Welcome to GamerDad: Gaming with Children. My name is Andrew S. Bub - the GamerDad - and I've been writing about videogames, movies, and children for over 15 years now. After working as a magazine journalist, I switched gears to write about how media violence affects children, educating parents about them, and working closely with magazines, newspapers, major retailers and even politicians. GamerDad is an internationally recognized expert in this field. Games, movies and media are fun, kids and families love them, they aren't going away. So join me in cutting through the hype and lets have a real conversation about the things that matter: Video Games, Violent Media, and their supposed effect on children and families.
Welcome to GamerDad: Gaming with Children. My name is Andrew S. Bub - the GamerDad - and I've been writing about videogames, movies, and children for over 15 years now. After working as a magazine journalist, I switched gears to write about how media violence affects children, educating parents about them, and working closely with magazines, newspapers, major retailers and even politicians. GamerDad is an internationally recognized expert in this field. Games, movies and media are fun, kids and families love them, they aren't going away. So join me in cutting through the hype and lets have a real conversation about the things that matter: Video Games, Violent Media, and their supposed effect on children and families.
Diablo amiibo
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Posted on January 9th, 2019 by
Well this kind of came out of nowhere! I had no idea there was a Diablo amiibo (sounds like a brand of salsa). But when I looked on GameStop’s web site for release dates, I saw it there as an exclusive, so I snatched it up since I like collecting amiibo figures. So let’s take a look at this Loot Goblin amiibo.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on January 7th, 2019 by
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax (what a cool title) is a horizontally scrolling classic styled 2-D shooter for up to four players. Choose a flying mech and a gun and shoot anything that moves and avoid projectiles. And that’s all there is to it, really. It’s available to download on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
The Games of the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
Posted on January 4th, 2019 by
NIS America recently released a collection of some of SNK’s arcade hits on the Switch. While SNK is mostly known for their fighting games and NEO GEO, before then they made other arcade games, too, and that’s what this collection is all about. So no King of Fighters or other NEO GEO games. Mostly pre-90’s stuff here. But despite having a lot of army themed shooters, this is still a pretty good collection, so I thought I’d go over the games on it today.
Solar Flux (Switch, PC, Mobile)
Posted on January 2nd, 2019 by
Pilot a spaceship and collect plasma balls and fire them into a sun in this intergalactic action puzzler. Use your thrust, planetary orbits, gravity, and other space physics as you collect all the plasma, just watch out for solar flares and blazing heat! Solar Flux is available on PC and mobile devices, and is now a downloadable title for the Nintendo Switch, which is the version reviewed here.
Don-Ay Pet Land (iOS, Google Play)
Posted on December 31st, 2018 by
Rescue and adopt a stray animal in this free-to-play virtual pet simulation/continuous runner hybrid game. As you play, you’ll be able to help out a real-life pet rescue organization, too! Don-Ay Pet Land is available to download on mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.
Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit Wrap-Up
Posted on December 28th, 2018 by
This week at GamerDad we’ve looked at the three main things you can build with the Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit. So now I’ll wrap things up with links to all three articles so you can view them more conveniently, as well as some conclusions on the set as a whole.
Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit: Airplane
Posted on December 26th, 2018 by
The last thing we’ll look at in the Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit is the controller for the airplane, which is just a cardboard flight stick. There are also a bunch of little small odds and ends that you can build, too, which we’ll briefly go over as well. Prepare for take off!
Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit: Submarine
Posted on December 25th, 2018 by
The next thing you can build in the Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit is a submarine controller. I’m not gonna lie, I’m not sure I can describe this one very well. I’m not sure if it works like a real submarine because I don’t pilot those very often (or at all, really). And I don’t play very many submarine games either. The only one I can think of is when Yoshi transforms into a sub in Yoshi’s Island, and you know THAT’S realistic! Anyway, so let’s take a look at the submarine controller you can build and what it does.
Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit: Car
Posted on December 24th, 2018 by
Earlier this year, Nintendo released one of their most creative ideas in a long time for the Nintendo Switch. In fact, I read somewhere that TIME Magazine named it one of the best inventions of 2018! That was Nintendo Labo, and the sets came with sheets of foldable cardboard and a game that showed you how to build them into toys where you could attach Nintendo Switch controllers to them and play with them. A couple of months ago, they released a new set called the Vehicle Kit, which lets you build a steering wheel and gas pedal to drive a car, as well as controllers for a submarine and airplane flight stick. My brother Jeff and I FINALLY finished building them all, so this holiday week we’ll take a look at them, starting with the car.
New Smash amiibo
Posted on December 21st, 2018 by
A new Super Smash Bros. game recently came out on Switch, with lots of new characters and all returning ones. So naturally they’re going to have new amiibo figures, too! I got the first three: Star Wolf, Inkling Girl, and Ridley, so let’s take a look at them!
