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.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (PS3)
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Posted on September 13th, 2013 by
Vocaloid is a popular voice synthesizer music program. In Japan, they’ve even made cartoon characters to go along with the voices used in the synthesizer. Some of these anime characters have become very well known, especially the blue-haired pig-tailed girl Hatsune Miku. Now she and her friends have their own music game on the PS3 (previously on the Vita).
Reader Review: Electronic Super Joy (PC)
Posted on September 12th, 2013 by
If you like super hard 2-D platformers, then you’ll jump for joy for this new downloadable PC game. I had Leroy, a good friend of mine; review Electronic Super Joy for me since he was a better fit for this kind of game than I was. So click and read on for his take on this one.
Monster Match (iPad)
Posted on September 11th, 2013 by
What happens when you mix Pokemon style monster card battles with match-three puzzle gameplay? You get a match made in heaven. A ‘Monster Match’ made in heaven, so to speak. Monster Match is a downloadable free-to-play game for iOS devices and Android (played on iPad for this review).
Alphaman (iPad)
Posted on September 10th, 2013 by
Help Alphaman run through mazes, avoiding enemies and eating letters in this title that’ll remind you of a certain yellow dot-muncher who is very popular (and my favorite video game character). Alphaman is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android, but played on iPad for this review.
Link the Slug (iPad)
Posted on September 9th, 2013 by
A professor has created some strange little slug creatures, and now he needs your help to clear them away before they infest his house! Link the Slug is an intuitive touch-screen puzzler, now available for most smartphones and tablets (played on iPad for this review).
FlowDoku (iPad)
Posted on September 8th, 2013 by
FlowDoku is basically Sudoku without the numbers. It’s available for Android and iOS devices (played on iPad here). In Sudoku, you must fill rows, columns, and squares with numbers from 1 to 9, but each number can only appear once in each row, column, and square. In FlowDoku, you can only have certain shape patterns in each row, column, and square. Like three blue squares, two orange triangles, and one yellow circle for instance. And the same shapes have to be next to each other, too. You can see how the pattern works at the bottom of the screen.
PAX Prime 2013: Day 4: Cosplay Crazies!
Posted on September 7th, 2013 by
So for the final day of PAX, we’ll take a look at the games I saw and played at the last of my meetings, check out some other miscellaneous games and pictures, and conclude with some of my favorite cosplays at the show!
PAX Prime 2013: Day 3: Indie Boom!
Posted on September 6th, 2013 by
One of the things PAX is known for is being very supportive of the indie game scene. They even have a whole area in the back of one of the show floors that’s just dedicated to indie titles called the Indie Mega Booth. And that part of the show was ALWAYS crowded. So today, we’ll look at some of the indie titles I checked out via appointments at PAX!
PAX Prime 2013: Day 2: Smooth Sailing
Posted on September 5th, 2013 by
On the second day of PAX, I got to meet with a bunch of big name companies, including Capcom, SEGA, and Nintendo. So let’s sail on over and see what I did!
PAX Prime 2013: Day 1: Hello Seattle!
Posted on September 4th, 2013 by
The Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX for short, is like a mini-E3 that’s open to the public. It was this past Labor Day holiday weekend in Seattle, and I got to attend it again! So for the next four days here at GamerDad, we’ll look at everything I did! Now keep in mind that I’m only ONE person, so I couldn’t see it all, but I got to see and do a lot of stuff anyway! So let’s begin!
