  Not zombies!  They've been done to death! GET IT??? Cookie Monster is having none of it.  Check out this cutesy video during your down time from the nigh criminally violent video games you've been playing all week.  

It's been awhile since we've reported on the upcoming Double Fine Kinect game, Once Upon A Monster. With its October release fast approaching, the studio has released a trailer for the game, co-starring Tim Schafer and Cookie Monster. While the trailer is short on information about the actual game (and never actually answers the question of whether an Xbox 360 can play a chocolate chip cookie), it serves as a reminder that Double Fine will certainly be applying their classic humor to this young kids game.