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.
Free Game!!! The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords 25th Anniversary Edition (DSi, 3DS)
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Posted on October 3rd, 2011 by
The Legend of Zelda is celebrating its 25th birthday, but the presents are for you! For a limited time, Nintendo is offering a FREE Zelda game to download if you connect your DSi or 3DS to the shop channel via WiFi!
Game Review: Frogger 3D (3DS)
Posted on October 2nd, 2011 by
It’s arcade star Frogger’s 30th anniversary, and Konami is celebrating with a new Frogger game in full 3-D for the Nintendo 3DS! Help Frogger cross the road, avoid cars, and other three dimensional obstacles all with classic simple arcade gameplay.
XSEEDing Atlus (and other niche game companies)
Posted on September 30th, 2011 by
In honor of Solatorobo being released this week, I thought I’d write a blog about the publishers of that game, XSEED, and how they surpassed Atlus as my favorite niche game company. Now, I’m not bashing Atlus in any way, they’re still a great company and all. And they’re publishing an upcoming game I’m looking forward to (the next KOF game). But recently, XSEED has been releasing a wider variety of games that interest me more, so I thought I’d feature some of those games in this blog.
Game Review: Supremacy MMA (Xbox 360, PS3)
Posted on September 28th, 2011 by
Supremacy MMA is a one-on-one mixed martial arts fighting game. Even though it’s an arcade style pick up and play kind of game, the fighting styles, moves and even injuries are realistic. Play as one of a handful of real and fictional fighters, each with their own styles from boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and others as you rise the ranks to the top (Xbox 360 version reviewed here).
Kirby’s Massive Mini-Game Attack!
Posted on September 26th, 2011 by
You’ve probably read reviews already about Kirby Mass Attack. So you know that it’s a fantastic game and an original concept where you use the stylus and touch screen to guide a mob of Kirbys through 2-D levels. So I decided to do something a little different in my review and focus on the mini-games you can unlock while playing Kirby Mass Attack, because several of them are more fleshed out than past Kirby mini-games. Plus, I just like mini-games anyway. Slight spoiler warning here, too, I guess.
Game Review: Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures (DS)
Posted on September 25th, 2011 by
Video gaming’s most famous mother, Cooking Mama, has done such a good job cooking, gardening, crafting, and babysitting (all games in the series), that Papa has decided she needs a vacation. Join Mama and Papa for more touch screen mini-game fun in the great outdoors with Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures for Nintendo DS.
Game Review: The Gunstringer (Xbox 360 Kinect)
Posted on September 24th, 2011 by
Twisted Pixel is one of my favorite developers of Xbox LIVE downloadable titles. Located in Austin, TX, they’ve made gems like The Maw and Comic Jumper. Now with The Gunstringer, they’ve achieved two firsts. It’s their first Kinect game and their first retail title. In the game, play as a skeleton cowboy as he takes revenge on his posse who turned on him in life. Sounds pretty typical until you realize that the Gunstringer is a marionette puppet and you’re the one controlling his strings!
The All-Star Toons of Nicktoons MLB
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by
Recently I wrote a review of Nicktoons MLB, a new baseball game featuring real MLB players and Nicktoons stars. But since I like cartoons so much, I wanted to write a separate blog featuring all the Nickelodeon characters found in MLB, as well as some of my favorite Nicktoons. Kind of like what I did with Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion. So get your peanuts and hot dogs ready as we look at all the characters in Nicktoons MLB. At least the toons anyway, I’m not going into all the real MLB players in the game!
Game Review: Nicktoons MLB (Wii, DS, Xbox 360)
Posted on September 21st, 2011 by
A roster of real-life MLB All-Stars have teamed up with famous Nicktoons characters for the ultimate baseball crossover extravaganza. Play as your favorite Nickelodeon characters like SpongeBob, Ren & Stimpy, Invader ZIM and more! Don’t laugh; Nicktoons MLB is actually one of the better sports games for young sluggers (Xbox 360 version reviewed here).
Game Preview: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Posted on September 20th, 2011 by
Kids like action figures, and kids like video games, so it only makes sense to try and merge the two together. Well, Activision plans to do just that with Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. It’s an upcoming video game set to release later next month for all the major current popular gaming consoles. And it stars the famous purple dragon Spyro on a new adventure. Click to read the preview and learn how it all works.
