You know how your children act when they are overstimulated? Well, here's an app that pretty much guarantees that behavior.
The Cartoon Network has introduced what it claims is a first â€" an app that lets children watch Cartoon Network shows on the top half of an iPad screen while playing a video game on the bottom half.
Called Cartoon Network 2.0, the app offers clips from all of the Cartoon Network shows in its TV half, including the most popular shows like “Adventure Time,†“Ben 10″ and “The Regular Show.†Cable and satellite subscribers who get the Cartoon Network through those services can also stream shows from the network live.
The lower half of the screen is taken up by ga mes based on Cartoon Network shows, initially starting with about five of the 250 online games the network has developed, such as Karate Wieners, in which players swipe the pad to make a cartoon hand karate-chop flying objects in half.
The app can switch from split screen to single by rotating the iPad left or right, which will show only the TV show or only the game full-screen.
With this in hand, no child, no matter how short his or her attention span, is going to whine, “I'm bored!â€
I have to imaging all this sound, motion and activity will get them pretty wound up, however. So if you are mad at your baby sitter, give the kids a handful of Gummi Bears, a liter of soda and this iPad app before you go out. Revenge is a dish best served sugary.
