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.
Game Review: Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii)
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Posted on October 25th, 2008 by
Natsume’s popular farming simulation series of games, Harvest Moon, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year (has it really been around that long?). And so in honor of such a bountiful harvest, Natsume is cultivating Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility for the Nintendo Wii. Is the newest addition a bumper crop or a dust bowl? Read on to find out:
Ask GamerDad 10/24/08
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by
Halloween is coming so GamerDad takes on a few tricks as well as treats this week! What’s the best console on which to do the Transylvania Twist? Is six-years-old too young to decapitate the Boy Wonder? Should we go to Ravenholm? In Dead Space can anyone hear you scream? GamerDad knows these answers, boys and ghouls. Read on!
My Week in Games
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by
It was a busy week. I’m still gearing up for the ALA Conference and Trick or Treating is this Saturday – which is irksome on one hand because it’s not ON Halloween. One the other hand though, it clears Trick or Treating duties from Sunday Afternoon and during a Packer game (a Wisconsin tradition that’s broken in my neighborhood) and because Halloween is my ten year anniversary and that means that we can go do something fun. Like Chicago. And then on the THIRD scary mutant hand … it means everyone is getting sick.
PSP-3000 … might want to hold that purchase …
Posted on October 21st, 2008 by
Whether you are someone who has never owned a PSP but were considering a new one, or someone who had the original and thought that the latest incarnation provided the differentiation that the PSP-Slim did not, or like me and start frothing at the mouth when the word ‘new portable electronics device’ are used in a sentence, you are aware that Sony’s new PSP-3000 has been released and is available in most stores. I’ve yet to grab one, and based on new reports I am going to hold off – and suggest you do the same. Read on to find out why. more…
NYT: Gaming leads to mass reading?
Posted on October 20th, 2008 by
According to a recent article in the New York Times titled “The Future of Reading: Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers”, new efforts to bring video games into traditional literary areas are happening due to “that video games also may teach a kind of digital literacy that is becoming as important as proficiency in print”. One quote postulates “I wouldn’t be surprised if, in 10 or 20 years, video games are creating fictional universes which are every bit as complex as the world of fiction of Dickens or Dostoevsky”. Also, they discuss how rich game worlds such as the one in Postal 2 have opened a dialogue around issues of race, religion and gender sensitivity. more…
Game Review: Princess Debut (DS)
Posted on October 20th, 2008 by
This Week in Games: October 19 – 26
Posted on October 19th, 2008 by
You really know that the mad season is in full swing when I have such a hard time deciding what to choose … do I pick Far Cry 2, Fable 2 or Star Ocean: First Departure or … ? There are twenty-five new games for the DS alone! Check out the rest of the list! more…
Game Review: Hi! Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Challenge (DS)
Posted on October 19th, 2008 by
NHL 09 – Budding Hockey Dad
Posted on October 19th, 2008 by
When I was a lad in College back in 1993-94 we had a dorm tradition involving a certain kind of herbal smoke, a certain kind of fermented beverage, and wine flavored jug – did we party with togas on? Did we break stuff and pull pranks on the wicked old Dean? Did we socialize with women at all? No, no, and no. We had NHL tournaments on SEGA Genesis. And it was oh so good.
Cary’s Favorite Point & Click Adventures
Posted on October 18th, 2008 by
