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.
Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 (PS3)
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Posted on March 20th, 2012 by
Set three years after the events of the first Hyperdimension Neptunia, the land of “Gameindustri” is in peril again! A new religious sect is taking over the minds and hearts of the people in the land (which pokes fun of video games), and they have evil intentions. What’s worse, the main Goddess heroines in the first game have been captured, so it’s up to the younger sisters of the heroes to step up to the task with a little help from characters old and new. Can their younger counterparts master the Goddess’ transformation skills and save the world once more?
Street Fighter X Tekken: Team Namco
Posted on March 19th, 2012 by
Last time on my blog I talked about the Capcom characters on the Street Fighter side of Street Fighter X Tekken. So now I’ll go over the Namco characters on the Tekken side!
League of Legends (PC)
Posted on March 16th, 2012 by
Several years ago, when Warcraft III was the real-time strategy game of the moment, Blizzard released tools for gamers to create their own levels and units for the game. Some enterprising programmers designed a level that focused on team play between two teams of hero units, each with a few special powers that improved during the game. Thus an entirely new subgenre of real-time strategy, Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA), was born. Fast forward to late 2009, and Riot Games released League of Legends (LoL for short). Entirely free to download and play, League of Legends is an excellent opportunity for PC gamers to enjoy this new style of game. The game deserves a look from any real-time strategy fan, as it manages to combine an RTS style game with a healthy dose of Role playing (as your hero gains levels and items) all in a quick 30-40 minutes of game play.
Street Fighter X Tekken: Team Capcom
Posted on March 15th, 2012 by
Street Fighter X Tekken just came out last week, so I’ll do what I’ll usually do with fighters and list all the crazy characters you can play as! We’ll split this up into two blogs. Capcom’s cast of Street Fighters will be first, since I know a little more about them. Then in a few days, I’ll post another blog about the Tekken side.
Nintendo 3DS StreetPass Meetup in the North Dallas, TX Area!
Posted on March 9th, 2012 by
If you have a 3DS and live in the North Dallas, Plano, and Frisco area in Texas, then you might be interested in this. I’m helping to promote a 3DS StreetPass meet-up near where I live at the end of March. Read on for a link to all the details:
Nicktoons MLB 3D (3DS)
Posted on March 8th, 2012 by
Last year, popular Nickelodeon cartoon characters made history by challenging real life MLB players to a game of baseball. And the result was a fun and simple sports game for kids. Now your little sluggers can enjoy all the action on the go and in 3D with Nicktoons MLB 3D for 3DS.
Cary’s Favorite Tales Characters!
Posted on March 7th, 2012 by
In honor of next week’s release of Namco’s new game in their flagship RPG series: Tales of Graces F, here’s a blog about my favorite Tales characters!
G.P. the GamerPuppet Unboxes the Special Edition of Street Fighter X Tekken! (PS3)
Posted on March 6th, 2012 by
Hey! G.P. the GamerPuppet here, with another unboxing! This time it’s the Special Edition of Street Fighter X Tekken for PS3. It’s a fighting game that mixes characters from Capcom’s famous Street Fighter series and Namco’s Tekken brawlers. The X actually reads “Cross” not just X. And Cary got the PS3 version because it has a few exclusive characters in it. Mainly Pac-Man. You know how Cary likes his Pac-Man! Anyway, let’s take a look at all the stuff you get!
Reader Review: Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (3DS)
Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by
One of the most intense titles in the Metal Gear game series: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, is about to get more ‘in-your-face’ in 3D on the Nintendo 3DS handheld. My brother Jeff is a Metal Gear Solid fanatic, so he gets the honor of doing a reader review. So here’s his take on Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D.
Cary’s Top Five Favorite Non-RPG Pokemon Games!
Posted on February 28th, 2012 by
In honor of the release of PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond for Wii this week, I thought I’d talk about my favorite non-RPG Pokemon games. Usually when a new main Pokemon RPG comes out, like Black or White (kind of weird that the next games are sequels to those), everyone gets all excited. And when a Pokemon game comes out that’s not an RPG, a lot of people say they wished for another Pokemon RPG. But I think I like the non-RPG Pokemon games a little better. Here’s why:
