There are many video game companies who have been around for a long time. One of those is Taito Corporation. Makers of familiar hits like Bubble Bobble, Elevator Action, and the ubiquitous Space Invaders. Many of their games have seen sequels and spinoffs, and there’s been a lot of Taito game updates this year alone. Some really good, and some really bad, we’ll look at a few of them in this blog.

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Yep, I finally updated Movies with Children and we can consider this the official launch. Expect a movie review, or two, per week from now on. I’ll keep announcing them here to gain momentum. You can also check the right side bar where MWC is RSS’d.  GamerDad is 5, which is a great time to start year one of a new site! Ladies and gentlemen, kids of all ages, I give you: Wall*E

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Growing up in the 80’s I was like most other semi-nerdly teens. I was a sucker for arcade machines. One of the best deals of my middle school life was when the local arcade gave out tokens for grades on our report cards. (As a pretty smart little nerd, I was taking something like 10 classes and getting A’s in all of them – at 4 tokens for an A that’s a nice pile of change.) I came into a bit of “fun money” last spring, adding in my birthday presents I decided the time had come, I was going to build myself my very own arcade machine.

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I’m lucky to be a stay-at-home dad. Sorry, another “Off Topic” post but I figure this audience will appreciate it. It’s a story about strawberries and five-year old greed.

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Off topic: I’d like to congratulate George Takai and all of the California citizens taking advantage of this brief window of gay marriage acceptance in the Golden State. This issue is a family issue with me (my brother is gay) but also, for me, a human rights issue, and I’ve wanted to write about this a little bit for years now. Why would I chose George Takai as an opportunity?

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Father’s Day Irony

It didn’t seem quite right to post this on Father’s Day this year. I had other things to promote and this one would have, um, thrown this year’s tone out of whack.  It’s old but it’s an amusing look back at an unforgettable event.  So, in the interest of saving old content and celebrating our 5 year anniversary – here you go!  The most ironic Father’s Day ever.
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Imagine this:  a new third-person action-RPG is announced, created by one of the grandmasters of the genre, the mastermind behind some of the best games in the beloved Wizardry franchise.  It promises tense action, engaging combat, deep skill system, and a complex and engrossing story.  more…

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While Ubisoft didn’t provide it for me  (hint hint) I got to do the write-up for My Weight Loss Coach for the DS. WhatTheyPlay doesn’t let me give a rating or talk quality but I can’t recommend this “game” enough if you’re the type who can be motivated by a game cartridge. (And I’ll cop to that. See, I never ever ever went jogging yet I’m doing it ALL THE TIME IN WII FIT?!?)

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It took a commercial. I’ve had Boom Blox sitting here and I’ve heard the game is good but for some reason, other game have gotten in the way during GamerFamily playtime. Then a commercial came on and I saw my wife’s reaction and smiled, saying: “Uh, I’ve got that one you know. . .” In it went and up we came, here’s a full report.

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Written in 2002, amd originally published in ComputerGames Magazine (RIP), this is one of GamerDad’s most popular articles. With the help of Sid Meier, Phil Steinmeyer, Peter Molyneaux, Jane Jensen and Richard Garriott (Lord British) we take a look at how religion and spirituality are addressed in computer games. more…

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