While not quite as popular as they used to be, Loot Boxes are a recent craze as of late.  They’re boxes full of themed items that you either order through the mail, or get in a store.  Most of the time you don’t know what you’re getting, but sometimes you do.  The themes in these boxes range anywhere from video games, movies, or just dog toys and treats.  I’ve been tempted to get loot boxes from time to time, but I usually don’t because I like to know what I’m paying for, and many are just too expensive.  That loot box at PAX South that had Mega Man on the sides was mighty tempting, but not at 50 bucks!  However, there have been a few times in the past year or so where I bought a loot box sold in the games section at Wal-Mart or Target when they were on sale.  Why did it take me so long to write about them?  Well I thought I’d save them for a rainy day, and now seems about as rainy as ever.  So it’s Loot Box Week here at GamerDad, and the first one we’re going to look at is a Midway Classic Arcade Loot Box!

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Become a delivery worker in this haphazard rag doll physics-based sandbox game.  Travel around a 3-D city and deliver packages anyway you can, or just mess around.  It’s available for most anything you can play a game on, but reviewed on iPad here.

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If you enjoy playing drawing charades games like Pictionary and Win, Lose, or Draw, then you’ll love Koongya Draw Party.  It’s available free-to-play on mobile devices (reviewed on iPad here) and you can play it alone or online.

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Help cute little robots get past obstacles and activate beacons so they can return home in Biped.  You don’t control these robots in the typical fashion, though.  You use the L and R analog sticks to move their legs so you can make them walk, slide, flip switches and levers, and other things.  There are two player co-op and single player modes, and you can download Biped on PS4, Switch, and PC, but it’s reviewed on PS4 here.

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I think we can all agree that 2020 is one of the worst years in recent history.  It certain has been for me, and probably for most others, what with everything going on!  I feel like I need a vacation on a desert island.  And luckily, I kind of got that with Animal Crossing: New Horizons.  I am so thankful that it came out when it did.  It gave me a sense of normalcy and saneness during these times.  You see, the Animal Crossing game series is very special to me because it’s a game I’ve loved playing with my friends and family over the years.  And it’s not the first time an Animal Crossing game helped me cope with a rough patch in my life.  So in this blog, I thought I’d go over the other times an Animal Crossing game helped me get through tough times, and I’ll briefly talk about the other games in the series as well.

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Gather nuts and defend them from other backyard urban animals in this pick up and play multiplayer game.  It mixes elements of soccer and simple battle games for some deceptively fun matches that anyone can get into.  It’s available to play on Switch, Xbox One, and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe is a downloadable one-on-one 2-D fighter for most current game consoles and PC (reviewed on Switch here), featuring anime styled characters.  It kind of reminds me of a fighter you’d see from the mid-2000’s, as this one isn’t quite as flashy as newer Guilty Gear or BlazBlue or Street Fighter titles.  The default screen size isn’t even widescreen!  But just like some of SNK’s older fighters, just because this one doesn’t look as new, it still seems fairly playable, at least as far as I can tell

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Gigantosaurus is a computer animated TV show with a unique art style aimed at younger viewers.  It airs on Disney Junior in the US, but I’m not sure if it’s still on there anymore.  Anyway, the show is set in prehistoric times and four young dinosaurs live together and learn life lessons.  Along for the ride is their friend Gigantosaurus.  He’s a huge ferocious dinosaur that sometimes helps them out, but the dino friends will keep their distance and run away lest they get squashed or eaten.  I’m not completely clear how their relationship works.  Anyway, the video game is based on the TV show and is a 3-D platformer.  An asteroid plugs up a volcano and is causing earthquakes and trouble, and you play as one of the four dinosaur pals to save the day.  The game is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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You are the hero Tim, out to save the princess, procure the legendary sword, and save the day in this retro inspired 2-D platformer adventure.  But what makes this one different is that there are more than 100 different endings, some of them being very unexpected!  Can you stumble upon and find all of them in Reventure?  It’s available to download on mobile, PC, and Switch, but reviewed on iPad here.

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Snakeybus is a weird mix of Crazy Taxi and the classic game Snake.  Take control of an ever-moving bus and pick up and drop off passengers at bus stops.  The more people you pick up, the longer your bus gets.  Pretty soon you’ll see your own bus-snake following behind you!  If you stop moving for too long, or fall into a pit, it’s Game Over.  The game gets more challenging the longer your bus becomes.  It’s available to download on all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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