Tears of the Kingdom amiibo
Cary’s Best Games of 2025 SO FAR Awards Show!
Around this time of year, I like to make a list of my best games SO FAR, because usually the AAA titles are released later in the year during the holiday season, and the titles that came out earlier tend to be forgotten. So here’s when those games get their due. Keep in mind that this is my list only and no other outside opinions contributed. And if a game isn’t on this list, it either just didn’t appeal to me as much or I haven’t had a chance to play it yet. Ok with that out of the way, let’s begin!
Street Fighter 6 amiibo
Pac-Man and Tetris Gamer Gummies
Unplugged: Food Fight Frenzy

Games that give you a chance to think and plan out your next several moves are fun, but sometimes it’s great just to slap a fast-playing game down on the table and let chaos ensue. Food Fight Frenzy is a dice rolling, speed, pattern recognition, and dexterity game. Dice are rolled and players try to stack their tiles on top of the correct dice without letting the tiles fall off. Play continues over the course of several rounds and the first player to get rid of all their cards wins the game. Food Fight Frenzy is a brief, but fun, game that works well for fans of dexterity titles like Jenga and quick-reaction-time games like the card game Speed.
Food Fight Frenzy
Designer: Kim Vandenbroucke
Publisher: Ultra PRO
Players: 2-6
Ages: 6+
Time: 5-15 min
(review copy provided by publisher)
Pac-Man Donuts at Krispy Kreme
Animal Crossing PEZ Dispensers
I discovered recently that Animal Crossing PEZ dispensers actually exist, so I had to get them since Animal Crossing is my 2nd favorite game of all time. My first favorite game is Pac-Man, and I’m surprised they don’t have PEZ dispensers of those (yet). Anyway, here are pictures of the ones I got, plus a bonus.
Unplugged: Bluey Scavenger Hunt Game
I freaking love the Bluey TV show! It’s a kids show but has so much to offer for adults, too. And I even reviewed a Bluey video game last year. The show is set (and animated) in Australia, and stars a family of four cartoon Australian Cattle Dogs, or Blue Heelers for short. The family consists of Bluey, the titular playful and curious six year old, her younger sister Bingo, and their parents: Bandit and Chilli. They all learn lessons through play and imagination, and some of the topics are more serious things that only adults would truly understand. These can range from moving away, infertility, dealing with ADHD, and even death. The show strikes a balance between making things easy for kids to understand, but deep enough to keep adults interested. So when I got the opportunity to play a Bluey board game with my 5 year old nephew and 3 year old twin nieces, I was thrilled and decided I would review it. In the game, up to four takes turns moving around the board, and everyone works together to try and find and pick up all the toys before bedtime. If you do, everyone wins!
A Special Message from Andrew Bub
Hi this is Cary. Andrew Bub, the founder of this site and THE GamerDad himself, asked for me to relay this message here –Cary “My little GamerLad graduated from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design today … He wants to design videogames or at least the look of them. I taught him how to hold his first controller & he became one of my most valuable game reviewers back when I was active at my website. I’m so proud!” –Andrew Bub





