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Posted on April 16th, 2010 by
Okay, so I joined Twitter. Which means someone has already got GamerDad and TheGamerDad despite my owning the Trademark. Grrrr. I have no idea what I’m doing and I won’t start tweeting until I get about 20 followers, but I plan on twittering what my kids, wife and I are playing and assorted thoughts. I think you can add me JUST by looking for #GamerDadTM – if anyone has a better idea on how I reinforce the fact that I’m the real GamerDad – a genuine concern considering I own the media Trademark and because I’m known in the industry. Anyway, thanks for suggestions and spread the word.
GamerDad in Family Circle!
Posted on April 15th, 2010 by
Hey, remember when I said I was featured in the Feb issue of Family Circle Magazine? Here’s the relevant page in all its JPG glory! They asked me and a few others, that’s GameRevolution.com’s creator Ben Silverman – currently with Yahoo Games (a website that told me readers didn’t want parental gaming reviews, back in the day) and then me below and to the right. I recommended Lego Rock Band, Madden and New Super Mario Bros and about 10 other games, but they only chose those three. Anyway, for those of you who haven’t been to the doctor or dentist lately – where Family Circle seems to live – here’s the full page.
A University Survey
Posted on April 13th, 2010 by
Hey readers, a reader named Jack, who is also a 3rd year student at the University of Portsmouth is doing an academic survey about video games. Click here to fill out a brief survey and help him out!
Catholics, Catholics, & Damned Catholics
Posted on April 13th, 2010 by
I’m mad as hell and I just can’t take it anymore. Forgive me for I know what I do and I’m going to do it anyway. I’m fed up. I normally don’t talk politics or religion here at GamerDad. I don’t want to offend. I want to be fair. Inclusive. PC….
Easter Bunny
Posted on April 4th, 2010 by
She knows. SHE KNOWS! Maggie (9) asked me, yesterday, if the Easter Bunny was real. I’d long decided that I wouldn’t lie if asked this question directly. She did. I told her and then as she ran upstairs crying I followed her. She then extrapolated Santa and yelled “There’s nothing to believe in!” I soothed her and talked about love, and heaven, and the people we miss waiting for us and then I reminded her that now she got to be a BIG girl and help make the magic for her little brother. That did the trick! So last night she wrote the letter from the bunny, she helped us fill the baskets and then she trotted off to bed while we hid the eggs. (She still wanted to do that part.) My little girl is getting older and shedding some of her irrational beliefs. I’m sad, but very proud of her too.
Henry & God of War III
Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by
I got God of War III yesterday, a game that Henry (7) has never heard of, and he got mad that I wasn’t going to play it until he went to bed. “Can I watch?” No. See? It has an M-rating and it’s scary and violent. “Come on Dad, it’s fake violence, nobody gets hurt!” I didn’t allow it but that’s some good logic for a kid who’s understanding of what I do consists mainly of – “There are a lot of games here!” and “Daddy is friends with the Mario people.”
I give up
Posted on April 1st, 2010 by
I’ve been doing GamerDad for almost 7 years now and I’ve been getting a lot of criticism from parents and places like the ERSB. And I’m now on their payroll. So, lets make this easy. This blog is going to ONLY talk about my family and parenting. I declare the ratings system perfect. Since nobody is paying me under the table to support gaming or nuance any more. I say follow the ratings and help support any law that makes it binding. Parents should go to jail for letting their kids minds get warped by videogames. It’s just time to stop taking bribes and pretending games are okay for anyone. Come on, their impact on society is HUGE. I fear video games exact a price from society, for some it’s the ULTIMATE price.
Clitoris
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by
That get your attention? Anyway, this isn’t game related but it does demonstrate how phenomenally stupid censorship is. I was reading an article about pop music in 1999 and the MTV/Radio edit of Eminem’s THE REAL SLIM SHADY came up. I know the song well enough but this is what struck me. Eminem sings about how stupid it is to censor sexual stuff because kids have the Discovery channel (meaning they can watch rhino’s having sex) – I’d add that today they have the Internet, where you can’t throw a rock without hitting a picture of breasts – so kids, Eminem says, grow up not knowing what a woman’s CLITORIS is. The ironic thing? In the name of censorship, the word CLITORIS is bleeped out of the song. Thus reinforcing Eminem’s point. Irony, gotta love it! Video here: The Real Stupid Censorship.
Comic Books Caused Vampire Panic
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by
Excellent article today at the BBC 2 detailing a case in Scotland where, apparently, a bunch of schoolkids fueled a rumor that there was a local 7′ tall child-eating vampire (with iron teeth) in the local graveyard. Naturally, being kids, they staked out the graveyard and patrolled it looking for the monster. Some kids were serious, some mocking, and they claimed 2 kids had been eaten by the beast. Parents and civic leaders panicked, despite there being no actual kids missing, but they tackled the SOURCE of the problem quickly… they Blamed American Comic Books. The more things change folks, the more they don’t change. Thanks to local Vampire author Elaine Bergstrom for the link via Facebook.
Talladega Daze: Part 3
Posted on March 20th, 2010 by
Last week I went on vacation to Alabama. We have a lot of relatives there and I like to visit them whenever we can. We did a lot of things on this trip and I took a lot of pictures, so I wanted to share them with you all! On the third day we went to Birmingham, AL, and saw the big Vulcan statue and an abandoned steel mill that’s supposedly haunted! WHOOOOOO!
