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.
Pokémon Pirate Puffs
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Posted on October 17th, 2025 by
There’s a snack brand called Pirate’s Booty that I think mostly does popcorn kind of snacks. I don’t really see them much in stores that I visit frequently, though. I think the last time I saw them was at World Market and I haven’t been there in years. But recently a close relative bought me these packs of Pirate’s Booty snacks featuring Pokémon. And you know me, I’ll write about anything video game related, no matter what it is. So let’s take a look at them!
Acecraft (Mobile)
Posted on October 15th, 2025 by
Cuphead was a run and gun action platformer with unique visuals in that everything looked like a cartoon from the 1930s. It was actually pretty amazing looking, and the only reason why I didn’t play it was it was too darn hard! But it was pretty popular and even got an animated series on Netflix. And a few imitators, too. Here’s one of those. Acecraft is a top down 2D vertically scrolling shooter where you play as cute animals in airplanes shooting down all sorts of cartoony baddies. It’s available on mobile devices but reviewed on iPad here.
King of Ping Pong MEGAMIX (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on October 13th, 2025 by
I’ve never been a big fan of tennis or ping pong video games, because they just seem like glorified Pong games to me. But this one has arcade style gameplay and wacky characters, so let’s see how this one fares for me. King of Ping Pong MEGAMIX is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Hallmark Halloween Pikachu Ornament
Posted on October 10th, 2025 by
Every year I always get some video game themed Christmas ornaments from Hallmark and write about them here. I plan to do that this year, too. But in this year’s batch, there was a video game themed ornament that doesn’t belong with the Christmas stuff. You see, Hallmark has gotten into making Halloween ornaments as well. While I think having a Halloween tree is a bit much, some people do like their spooky stuff! Usually they have things I’m not much interested in, like Harry Potter ornaments. And even the ones I think are kind of cool I wouldn’t get, like Peanuts and Disney’s Haunted Mansion ornaments. But when they released a Pikachu Halloween ornament this year, I just had to get it. So let’s take a look at it.
40 Sports Games in 1 (Switch, PS5)
Posted on October 8th, 2025 by
Don’t be fooled by the title of this game. There aren’t really 40 full sports games on here. Just multiplayer mini-games based on things you do in sports. It feels like a title from a bygone era from the Wii days. 40 Sports Games in 1 is available on Switch and PS5, but reviewed on Switch here.
Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on October 6th, 2025 by
When I was a kid in the 80s, Garfield was huge! Newspaper comics strips were a popular form of entertainment for all ages back then, and the fat orange cat was right at the forefront. Not only that, but he had countless merchandise, Emmy award winning TV specials and a Saturday morning cartoon! So yeah, Garfield was a big part of my childhood. So good or bad, I’m always happy to review a Garfield video game. So here comes Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift, a typical cartoony kart racer featuring the fat cat and his friends. I’ve never played the first one, so I don’t know if this one improves anything in any way, but the sequel is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Pokémon Kisses
Posted on October 3rd, 2025 by
If you’ve ever wanted to have Kisses with Pokémon, now’s your chance. OK that sounded ALL wrong! Anyway, Pokémon have teamed up with Hershey’s Kisses to make some limited edition wrappers so you can try and catch ‘em all!
Pokémon Friends (Switch, Mobile)
Posted on October 1st, 2025 by
You’ve arrived in a new town to start your very own Pokémon plush toy shop. Kind of like a Build-A-Bear with Pokémon I guess. But while unpacking, your yarn gets all tangled up. So now you have to solve Pokémon themed puzzles to unravel your thoughts, and the yarn in Pokémon Friends. It’s available on Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.
The Edge of Allegoria (Switch, PC)
Posted on September 29th, 2025 by
The best way to describe this game is that it’s Pokémon with a potty mouth. The Edge of Allegoria is an old school styled RPG with a green and white color palette similar to the Game Boy. It has some similarities to Pokémon, too. You don’t train and fight monsters, but the battle screen and the map are very similar to that series. In the game you play as a generic person who goes out to make something of themselves. You come to a town with a goblin problem, and beat up the leader in a dungeon, only to have other goblins come and demolish your house. Then a fairy comes to tell you that the world is not in balance anymore after you fight her. And in typical RPG fashion, you just go on from there, visiting towns for clues and items and fighting monsters on route to dungeons. Only other thing that sets this game apart from others is that it uses more curse words in the text than any other video game I’ve ever seen! It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Let’s Tour the Welcome Tour!
Posted on September 26th, 2025 by
When the Nintendo Switch 2 released earlier this year, one of the launch games was the download only Welcome Tour. It was set up like a museum, and you controlled a little person as they walked around a giant Switch 2 and its accessories. You could play mini-games, try tech demos, and take quizzes on facts about the new console. To me, it sounded like a lot of silly, quirky fun. And I love games that have museums in them, whether it be Namco Museums or Animal Crossing. There was only one problem. They charged you for it. It really should’ve come with the system, and that’s what it’s going to be known for from here on out. I really wanted to boycott it and not buy it to support that kind of behavior. But here’s the thing. I only believe in boycotting if it doesn’t hurt yourself. And the game still sounded interesting enough to me that I didn’t want to miss out on it. Life is too short to miss out on what you think is fun. So I got it. It was only ten bucks anyway, and I can spend more money than that on fast food! So I figured I’d take you all on a tour of the Welcome Tour!
