All posts tagged 'Misc'

Unplugged: XCrawl Classics RPG

In the early heydays of role playing games it was all about surviving near impossible odds to acquire loot and fame. Over time, RPGs started getting kinder, more gentle sort of story based game. Enter Dungeon Crawl Classics… around a decade ago Goodman Games put together a mix of rules that greatly streamlined (then current) 3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons and mixed it with old school fast and deadly gameplay. One of the lines spawned from that mix became XCrawl, Adventures in the Xtreme Dungeon League – a game based around surviving a lethal maze of monsters and traps in order to cash and fame in the fantasy equivalent of Pay-per-View. Goodman games is in the final Kickstarter hours of a reboot of that classic series, complete with a set of follow-up modules.

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Nintendo and Nekter Juice Bar Team Up!

This Summer, Nintendo and Nekter Juice Bar are teaming up to bring us some flavors inspired by popular Switch games.  Last year Nintendo did the same thing with Cold Stone Creamery, which made me sad because they had a Kirby flavor but there isn’t a Cold Stone Creamery near me!  But for some reason, there are TONS of Nekter Juice Bars around so I got to try all three flavors here!  So let’s take a look at them!

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Cary’s Best Games of 2023 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!

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Pac-Man Goes For Takeout

A couple of Christmases ago I got a set of Pac-Man figures where he and the ghost monsters are surrounded by brunch related fruit items.  Well this past year they did something similar, except these figures have Pac-Man enjoying Asian types of cuisine.  I got these for Christmas last year so I thought I’d show them to you.

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Tears of the Kingdom amiibo

The newest Zelda game is out and it’s hot.  And of course Nintendo released a new amiibo to go along with it and also of course I got it!  So let’s take a look at it!

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Pizza Pixel Podcast Episode 16: Top Five Favorite Mature Games

Most of you know that I generally prefer to play family friendly games.  That’s one of the reasons why I write at GamerDad.com!  But I am an adult and sometimes I like more ‘grown up’ games, too.  So that’s what this podcast is all about!  Granted, I had to stretch a bit for some of the games on my list, but I think it’s a nice contrast to what I usually talk about.  So here’s me and my brother Jeff talking about our favorite Mature video games.

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Unplugged: GoDice

Straying as close as possible to a videogame without going over, GoDice is a set of dice that can be digitally linked to one’s phone or (better still) tablet. The dice then serve as a physical component for one of many games available on the system. Together, the dice and device form a “phygital” (their word) game system where players roll physical dice that use Bluetooth to interact with digital games in their app. The app currently comes with a wide range of (extremely) simple to moderately involved games and more have been added over time. 

 

 

GoDice

Publisher: Particula Ltd.
Ages: varies (probably 7+)
Players: 1-4+
Time: varies (30 min or less)
(Review copy provided by publisher)

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Super Nintendo World Part 4: Bowser Jr.’s Secret Lair

Any good video game has lots of secrets and hidden areas, and Super Nintendo World was no exception.  When we got to the Mushroom Kingdom, we learned that Bowser Jr. had stolen the Golden Mushroom and Princess Peach needed ME to get it back!  But in order to do so, we needed to use our Power Up Bands to play some mini-games to collect three keys so we could open up Bowser Jr.’s Secret Lair for one final showdown!

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Super Nintendo World Part 3: Bowser’s Fireball Challenge

My next Bowser confrontation was a different kind of challenge.  A food related one!  I really wanted to go to the Toadstool Café restaurant at Super Nintendo World, and luckily we got in!  I think this was one of the things I was looking forward to at the park the most!  In Japan they have a couple of Kirby cafes with Kirby related food and gifts.  I’d really like to go to those, but I don’t think I’ll be going to Japan anytime soon, if ever.  So I think this Mario themed restaurant is about as close as I’ll get!

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Super Nintendo World Part 2: Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge

Almost immediately after I got to the Mushroom Kingdom, a.k.a. Super Nintendo World, Bowser challenged me to a Mario Kart race!  So of course I took him up on that challenge!  So here’s my impressions of the Mario Kart ride.  Was it good?  Did I beat Bowser?  Well you’ll just have to read on to find out.

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