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GamerDad blog provides video game news, views, & reviews from a parental perspective, presented by Andrew S. Bub, the author, GamerDad. This blog
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2d ago
Before there were these funny electronic devices that seem to be everywhere, I remember road trips where we had to make our own entertainment. One “20 questions”-style game that we played focused on solving a mystery. Players would be given a somewhat obtuse prompt of a situation and must then figure out what happened and ..read more
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2d ago
Pepper is an adventurous girl who gets shipwrecked, and pirates steal her treasure! Luckily she finds a drill that she can use to bypass obstacles and defeat enemies. Anyone remember a Game Boy Advance game called Drill Dozer? It was made by GameFreak, who also made a game series you might know of called Pokémon. ..read more
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4d ago
Monkey Business is a bit of a mash-up of the classic games of charades (where you pantomime something) and werewolf (where you’re trying to discover the odd person out in the mix. All but one player (or all but two, if there’s more than 6 players) are given the same activity to perform while the ..read more
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5d ago
When I was a kid during the NES heyday, Castlevania was huge! Most of my friends either had it or rented it a lot, same with the sequels. Simon Belmont from Castlevania was even a character in the Captain N cartoon (albeit a bit silly). I was never a big fan of Castlevania myself. I ..read more
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1w ago
Most of my younger brothers LOVE Warhammer. It’s an RPG board game where you play with these intricate figures that you can even paint yourself. I’ve never gotten into it myself, just too complicated (and expensive) for me. But then, anything more complicated than Hungry, Hungry Hippos and my eyes glaze over! Ha ha! Anyway ..read more
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1w ago
Place houses, fields, and other structures on a hexagonal strategy board game-like grid to create your own little town in Match Village. When you set three or more of the same structure together, they’ll match up and upgrade to a better building so you can get more points. This chill and laid back puzzler is ..read more
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1w ago
Make your own 3D platforming levels with Master Maker 3D Ultimate. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here. There are three modes of play. The first is Adventure. Here you can play 50 pre-made levels to see what you can do. You’ll control a little builder man and can ..read more
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2w ago
For Christmas last year I got a video game themed cookbook. It’s hardcover and pretty nice and has some interesting recipes in it, so I thought I’d go over a few of them here. I won’t go over ALL the recipes in the book, just some notes I jotted down on the ones I found ..read more
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2w ago
In the future, evil aliens have taken over a space base and it’s up to you to stop them. Orion Haste is a 16-bit style 2-D run and gun that plays similar to Contra. It’s available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here. Your mercenary can run and jump, and fire by holding ..read more
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2w ago
There’s a really popular kids’ show that I like called Bluey. The show is made in Australia and is set there, and in one of the newer episodes, the characters play a game of Cricket. It’s a really good episode, but a lot of it went over my head because living in the US myself ..read more