Leo
It was easy to understand the instructions for the Globe. The topic was very interesting.
    The games were a good mix of easy and hard. Finding the continents was easy, but the highest level for finding the countries was really hard. Finding the countries was my favourite game. I liked listening to the music too, and comparing the population of places. (China has approximately 1.4 million times the population of Vatican City.) Comparing country sizes was fun—I found out Russia is bigger than Canada. I also liked that you could play alone or with other people.
    I wouldn’t change anything, except make the pen work better. Sometimes the pen wouldn’t work when you pressed it on the Globe.
    Overall, I would say playing with the Explorer Globe was interesting, educational, and fun all at the same time. I learned a lot about where countries are, and where U.S. states are. The one word I would use to describe the Globe is: gr-r-r-reat! Out of a score of 10, I give it a 9.5, because nothing is perfect.

Vaughn
I thought the Globe was put together well, and understanding how to use it was easy. Some of the activities were quite hard, but it was still fun.
    I really liked listening to the music from around the world. (I recommend listening to the Russian and Afghanistan music.) I learned a lot from the Globe—new music, where certain countries are, and other things. (For example, adults don’t seem to know where Oceania is.) I had a lot of fun using the Globe. My favourite activity, though, was the music that you could play by pressing the pen on a particular country. (I think I already mentioned that a few times.)
    I don’t think I would change anything about the Globe. But, I didn’t like it when sometimes the little pen, when pressed onto the globe, wouldn’t do anything.
My overall impression is that there is a lot to do with the Globe. In just one, sort of, word, I would describe it as “educational-fun”. My score is 10 out of 10!!

(Originally published in the May/June 2003 issue of YES Mag.)