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Brainiversity – Giveaway

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I often feel that my brain is going to mush. I’ve tried reading Tolstoy, playing Sudoku, taking extended adult naps, brushing my teeth with my non-dominant hand and many other remedies for getting my brain in shape and improving my memory.

None of these were as much fun as playing Brainiversity, a new brain fitness game from Brighter Minds Media. Full of fun little brain stimulating activities, it gets you thinking on your feet and then tracks your progress as you complete daily quizzes.

I was excited about my progress as I continued to improve my scores from day to day. The excitement wore off JUST a titch when Laylee got on my computer to play by clicking on things randomly since she can’t read or do math and earned basically the same score as I had worked my way up to.

I’ll just chalk it up to the fact that she’s likely a child of unparalleled and even freakish genius, not that I am a moron who’s brain is in a state of rapid decay. Hopefully even if the latter is true, I’ll be able to reverse the effects by keeping up my daily brain-ercises.

If you’d like to keep your brain agile enough to help your kids with their homework, leave a comment on this post and I’ll enter you to win one of two copies of the PC-compatible version of the game. I’ll draw a winner on Wednesday at 10pm PST.

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  2. jsprik says

    ooooh… ooohhh …pick me… pick me!! lol i have got the worst brain mush the last year. i attribute it to having had a radical hysterectomy sept 2007. i have heard that when you go through menopause, your brain kinda goes on the fritz??? andi didn’t have the luxury (if you caould call it that lol) of going through it slowly, it as kinda all of the sudden. so anyway…..pick me…..pick me! 😉

  5. Shelly! says

    I hope you pick me! I can attest to the reality of Mommy Brain – and would love to be able to finish my sentances! Maybe this game would help me…maybe there is hope for us all!

  6. Kris says

    I don’t have kids, but my brain has decided to go to sleep… At this rate, if I do have kids, I’m not sure if I could remember to drive them to kindergarten!

  7. Amanda says

    Yeah, I don’t know how that brushing your teeth with your non-dominant hand is supposed to work…cause it sure doesn’t work for me. But a fun game might!!

  8. Melissa says

    I think my brain still works, it just forgot to turn on. Or maybe it’s on vacation somewhere distant and possibly foreign. But I know that at one time I was actually smart…ish. Ok, smart enough, and now………….

    So if I win, I’ll gladly use the program to maybe FINALLY start using my brain again by either turning it back on, finding it, or I don’t know, a full scale brain transplant? Is that part of the game?

    p.s. I’m totally brushing my teeth with my non-dominant hand tonight. I wonder if that has any effect on waht kind of dreams I’ll be having…

  11. Ali-kat says

    I suffer from the butt brain. It moves in like a fog and keeps me from remembering basic things like, wiping your mouth with a table cloth was never an acceptable way to do it.

  16. mother of the wild boys says

    I have a Mac…but I have lots of PC-using mom friends! Pick me so I can give it to a friend, and then spend a few hours lounging/improving my brain power at her house!!

  17. a.men says

    I feel the brain mush at times as well. Especially on days when I only speak to people who are 6 and under. My husband walks in and I almost attack him to have an adult conversation with me! Only by the time he gets home he is tired of adult conversation and only wants to talk to the kids… It is a vicious cycle!

  20. brooke says

    If I went into detail about my current job, you’d think I was a junior high school cheerleading locker room attendant. I need a little more brain power in my life!

  25. Becky says

    My job has been so boring lately that I feel like I’m losing brainpower by the minute! This game sounds really neat.
    🙂 Becky

  26. Carrie says

    I view it as a huge accomplishment that I remembered what I was doing between the time I pushed on the “leave comment” button and the time I started typing. Seriously, I’m that forgetful these days. Pick me, pick me!

  32. Lori says

    I just went shoe shopping for my two boys and couldn’t remember the sizes that the clerk had measured within two minutes of the measurements. I think I really need some help!

  33. grammyelin says

    Hi. I am old. Old people need all the help they can get. When was it exactly that I began forgetting the names of everyday things, lik forks? I like to call it overload, which implies that I have a million things going on at once. That sounds so much better than senility.

  34. Elizabeth M. says

    This sounds like exactly what I need to keep my brain engaged and stimulated! Thanks for having such a great giveaway!

  35. Sarah says

    Ive wanted something like this for a long time, but have never been able to justify spending money on it, this would be perfect!

  36. CoconutKate says

    Schweet! My brain is probably as mommy mushy as most of everyone else’s here, but mostly this just sounds fun. Like the brain academy game for the DS…only I don’t have the DS or the brain game, so this game would be great!

  37. Crystal says

    I’ve been reflecting lately on the fact that my brain seems to have leaked out my nose the past few weeks. Nasty, huh? You just better hope germs don’t travel through the Web.

  38. Liz says

    One child and there are days where I’ve felt I’ve lost it… losing keys, losing child, losing sanity, it’s amazing what happens to your brain as you age and I’m only 26!

  40. Jason Hansom says

    I really have a major problem with atrophy of the brain…maybe this is exactly what I need to put some muscle in my memory!!

    I would love so very much a chance to improve my mental reflexes.

    Thanks for your blog….I look forward to reading your adventures.

    Jason

  42. SarahLynne says

    I swore I just entered this a minute ago…please disregard if my name shows up twice. Brains would be good right about now!

  46. Dawn says

    Count me in! With three little ones (and hoping for more) my brain could use all the help it can get! 😉

  59. Kellye Bug says

    As a new mom, I have a ton of mush on the brain… sometimes I wonder how it all fits in here! I too have tried Sudoku and little tricks to strengthen my main muscle, but I am not seeing a lot of progress. I still lose my shoes and wedding ring on a daily basis and just last week, I (well, actually my husband) found my car keys in the freezer… the keypad still isn’t working to unlock/disarm my car.

    Too bad I was late for church on Sunday and when I realized I forgot the baby’s changing pad, I re-entered my car. The alarm went off for a few minutes DURING service and when we entered the church everyone was laughing. Oh well, at least it made for a great laugh! Hope you have a great week!

  61. For a Season says

    As Providence would have it, I apparently skipped the “freakishly genius” gene in my family….the rest are all doctors/proffessionals with 2-3 letter designators behind their names. I could use any help I can get! 🙂
    Bless you,
    Valeri

  64. Azul says

    Oh, I’d love to win one of these! I’d just…

    Wait…

    What were we talking about?

    See, I NEED to excercise my poor ol’ flabby brain!

  66. Lindsey says

    Sounds like fun. I’ve seen programs like this on hand-held game systems, but I think I’d like it much better on my computer since I already spend so much time here.

  68. cbs says

    My brain definitly needs help! See, I think I just misspelled definately. Not sure which is one is right. Both wrong maybe?
    Help!!

  71. nat mac says

    do you ever enter a room and just stand there trying to figure out why you went into that room in the first place? It happens to me often. too often.
    maybe this would help me as I wrangle a teen, tween and toddler

  72. Shaye says

    YAY! I would LOVE to get this software. Just birthed my 3rd baby (they’re all still pre-school age) and am finishing my 2nd masters degree while at home discovering cheerios in my coffee and mushy fruit in my shoes (found a bite of pear just yesterday–unfortunately not before stepped into the shoe).

    My multi-tasking days seem gone–even though I try the spinning plates routine daily, this brain can only thoroughly perform one task at a time these days. Must get Brainiversity!

  76. Carolee says

    I love winning free stuff — not that it’s happened any time recently. But hope springs eternal. Please enter me.