Kirby Air Riders amiibo: Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee
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Posted on December 19th, 2025 by
Kirby Air Riders was recently released, and of course I got it. I’m a big fan of the first game on the GameCube (and Kirby in general) and this was really the game that sold me on the Switch 2. And of course they have amiibo figures to go along with it. The first batch of them is Kirby on a Warp Star and Bandana Waddle Dee on a Wing Star. The cool thing is that you can swap them out of their rides and onto the other, kind of like Skylanders: Swap Force. So let’s take a look at them!
My Brother and Nephew’s Second YouTube Video!
Posted on December 12th, 2025 by
Earlier this year, my brother and his stepson made a ‘Let’s Play’ YouTube channel and their first video was playing Party Animals. Now they have a second video up where they play Fall Guys! So I thought I’d share it with you here.
Unplugged: GamerDad Holiday Guide 2025
Posted on December 11th, 2025 by
Happy Holidays! After two decades of a GamerDad Unplugged Holiday Guide I think it’s finally time to say boardgaming has officially gone mainstream. There’s no better time to get (or get your friends and family) into the hobby than an extended holiday break. There are boardgames out there to meet up with almost any taste. Boardgames are timeless, just as good today as they will be years in the future, so a purchase today will still be serving you well into the future. As we at GamerDad have done for the past 20-odd years, it’s time for an annual rundown of recent boardgames well worth your time. Feel free to delve into some past year’s guides for 2024, 2023, 2022, or older as they’re still great candidates for your consideration. You might not find all these titles at your local mega-mart but many can be found online or in a friendly local game store. Some may argue $70+ boardgames (or more) are expensive, but compare that to video gaming (and where multiple copies are required for multiplayer play) and the economics of boardgaming shows their true value. For each game, I’ve provided the publisher (to help you find it), an approximate MSRP (you can probably find it lower), the number of players, the expected time for one game, and the manufacturer’s recommended ages. These age listings are often set for legal reasons and I would say most could easily be skewed lower for experienced younger gamers.
(Buy through this link and GamerDad gets a kickback…)
Hallmark 2025 Video Game Christmas Ornaments
Posted on December 5th, 2025 by
Hallmark always has a wide variety of Christmas ornaments every year, and in the past few years they’ve even had lots of video game themed ones! I got a bunch of them this year as well, as I always do, so let’s take a look at them!
Kirby Alarmo
Posted on November 28th, 2025 by
Normally Kirby welcomes you to Dream Land, but with Alarmo he now can help you leave it. Nintendo’s alarm clock, which I’ve talked about last year, lets you download new alarms and characters every so often, and earlier this year I’ve even written about that. And now there’s a Kirby themed alarm for Alarmo as well. So let’s take a look at it.
Pac-Man Ramen
Posted on November 14th, 2025 by
To promote a new Pac-Man game, Bandai Namco has teamed up with Maruchan Instant Ramen to make special packaging for their chicken flavor for a limited time. You know how I like Pac-Man, so even though I don’t like ramen, I had to check this out!
The Pizza Pixel Podcast Episode 26: Top Ten Vacation Games
Posted on November 7th, 2025 by
With the world the way it is now, it’s so expensive to go on a vacation. So here’s our podcast on video games that you can play that make you feel like you’re on vacation! So pack your bags and grab your sunscreen and relax with our newest episode!
Unplugged: The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era (Boardgame)
Posted on October 28th, 2025 by
Many of you may be familiar with the Elder Scrolls line of role-playing videogames. The series sports games consistently found in lists of the best videogames of all time. Elder Scrolls: Arena appeared in 1994, Morrowind in 2002, Oblivion in 2006, and finally Skyrim in 2011. From Morrowind onward the games have been showered with mods, re-released and redeveloped, and it has almost become a meme to see if a particular platform can run Skyrim. With such a strong role-playing pedigree, creating a boardgame that might stand up to the series is no small task. Chip Theory Games, a company known for developing deep games using premium components have taken on the challenge and succeeded wildly. Granted, the game is not cheap (it retails over $200!) but what you get is a game that captures much of the feeling of building and growing a character in the videogame but now you get to do it together with friends while sitting around a table together! Like the videogames, Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era can be played again and again, adventuring through multiple different provinces, pursue dozens of main quest stories, and (perhaps most importantly) construct and nurture player characters of almost innumerable variety. When one realizes the game can provide a group of 4 players with hundreds of hours of unique gameplay, one might claim the price averages out to be a bargain.
Pokémon Pirate Puffs
Posted on October 17th, 2025 by
There’s a snack brand called Pirate’s Booty that I think mostly does popcorn kind of snacks. I don’t really see them much in stores that I visit frequently, though. I think the last time I saw them was at World Market and I haven’t been there in years. But recently a close relative bought me these packs of Pirate’s Booty snacks featuring Pokémon. And you know me, I’ll write about anything video game related, no matter what it is. So let’s take a look at them!
Hallmark Halloween Pikachu Ornament
Posted on October 10th, 2025 by
Every year I always get some video game themed Christmas ornaments from Hallmark and write about them here. I plan to do that this year, too. But in this year’s batch, there was a video game themed ornament that doesn’t belong with the Christmas stuff. You see, Hallmark has gotten into making Halloween ornaments as well. While I think having a Halloween tree is a bit much, some people do like their spooky stuff! Usually they have things I’m not much interested in, like Harry Potter ornaments. And even the ones I think are kind of cool I wouldn’t get, like Peanuts and Disney’s Haunted Mansion ornaments. But when they released a Pikachu Halloween ornament this year, I just had to get it. So let’s take a look at it.
