Samurai Academy: Paws of Fury (Switch, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)
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Posted on December 29th, 2025 by
Paws of Fury was a movie released in theaters a couple of years ago. I never bothered with it then, as it looked like a Kung-Fu Panda rip-off. But before writing this review, I did manage to watch the movie on Netflix. I found it interesting that Mel Brooks did one of the voices and the plot of the movie is pretty much the same as Blazing Saddles (I wonder if Mel Brooks had anything more to do with Paws of Fury because of that). Anyway, the game is kind of a spinoff/sequel. Hank the samurai dog must defend his town from ninja cats and other baddies while trying to figure out why the Shogun is attacking the village. It’s a 3D action platformer and is available on most current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.
Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club (Switch, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)
Posted on December 24th, 2025 by
When I was a kid, I loved reading newspaper comic strips. And I still have a strong interest in them today! Some of my favorites include Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, and of course, Peanuts. When I was little and a Peanuts TV special was on, you can bet I was planted in front of the set watching it! That’s why I’m really glad I got to review Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club! After Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, and Snoopy solve the mystery of his missing supper, they decide that it would be fun to form a detective club and solve mysteries around the neighborhood! Help them and the rest of the gang do this by talking to friends and collecting evidence, and even switching Snoopy’s personas and costumes to bypass obstacles. And you might even finally get to kick that football! Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club is available on most current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny (Switch, PS5, Xbox X/S, PC)
Posted on December 22nd, 2025 by
When I was young, I loved watching stuff on the kids’ cable channel Nickelodeon like Danger Mouse, Double Dare, and You Can’t Do That on Television (yeah I’m THAT old school). But even years later as a teen and young adult I liked watching Nicktoons like Rocko’s Modern Life and Invader ZIM. And once my little brothers came along, they were all in on shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, and Avatar: the Last Airbender. So I’m always happy to review a new Nicktoons game. So here comes Nicktoons and the Dice of Destiny, a crossover action RPG featuring some of your favorites. In the game, Timmy Turner from The Fairly Oddparents is playing a table top RPG with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda. It’s a spoof of Dungeons and Dragons (they even call it Creatures and Caverns). Anyway, Timmy wishes he could be in the game for real, so with the help of some dubious magical multisided dice that Cosmo found, they are whisked into a fantasy world where other Nicktoon characters are sucked in as well. Now Timmy and characters from SpongeBob, Avatar, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more must go on an adventure to find the magical dice so they can go back home as well as battle villains like Plankton and Angelica. Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny is available on most current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.
StarLightRiders: HyperJump (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 17th, 2025 by
This is a typical vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter with pixel graphics. StarLightRiders: HyperJump is available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Schildmaid MX (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 15th, 2025 by
I love how the title screen art for this game has a scantily clad Valkyrie riding a dragon in outer space battling a multiheaded hydra while a giant eagle looks on. And none of that is in this game. Except for the outer space part. Anyway, Schildmaid MX is a bullet hell styled horizontally scrolling shooter with a neat gimmick. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
House Fighters: Total Mess (Switch, PS4, PS5, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 10th, 2025 by
This is an aerial combat game but instead of real jets you pilot toy planes inside a house. It kind of reminds me of an old Dreamcast game called Toy Commander. That game has a bit of history here because the founder of the GamerDad.com site, Andrew S. Bub, wrote a strategy guide for that game back in the day. And since House Fighters just focuses on the dogfights and is fairly family friendly, it also reminds me of another game I played more back then called Snoopy vs. The Red Baron. Anyway, House Fighters: Total Mess is available on all current consoles but reviewed on Switch here.
Bomb Kitten (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on December 8th, 2025 by
Help a mischievous looking kitten use dynamite to blow up blocks and enemies in a grid-like playfield in Bomb Kitten. If this looks and sounds like Bomberman, well, you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that. Except this game takes out everything that made Bomberman fun. You’ll see what I mean by reading this review. Anyway, Bomb Kitten is available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
The Good Old Days (Switch, PC)
Posted on December 3rd, 2025 by
I was a kid in the 80s, and because of that, there are a lot of movies around then that really shaped my childhood. These include trilogies like the original Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future films, as well as others like Gremlins and Ghostbusters. But one 80s movie that I wasn’t as big a fan of was The Goonies. I think it’s because in the summers, my best friend’s cousin would come over to visit and always bring her videotape of The Goonies and want to watch it with us every day! I got so tired of it! But like most other movies at the time, The Goonies got a few video games. The most popular were the NES games from Konami. The first one wasn’t really released in the US outside of arcades, but the second one was pretty popular, at least in my group of friends anyway. So if you liked the gameplay of those classics, you may want to check out The Good Old Days. It’s a 2D Metroidvania style platformer where you play as a group of kids called The Noogies. They’re tasked with finding treasure in underground caverns to make enough money to keep their parents’ house, but they only have one day to do it and they must compete with a gang of thieves! Only thing it’s missing is that catchy Cyndi Lauper song! The Good Old Days is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Plants vs. Zombies Replanted (Switch 1 & 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on December 1st, 2025 by
One of the most popular ‘casual’ tower defense style games has to be Plants vs. Zombies. The original game was even reviewed on this site (not by me) way back in the day (2009). There’s been a few spinoffs as well. I reviewed a pinball game based on the franchise in 2012, and there’s also the 3D Garden Warfare games (I hated I missed out on those, they look like fun). I also remember seeing the game a lot at PAX and E3 in years past, like costumed zombies from the game and they would give out paper cone hats to showgoers. And now, more than 15 years later, you can play a HD version of it on modern consoles with new levels and features. Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch 2 here.
Gruniozerca Trilogy (Switch, PS5, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on November 26th, 2025 by
Originally homebrew NES games, Gruniozerca Trilogy is a trio of puzzle action games starring a little black guinea pig named Grunio. It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
