{"id":1605,"date":"2008-12-05T12:08:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2008-12-05T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T18:08:44","slug":"2008-gamerdad-holiday-game-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/05\/2008-gamerdad-holiday-game-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 GamerDad Holiday Game Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ds_holiday1.gif\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/gdholiday_med.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1606 alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"gdholiday_med\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/gdholiday_med.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>Life during the Holiday shopping season is just too busy without having to wade through game review after game review &#8211; especially when they aren&#8217;t written by actual GamerParents who understand kids gaming habits. Here at GamerDad we believe that there are great games available for kids of all ages &#8211; and some games that are more appropriate for one age group than another. Check out each of our Holiday Shopping Guides to see some of the best games we&#8217;ve played for each age group.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, by purchasing the game from Amazon.com uson your immediate right, you help sponsor GamerDad! (That&#8217;s a good thing? Right?)<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading. Good luck shopping. And no matter what game company CEOs think &#8211; BUY USED GAMES. Don&#8217;t break your bank and use the (unfortunately small) dollars you save for an extra controller or maybe another game.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p>GamerDad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ds_holiday1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1607 aligncenter\" title=\"ds_holiday1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ds_holiday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ds_holiday1.gif 399w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/ds_holiday1-300x52.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/2008-11-28\/gamerparenting-gifts-for-every-gamerkid\/\">GamerDad&#8217;s Holiday Guide (A Great Pick for Every ESRB Rating)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/2008-11-29\/carys-video-game-shopping-picks\/\">Cary Woodham&#8217;s\u00a0Christmas Guide (For the Kids in All of Us)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/2008-12-04\/unplugged-2008-holiday-game-guide\/\">Dr. Matt Carlson&#8217;s GamerDad Unplugged Boardgame Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/2008-12-08\/gamerfamily-holiday-guide-08\/#more-1618\">The GamerDad Family Holiday Guide &#8211; Picks from GD&#8217;s kids!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life during the Holiday shopping season is just too busy without having to wade through game review after game review &#8211; especially when they aren&#8217;t written by actual GamerParents who understand kids gaming habits. Here at GamerDad we believe that there are great games available for kids of all ages &#8211; and some games that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}