Cary is Looking Forward in 2018
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Posted on January 5th, 2018 by
We’re going to do things a little differently this month. Usually at the beginning of January I’ll post my Game of the Year blog, and then I’ll write a blog after that about the games I’m looking forward to in the coming year. But this time we’re going to reverse that and I’m going to do my looking forward blog first. There’s a couple of reasons why I want to do it that way. First, there’s a couple of games that are coming out early this year that I want to put on this list before they’re actually released. And second, I want to wait a bit on my Game of the Year blog so I have time to play a couple of games that came out last year to see if they’ll make my list. So that blog won’t go up until later on in January. Hope nobody minds. Anyway, let’s take a look at some of the games that are coming out next year, at least the ones I know about anyway.
More Fire Emblem amiibo
Posted on December 25th, 2017 by
I got a couple more amiibo figures I thought I’d show off here. These are Fire Emblem characters that were released to coincide with the new Fire Emblem Warriors games. I don’t really play Fire Emblem games or know much about the characters, so you’ll have to forgive my lack of knowledge and short blog here.
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite: Team Capcom
Posted on December 13th, 2017 by
In the second part of my look at the characters in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, we’ll go over the fighters on the Capcom side. I’m way more into video games (obviously, since I review them) than I am comic books, so hopefully I’ll sound a bit more knowledgeable here. So let’s dive right in. Oh yeah, some slight Story Mode spoilers here and there may happen, so you’ve been warned.
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite: Team Marvel
Posted on December 11th, 2017 by
It’s Marvel Week here at GamerDad.com. We’ll be looking at the characters in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, and at the end of the week, a review of the new LEGO Marvel Super Heroes game! Anyway, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite is a fighting game featuring characters from Marvel comic and Capcom game universes. Usually when I play a fighting game that has a lot of interesting characters in it, I’ll write a blog about them, so that’s what we’re going to do here. We’ll start with the Marvel cast. Keep in mind that I’m not a big comic book fan, so most of my knowledge of Marvel characters comes from the movies, Marvel vs. Capcom games, and the LEGO games. So when I go over these characters, if you ARE a Marvel fan, please feel free to correct me on anything or provide any information or insight that you might like to share.
Zelda Champions amiibo
Posted on December 7th, 2017 by
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, there are four champions who pilot giant animal-like mechanical guardians to help defeat the evil Ganon. And now you can get amiibo figures based on those four champions. Of course I got them so let’s take a look at them!
The Games of the SNES Classic Edition
Posted on November 24th, 2017 by
Last year, Nintendo released the NES Classic Edition, a smaller sized 8-bit NES shaped console with 30 classic games. It’s been notoriously hard to find, and I’ve been a bit bummed that I haven’t been able to get one. But I wasn’t TOO upset because most of the games I played on the NES were from Capcom, not Nintendo (Mega Man and Disney games). But the 16-bit Super Nintendo is my all-time favorite console ever. It was the gaming console that really cemented my preference for console games, and the system just clicked for me for some reason. So when Nintendo released the SNES Classic Edition in the same vein this year, I REALLY wanted to get it. Luckily, my family got it for me for my birthday! Nintendo DID say they were making more of the SNES Classic Edition, and I don’t know if that’s really true or not, or if we were just more prepared this time. But not only was I able to get one, but three of my brothers got one, too! So to celebrate me getting a SNES Classic Edition, here’s a blog about all the games on it!
Playing With Super Power: Super NES Classics (Book)
Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by
Last year around this time, I reviewed a book from Prima about NES classic games. I think they released it to coincide with the NES Classic Edition (sadly I still don’t have one). You can read that article by clicking here. This year they did the same thing with Super Nintendo games. I didn’t get a review copy of it like I did the NES book, but luckily I did get the SNES book for my birthday instead (along with the SNES Classic Edition…yay!). So here’s a review of the book before I post my article on the SNES Classic Edition itself.
Super Mario Odyssey amiibo
Posted on November 17th, 2017 by
Super Mario Odyssey is Nintendo’s new hit Mario game on the Switch. So of course they released some amiibo figures to go with it, and they’re all dressed up for the occasion. In the game, Bowser’s trying to marry Princess Peach, so the amiibo figures have a wedding theme. Let’s crash the ceremony and check out these new figures!
Dungeon Dice (Boardgame)
Posted on November 16th, 2017 by
A rollicking series of dice rolls determine your fate as you fight monsters to level up and gain loot in Dungeon Dice. Despite the dice, the players have meaningful decisions such as when to push their luck, when to commit their nonrenewable resources, and when to burn resources just to punish (and/or annoy) the other players.
Dungeon Dice
Publisher: Potluck Games
Ages: 8+
Players: 2-4 (5 w/expansion)
Time: 20-30 minutes
(Review copy provided by Potluck Games)
Super Mario: Level Up! Boardgame
Posted on November 11th, 2017 by
Combining bluffing and voting, Super Mario: Level Up! has players vie to advance their secret Mario characters to the top of a spiffy 3D board and elect one of them the champion. A successful vote ends the round and players score based on the positioning of the characters shown on their secret character card. Repeat for a total of three rounds and the player with the most points is the winner. A fairly quick game, it rewards planning but players can take some risks to boost their score.
Super Mario: Level Up! Boardgame
Publisher: USAopoly
Ages: 8+
Players: 3-6
Time: 10-30 minutes
(Review copy provided by USAopoly)
