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.
Ni no Super Bowl: Wrath of the Commercials
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Posted on February 4th, 2013 by
So another Super Bowl has come and gone. I enjoy watching the Super Bowl every year; it’s like a national holiday nowadays. It’s usually a pretty good game, even if I don’t care about the teams. And sometimes the commercials are fun to watch, too. But I just like commercials in general. Yeah, I know, I’m crazy like that. Sometimes I think the commercials are better than the actual TV show! So as I like to do every year, here’s a play by play report of the commercials at this year’s Super Bowl that caught my eye.
G.P. the GamerPuppet Unboxes the Ni no Kuni Wizard’s Edition
Posted on January 31st, 2013 by
Hey there! G.P. the GamerPuppet here. Way back in July of last year, Cary pre-ordered the Ni no Kuni: Wizard’s Edition, which was only available on Namco Bandai’s Web site. Well it finally came in the mail recently. I hear it was really hard to get, too. So let’s take a look and see all the cool stuff inside!
Snow Queen (iPad)
Posted on January 30th, 2013 by
Snow Queen is an interactive storybook based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale. You can download it on iPad. It tells the story of two friends Gerda and Kai, and how Gerda rescues Kai from the Snow Queen’s icy palace.
Endless Alphabet (iPad)
Posted on January 29th, 2013 by
Endless Alphabet is a new iPad app that helps teach young children about not only letters, but early reading, spelling, and vocabulary skills. And it is host to a bunch of silly monsters who keep kids entertained along the way. But best of all, it’s free for a limited time!
Reader Request: Cary’s Favorite RPG Characters
Posted on January 28th, 2013 by
I was running out of blog ideas and someone suggested that I list my favorite RPG characters. Now I know I’ve written blogs about my favorite Final Fantasy and Tales characters, but I haven’t listed all of them at once plus characters from other RPGs that I enjoy. So since I liked that reader’s idea, here’s a list of my favorite RPG characters. I tried to keep it limited to random monster encounter turn based battle RPGs, because if I listed characters from action RPGs like Zelda or Ys, my list would be WAY too long! So let’s get started.
Lode Runner Classic (iPad)
Posted on January 25th, 2013 by
My first gaming system was an Apple ][+ back in the early 80’s, which seems weird to think about today since I’m mostly a console gamer now. But back then while everyone else was complaining about the poor port of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, I was enjoying a near arcade perfect version on my old Apple PC. Some of my other favorites included Aquatron and Spare Change. Another one I played quite a bit was Lode Runner. Now you can enjoy the classic Lode Runner game on various iOS devices and smartphones (game played on iPad here).
Undead Soccer (iPad)
Posted on January 24th, 2013 by
It’s the zombie apocalypse, and the only thing you have to defend yourself is a soccer ball! In this downloadable iOS game, flick a soccer ball at incoming zombies to defeat them. Tilt the iPad left and right to look around and get zombies coming at you from all angles. Use power ups and defeat boss zombies to survive as long as you can.
Hollywood Monsters (iPad)
Posted on January 23rd, 2013 by
What if the monsters in Hollywood movies were actual actors, and living among us? And what if these monsters were tired of the roles they were typecast as, and wanted better movie parts? In this point and click adventure on iPad, play as Dan and Liz, two newspaper reporters investigating a possible monster rebellion.
Inspiring Stories and Videos About the Zumba Fitness Video Games!
Posted on January 22nd, 2013 by
At the beginning of the year, many people make resolutions to lose weight and get in shape. But by the end of the first month, a lot of those people end up breaking that resolution. So here’s a couple of Zumba Fitness video game related stories and videos to help inspire everyone to keep their resolutions to stay fit throughout the whole year!
Cary’s Favorite Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli Films
Posted on January 21st, 2013 by
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an upcoming PS3 RPG title. The main draw of Ni no Kuni is that the characters and story were designed by Studio Ghibli, a very influential and prolific animation studio in Japan that has made many memorable films. I’m pretty selective about my anime and only like a few series, such as Astro Boy, original Dragon Ball, and not much else. But I do love the movies that Studio Ghibli puts out, so in honor of the release of Ni no Kuni, here are my favorites of theirs. Actually it’ll be a list of pretty much all their movies, since I like most of them for some reason or another anyway.
