TurboNick (http://www.nick.com/turbonick/)

common sense media says

Nick TV episodes and games; hard-to-use interface.


parents & educators say

What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this site's interface is a little hard to use. It's not always clear what needs to be clicked in order to select a game or video. Ads appear before and after the selected videos. Kids can watch whole episodes of Nickelodeon shows on the site, so if you don't want kids to watch Mr. Meaty or another show, you may want to keep an eye on them while they surf around.

Educational value: Thoughtful planning and creativity are required for the mash-up games.
Positive messages: Not applicable.
Violence: Not applicable.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: Arcade games, movie ads.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.

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Talk to your kids
Families can talk about how to plan their mash-up movies in the games section. This fun activity is less of a game and more of an interactive, creative movie-making session for families. How do you choose a theme for your mash-up movie? What elements do you like to include in your movies?

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 
The site's user interface is designed for low reading skills. Kids click on pictures rather than words. Unfortunately, the interface is a little hard to use. It's not always clear what needs to be clicked in order to select a game or video. Select a "channel" on the left; more choices will pop up on the right of the channel area. If you want to play a video, look for the "play" arrow inside that video's window. The Games section has a different set of controls on the top right. A more consistent user interface would be a welcome addition.

This review was written by Jean Armour Polly
 
 

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kel78
teen, 18 years old
 
The problem with nick*/
I think it is sad that people can't go to a website and get a good service. nick*/ is the sad represent of this. First, when you go on the screen is never full. It always has big huge gaps where no info about it!! Then you can never get to where you want to go, because it never fully downloads!!! How wrong it is that all the technology that has made the world brighter, one website can make it look bad.

Dante
teen, 17 years old
 
Fun site

so watever
teen, 14 years old
 
great for kids
a great site where your kids ( if they are 5-13 years of age) can chill, relax and watch there favorite nick shows.

rank13
kid, 12 years old
 
turbonick
It won't work because I have windows media player version 10 but turbo nick is for an other version make it avalible for windows media player 10 thank you

linsey-woolsey
parent of 10 and 12 year old
 
A Waste of Time!
Unless you think your children are suffering from a lack of mindless Nickalodeon shows, I don't see the point of this site. The site might as well be a Sponge Bob site with a few extra shows thrown in, and the only creative aspect is a Nick version of Youtube.

N
teen, 17 years old
 
Turbonick
Torbonick would be perfectly fine if it could load the videos faster. I don't know why it is doing this but I know that it is not my computer. The videos can hardly be watched. They load the wrong way so you have to come back to your computer in two hour to watch the video and it still has so many problems with how fast it loads. I have tried it several times because it is a convienient way to view the videos and it is free. I guess I will have to wait for these shows to come on tv because it is almost impossible to even look at the viedo without it skipping the good parts or it plays the sound for the add when it is playing everything in the video. It would be a good site without this but thus problem effects everything on the site which means it is very very very very very very hard to use!!!

coolkat
kid, 13 years old
 
they did copy you tube but sucedd
i like it make play list

catgirl1719
teen, 14 years old
 
Sometimes inapropriate
Some things are inapropriate. Like the naked brothers band eppisode named puberty. That title is inapropriate, and so is the content.

mattie
adult
 
Avatar the Last Airbender is great
Avatar the Last Airbender is a very educational show showing differents types of cultures involved in it. This show should deffinetely stay on air for as long as possible. I think it's ok for children to express their imagination; well done Nickelodeon!

Ryanmahoney72
teen, 16 years old
 
I hated it

 
Again...
Another nick site that gives your child false information about the world around you and under no circumstances should they be given access to the site.

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