Reader Letter – Praise!
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by
Your site is great. Our 10 year old wants to buy all sorts of stuff for WII and DS, and your info is invaluable. My taste in games tends towards Tetris and other old “lame” things our son will have nothing to do with. From a parent who is a fan of your site. (I have told all my friends at a parenting list-serve about you too.) — Anonymous
Wow. Thanks and you’re welcome. I normally don’t print letters like this – we get them fairly often – but the reader has given me a chance to defend my favorite game ever!
Cary’s Christmas Booty
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by
Well, Christmas is over with, and I got everything I wanted. So here’s the typical blog describing what I got. And since Christmas is a time for giving as well as receiving, I thought I’d also tell you all what I GAVE to others. Because I like giving presents just as much, if not more so, than getting them. Yarrr! So come along, mehearties, and let me show you me Christmas booty…um, that didn’t come out quite right, did it?
Christmas at GamerDad Central
Posted on December 25th, 2007 by
After a rainy weekend December 25th dawned bright, sunny, crisp, and beautiful. “Mommy! Daddy! Santa came!” cried Henry, age 4, and ardent Santa believer. “Yeah,” said his sister, Maggie, age 7: “And you weren’t very good this year!” That’s what Christmas morning was like at GamerDad central.
Child’s Play 2007
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by
I can’t believe I let this slip my mind. GamerDad’s favorite charity is run by the “not safe for kids” webcomic Penny Arcade. It’s brilliant and it works like this: You buy something from Amazon and specify which Children’s Hospital you’d like it to go it. The item arrives at the hospital and is used to help kids deal with the stress and anxiety of surgery. They’re at $974,000 and change. They broke a million last year, I’d like to see GamerDad.com and GamingWithChildren’s audiences to help them do that again. Do it for the children! More info here.
Mediawise Isn’t – 2007
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by
We’re proud to prove once again why people who don’t play video games need to hire some actual gamers as fact checkers if they ever want to, y’know, actually help parents. Our own Colleen Hannon, the MomGamer (no relation) has crafted this excellent look at where MediaWise isn’t wise at all. (MediaWise please contact me if you’d like our help next year. Thanks!)
Merry Christmas from GamerDad
Posted on December 21st, 2007 by
Merry Christmas from GamerDad and the rest of the crew! We’re going on a hiatus until New Years and we’ve got a lot of cool stuff planned. For now let Linda, the kids, and I say “Merry Christmas GamerDad crew. Mike, Cary, Jeff, Colleen, Dr. Matt, Dave, Sheila and all of your families too. Merry Christmas to all of you readers too. Game with your kids this Holiday – you won’t regret it.” Let me leave you with a delightful Christmas card from the industry. Dennis at GamePolitics had a bunch of people leave Holiday Greetings and he put ’em all together. I’m at about the 7:00 mark. Click here to give it a listen! Thanks Dennis for putting that together.
Peggle Goes Apple
Posted on December 20th, 2007 by
One of my favorite games this year was Popcap’s genius bit of time distortion (it goes really fast when you play this game) known as Peggle. I heartily recommend going to Popcap’s site and downloading it now. But first, here’s some good news. Popcap has a Half-Life 2 themed version of Peggle available for PC on STEAM. And they’ve just announced that Peggle is now available for PowerPC and Intel based Macs and is also now available for click wheel versions of the iPod. I can’t recommend this game enough folks. I wish they’d make an iPhone version! Great for adults and kids. Grab it from Popcap.com and tell ’em GamerDad sent you!
Visceral Gaming and Vote Grabbing
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by
Four senators known for their anti-gaming stance have decided to weigh in on the waning Manhunt 2 controversy by sending a rather pointed letter to the head of the ESRB asking, among other things, that the game’s M rating be reconsidered.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good chomp!
Posted on December 15th, 2007 by
Just thought I’d put up one more blog before Christmas. Just to talk briefly about the games I’ve been dabbling in lately, and give out holiday wishes to everyone. You know, that sort of stuff. Cue the sleigh bells…
No … not THAT Indy …
Posted on December 14th, 2007 by
I am a big fan of Indiana Jones and am hoping the next movie will be deserving of the legacy. But this has nothing to do with that. Today I am talking about a different ‘indie’ – Independent games.
