There are many toy lines that came out in the 80s when I was a kid that are still popular today.  Some examples would be Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony, etc.  Another example that I didn’t know was still around until recently was Care Bears.  That was huge when I was a kid, and they had lots of toys, plush, several cartoons, and even some movies!  I think even I saw the first Care Bears movie when I was a kid (I remember it being surprisingly dark), and that movie even made more money than the Disney cartoon film it was competing against (granted that Disney movie was The Black Cauldron, but still).  Now Care Bears are making a comeback and late last year I reviewed a 2D platformer starring the bunch.  And now they have a new installment featuring an assortment of arcade style mini-games.  Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is available on Switch and PlayStation consoles, but reviewed on Switch here.

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When I was a kid, one of my favorite stores to go into in the mall was Babbages.  I don’t think they’re around anymore, but they were kind of like a precursor to GameStop.  They sold video games but mostly computer software and stuff.  I didn’t really buy too many computer games then, but I still liked to look at the boxes because that’s how we found out about games before the Internet a lot of times.  One of the game boxes that caught my eye was Bubble Ghost.  It had two things I liked in games: bubbles (like in Bubble Bobble) and ghosts (like in Pac-Man).  But I never got around to buying that game.  Not sure why.  Maybe it was too expensive and I didn’t think it was worth the money.  A few years later they made a version of it on the Game Boy, but I never got around to buying it either.  There were a few years as a kid that I didn’t buy a whole lot of Game Boy stuff, and I don’t really remember seeing it in a store anyway.  So I never got to try Bubble Ghost.  So that’s why I’m glad that I got to review this remake.  It adds fancy hand drawn graphics and new levels and gameplay ideas.  Basic gist is that you are a ghost and try to blow a bubble around obstacles and keep it from popping.  Bubble Ghost Remake is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

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Pilot a mech and mow down robots with streams of bullets while you collect power-ups in S. Prysm Destroyer.  It’s an anime inspired 2D run and gun platformer available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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My brother and nephew have just made their first “Let’s Play” style YouTube video, so I thought I’d share it with you here.  They play an Xbox One game called Party Animals, where plush toy animals fight to the death.  I’ve played it before with them, and while I don’t understand the appeal, my nephew just loves it!  Anyway, click on the link below and watch it if you can!

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Race hot rods on crazy tracks in this cartoony kart game!  It’s available on all current consoles and PC but reviewed on Switch here.

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Several years ago I reviewed a game called Don’t Die, Mr. Robot.  It was a simple arcade style game where you controlled a square robot and avoided enemies while collecting fruit and coins and chaining explosions.  And now they’ve made a 3D version of it.  It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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So we all know that Wallace and Gromit have had lots of stop motion clay adventures on the small and big screen.  But did you know they’ve had quite a lot of video games, too?  They’re both old and recent and cover a wide variety of genres, too!  So to end Wallace and Gromit Week, I thought we’d go over all their video games here.  And if there were/are any mobile games or browser games starring them, I won’t be going over those.  Either I missed out on them or don’t feel like going THAT deep.

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A couple of years ago I reviewed a game called PowerWash Simulator.  It’s a game where you use a power washer to hose down all sorts of things.  Yeah they’ll make a game out of anything nowadays, won’t they?  But since it is a video game, they got pretty imaginative with it, and you could download all sorts of DLC to power wash things like Final Fantasy 7 vehicles, Lara Croft’s mansion from Tomb Raider, Back to the Future vehicles, SpongeBob’s neighborhood, and Shrek’s swamp.  All of those are cool and all, but it wasn’t enough to make me want to get them and play the game again.  That is, until recently when they added a Wallace and Gromit pack.  So I caved in and had to review it.  Wallace’s inventions have made a mess of his house and machines, so he invents the WashLad to clean things up!  The DLC and the game are available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

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I’ve been on a stop motion animation and Wallace and Gromit kick lately, thanks to watching the new movie on Netflix a month or so ago and playing new games and DLC based on the franchise.  So I’ve declared this week to be Wallace and Gromit Week here at GamerDad!  All this week we’ll be looking at Wallace and Gromit films and games, and we’ll start off by ranking the movies and shorts!  So grab your cheese and crackers and let’s begin!

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On our last few podcasts we’ve been talking about our favorite cartoons.  We did one on our favorite Saturday morning cartoons, and one on our favorite adult cartoons and one on kids cartoons.  And now we’re doing one on our favorite Japanese anime cartoons!  I’m not really that big into anime but this ended up being one of our longest podcasts anyway, so I hope you get to give it a listen please!  Just click on the link below!

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