Welcome to GamerDad: Gaming with Children. My name is Andrew S. Bub - the GamerDad - and I've been writing about videogames, movies, and children for over 15 years now. After working as a magazine journalist, I switched gears to write about how media violence affects children, educating parents about them, and working closely with magazines, newspapers, major retailers and even politicians. GamerDad is an internationally recognized expert in this field. Games, movies and media are fun, kids and families love them, they aren't going away. So join me in cutting through the hype and lets have a real conversation about the things that matter: Video Games, Violent Media, and their supposed effect on children and families.
Welcome to GamerDad: Gaming with Children. My name is Andrew S. Bub - the GamerDad - and I've been writing about videogames, movies, and children for over 15 years now. After working as a magazine journalist, I switched gears to write about how media violence affects children, educating parents about them, and working closely with magazines, newspapers, major retailers and even politicians. GamerDad is an internationally recognized expert in this field. Games, movies and media are fun, kids and families love them, they aren't going away. So join me in cutting through the hype and lets have a real conversation about the things that matter: Video Games, Violent Media, and their supposed effect on children and families.
Stuff It! (Switch)
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Posted on July 30th, 2025 by
Man these games where you fit things inside a box must be pretty popular, or easy to make. Because in the past year, I’ve reviewed these types of games where you fit cats into boxes, zoo animals on a pool float, dogs on a bed, lunch in a bento box, and pastries in a breadbasket. Now we’ve got one a bit more mundane as you fit kitchen utensils into plastic drawer organizers. Hey at least there are 3D graphics in this one, called Stuff It! for Switch.
Flora and Fang: Guardians of the Vampire Garden (Switch, PC)
Posted on July 28th, 2025 by
When game makers want to imitate a classic from the arcade, they’ll usually go with something popular and familiar, like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Tetris, etc. But I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a game try and imitate Donkey Kong 3. Probably because that game wasn’t as popular, since it was more of a shooter than a platformer. It was also the one and only appearance of Stanley the Bugman. But here comes Flora and Fang, which is very much like Donkey Kong 3. Dracula has to go away on a trip, and leaves two young vampire siblings Flora and Fang in charge of protecting his pumpkin patches from bugs. Flora and Fang: Guardians of the Vampire Garden is available on Switch and PC but reviewed on Switch here.
New Alarms for Alarmo!
Posted on July 25th, 2025 by
Last year I wrote about Nintendo’s alarm clock, the Alarmo. Well since then they’ve added a few new alarms you can download, so I thought I’d write about them here.
Tiny Pixels vol. 2: Stormy Knights (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on July 23rd, 2025 by
The Tiny Pixels series seems to feature simple graphics and gameplay, and I’ve already reviewed the first one, a vertically scrolling shooter. The second one is a beat ‘em up where you play as a knight out to save princesses from goblins and such, and you fight one enemy at a time until you reach a boss, and when your game is over you can use the coins you’ve earned to upgrade your skills Stormy Knights is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
100 in 1 Games Collection (Switch)
Posted on July 21st, 2025 by
Play 100 different mini-games on your Switch with 100 in 1 Games Collection. You can only play Story Mode where you challenge each game one at a time. Depending on how well you score, you can earn up to three stars in each game. You must get at least one star to progress to the next game. Each group of games is categorized on certain islands, but they don’t really have much rhyme or reason. In order to unlock the next set of mini games on an island, you must have a certain number of stars collected.
Tears of the Kingdom amiibo
Posted on July 18th, 2025 by
Alongside the release of the Switch 2, Nintendo made some more amiibo figures based on the Champion successor characters from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I got them all so let’s take a look at them.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yo-Yo (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on July 16th, 2025 by
The 16-bit Super Nintendo is my favorite home game console, but my favorite handheld is the Game Boy Advance (it was pretty much a souped up SNES, so that’s why). So I was pleasantly surprised to find that this game tries to imitate that GBA style. When you first turn on the game, it even shows a mock GBA handheld system with a cartridge entering it! Anyway. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yo-Yo is a top down viewed action adventure game. You play as Pippit, a bat who lives in the big city and is the nephew of the biggest mafia leader in town. But Pippit has no interest in that. He just wants to enter yo-yo competitions. But one night on the way home, Pippit finds his aunt, the leader of the Pipistrello mafia family, trapped by four other mafia bosses. Turns out they want revenge for her running the city’s power unfairly, so they try to trap her soul into four batteries using a machine. Luckily Pippit appears in time and tosses his yo-yo into the soul stealing beam. Now his aunt is trapped inside the yo-yo and they must work together to get the batteries back. This game is a lot like a 2D Zelda title, except the overworld is the city streets, and the dungeons are sewers, shopping malls, construction sites, and soccer stadiums! And because of the emphasis on top down platforming and yo-yo mechanics, this game also makes me think of Startropics as well! The very definition of a “hidden gem,” the game is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Exo-Calibre (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on July 14th, 2025 by
Save the world and play as one of three anime ladies with flying suits in this 16-bit styled 2D vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter. Exo-Calibre is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Cary’s Best Games of 2025 SO FAR Awards Show!
Posted on July 11th, 2025 by
Around this time of year, I like to make a list of my best games SO FAR, because usually the AAA titles are released later in the year during the holiday season, and the titles that came out earlier tend to be forgotten. So here’s when those games get their due. Keep in mind that this is my list only and no other outside opinions contributed. And if a game isn’t on this list, it either just didn’t appeal to me as much or I haven’t had a chance to play it yet. Ok with that out of the way, let’s begin!
Instants (Switch, PC)
Posted on July 9th, 2025 by
Back in the mid-2000s, I remember scrapbooking being a pretty trendy and popular hobby. And I don’t know, maybe it still is? And now you can play a game about it with Instants. Yeah they’ll make a game out of pretty much anything, won’t they? In the game you’re tasked with placing family photos in sequential order in a scrapbook you can then decorate. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
