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.
Welcome to my Towns! (An Animal Crossing Blog)
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Posted on June 10th, 2013 by
Hey folks. Just wanted to let you know that today I moved to a new town. But don’t worry. I’ve done this three times before. Before I tell you about my first day in my new town, I thought I’d reminisce about the three towns I’ve lived in before.
Resident Evil: Revelations Official Strategy Guide (Book)
Posted on June 7th, 2013 by
Originally on the 3DS, Capcom has recently ported Resident Evil: Revelations to the bigger home consoles. And if you need any extra help fighting all those zombies, BradyGames has you covered with the official strategy guide. Click here for a quick review and sneak peek.
Project A-Kon 2013
Posted on June 5th, 2013 by
This past weekend, I attended Project A-Kon with a few of my brothers. A-Kon is a long-running anime convention in the Dallas area. I did enough stuff there to consider it ‘blog-worthy’ so here are a few blurbs and pictures of the event!
Memorial Day Hot Air Balloon Festival
Posted on June 4th, 2013 by
Over the Memorial Day holiday and the week after, I was in Alabama seeing relatives. We didn’t really do much exciting, just hanged around and visited each other, which is fine by me! But one day we did drive out and saw a hot air balloon festival. Perfect day for it, too, clear skies and everything. I took a lot of pretty pictures, so I thought I’d share a few of them here with you.
Combo Crew (iPad)
Posted on June 3rd, 2013 by
Combo Crew is a 2-D beat ‘em up where it’s you against hordes of brawlers. The game is for iOS and Android devices (iPad version reviewed here), and you use finger swipes on the touch screen to kick, punch, perform combos, and dodge attacks. Can you reach the top of the tower to battle the boss?
Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1987-1988 Games
Posted on May 31st, 2013 by
Finally in our week-long feature on Capcom Arcade Cabinet titles, we look at games on the collection from 1987 and 1988. There’s the 2-D top-down brawler Avengers, side-scrolling action game Black Tiger, 2-D shooter sequel 1943 and bonus game 1943 Kai!
Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1986 Games
Posted on May 30th, 2013 by
The next batch of games on the Capcom Arcade Cabinet are from 1986, and it’s a mish-mash of different oddities. We have the 2-D side scrolling apocalyptic hack and slash Trojan, the car battler The Speed Rumbler, 2-D shooter Legendary Wings, and horizontally scrolling shooter Side Arms.
Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1985 Games
Posted on May 29th, 2013 by
1985 must’ve been a banner year for Capcom, because many of their iconic staples were first introduced that year. So here’s a short rundown of the games from 1985 that you can play on the downloadable Capcom Arcade Cabinet. We have three vertically scrolling shooters: Savage Bees, military themed Commando, and the Western cowboy themed Gun.Smoke. Also there’s the iconic tough-as-nails 2-D platformer Ghosts N Goblins and the horizontally scrolling shooter Section Z.
Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1984 Games
Posted on May 28th, 2013 by
For the first round of games you can play on Capcom’s Arcade Cabinet, we’re going to take a look at the ones from 1984. These include space shooter Vulgus, platformer/shooter SonSon, Pirate Ship Higemaru (my personal favorite), and arcade smash hit 1942.
Capcom Arcade Cabinet (PS3, 360)
Posted on May 27th, 2013 by
Renowned video game maker Capcom is 30 years old this year! (Way to make me feel old, Capcom). To celebrate, they’ve released a downloadable collection of some of their earliest arcade classics with Capcom Arcade Cabinet for PS3 and 360 (PS3 version reviewed here). In honor of their anniversary, this week we’ll be looking at the games you can download for Capcom Arcade Cabinet. But today, we’ll go over the hub where you select and play the games!
