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.
Pretty Girls Escape (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
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Posted on November 14th, 2022 by
Play a fun color matching block puzzle game while being accompanied by cute anime ladies in Pretty Girls Escape. It’s available on PlayStation consoles, Switch, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
The Jackbox Party Pack 9 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, iOS, PC)
Posted on November 11th, 2022 by
If you have a bunch of people over to play games during the holidays, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered! Their latest batch of party games is out, and all you need are cell phones or tablets to play them! Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any mobile device and enter in the room code and you’re in! It’s pretty simple and works well, and in some games, even people who don’t have cell phones can be part of the audience and participate, too. The Jackbox Party Pack 9 is available on most anything that can play games, but reviewed on PS4 here. Let’s take a quick look at the five games on this collection.
Car Mechanic Pinball (Switch)
Posted on November 9th, 2022 by
Get ready for one of the weirdest pinball games I’ve ever played! In Car Mechanic Pinball, you play pinball to fix up cars. But instead of tossing balls around with the flippers, here you toss a CAR around! This crazy pinball game is on Nintendo Switch, but I think I’ve seen an arcade version of it, too.
Little Kong: Jungle Fun (Switch)
Posted on November 7th, 2022 by
Little Kong is a young primate enjoying his fruit meal. But he got a little messy and the fruit juices even dyed his fur purple! His mommy wants to give him a bath, but he likes his new purple fur. Help Little Kong run away and escape bathtime in this cute and cartoony continuous runner on Switch.
Pizza Pixel Podcast Episode 12: Our Favorite RPGs!
Posted on November 4th, 2022 by
My brother Ben returns and we talk about our favorite turn-based RPGs in this episode of The Pizza Pixel Podcast! I think out of all my brothers, Ben likes RPGs the most, and since I’ve helped introduce many of them to the genre, I guess I know a bit about them, too! I’ve definitely fell off the RPG loop now, but I was really into them way back in the 16-bit days! So please click on the link and give it listen if you can. I think this one’s a lot of fun!
Super Jagger Bomb (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
Posted on November 2nd, 2022 by
Back when I was a kid, one of the local pizza joints we visited at least once a week for their buffet was Pizza Inn. Like many other pizza places, this one had a few arcade machines in the back. You had your mainstays that were there pretty much forever, like Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, and Arkanoid. But this restaurant also had a couple of machines in rotation that I had never seen in another arcade before, or only once or twice. Some of these titles included stuff like Mr. Do!’s Castle and Bomb Jack. Bomb Jack was made by what would become Tecmo and it starred a caped superhero character as he collected bombs in single screen areas while avoiding enemies. Its appearance at Pizza Inn is what caused me to buy Mighty Bomb Jack when I got my NES. The NES version added some side scrolling elements as well as obtuse hidden secrets that games back then tended to do. There was a Bomb Jack 2 on European PCs, but it was just a reworked Thundercats game. In Japan in the 90s there was a two player Bomb Jack arcade game called Bomb Jack Twin. But aside from an appearance in the Arcade Archives collection, a Tecmo classic collection on the Xbox, and a secret outfit in a Tecmo Wii golf game, there hasn’t been much of Bomb Jack seen since. But if you want to play an imitation of the game, now there’s Super Jagger Bomb, which plays so much like Bomb Jack, from the stage layouts to the backgrounds, that I’m surprised Tecmo hasn’t sued them! It’s available on PlayStation consoles, Switch, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Chenso Club (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on October 31st, 2022 by
Aliens have taken over the city and the only ones who can stop them are a blue haired android girl and her friends in the “Chenso Club.” This one reminds me of several different types of games. It has the style and presentation of titles you might see from WayForward or Treasure. It’s got some slight Smash Bros. style gameplay and since it’s a (mostly) single screen action game it also makes me think of Taito classics like Bubble Bobble. But it all mixes together to make a fairly enjoyable experience. Chenso Club is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
PlayDate Update: Part 1
Posted on October 28th, 2022 by
A while back I reviewed the PlayDate, a new handheld gaming device that has a crank on the side that you can wind to control some of the games. The other unique thing about this device is how you get the games. They come two at a time and are downloaded automatically on the handheld each week on a Monday. I talked about a few of them when I wrote my initial review, but since I didn’t have all the games yet in ‘season one,’ I said I would talk about more of the games later when I get a good amount of them. So now that I’ve got a few more, let’s go over what they are here!
Game Type DX (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on October 26th, 2022 by
According to the press release I got for this game, the story goes that it was originally made to protest an update on the Xbox 360 menu that made it hard to find indie games after wading through all sorts of submenus and ads. And supposedly this game caused them to fix that. I don’t necessarily remember that particularly when I had my Xbox 360 hooked up. But I know every time they did change the dashboard menu, it would make my 360 start up slower and slower. I miss the days when I could just pop in a game and play. And honestly, most video game system menus aren’t very good anyway. But Game Type DX is a silly horizontally scrolling bullet hell shooter that you can now play on current systems, but reviewed on Switch here.
Maggie the Magnet (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on October 24th, 2022 by
Maggie is a scientist who likes to experiment with magnetic fields. And luckily for Maggie, she’s also a magnet! Help Maggie by turning off and on her magnetic field to navigate around mazes in her lab. Maggie the Magnet is available on all current game systems and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
