Today I posted my review of the Kanji calligraphy training game for Nintendo DS:
http://www.nihongoperapera.com/reviews/kanji-calligraphy-training-ninten...
I really enjoy this one, and since it's focused on writing the kanji well, rather than writing them from memory, perhaps it's a lot easier for beginners to get started with than some of the other kanji games.
Of course, I'm preparing for 1kyuu, and it's a great help to me as well.
Also, Skype is offering some terrific phone rates between the US and Japan, so I added some information about that in the forum as well.
Enjoy!