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.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
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Posted on November 24th, 2021 by
In the Land of Imagination, the residents are about to celebrate a festival of colors. But when guest of honor Rainbow Billy launches the fireworks, they wake up a sleeping monochrome dragon under the sea! This angry Leviathan steals all the colors from the land, and now Billy must bring them all back and rescue his friends, and make more than 60 new ones, too! Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a turn-based RPG with elements of Paper Mario platforming thrown in. And the battles aren’t really battles at all. You must talk your way through each skirmish to make new friends out of your foes! The game is available on nearly all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Steel Assault (Switch, PC)
Posted on November 22nd, 2021 by
You are Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes. Run, jump, climb, and smack enemies in this 16-bit arcade styled 2-D action platformer. Steel Assault is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Metroid Dread amiibo
Posted on November 19th, 2021 by
For a while I wasn’t having too much trouble getting amiibo figures but this year it’s been a lot harder. Luckily I finally got the Metroid Dread amiibo two pack, so let’s take a look at them!
Trios (Switch, PC)
Posted on November 17th, 2021 by
Trios is a math puzzle game where you must solve equations to match the number in the background. In each stage are bubbles with numbers and equation signs in them (plus, minus, times, and divided by). You must tap two numbers and an equation sign to make a new number, and repeat the process until you get the desired outcome. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Gynoug (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)
Posted on November 16th, 2021 by
I’ve been reviewing a lot of Japan-only classic 16-bit shooters lately that have been re-released on newer consoles. But here’s one that was actually released in the US on the SEGA Genesis, under a new name. In Japan it was called Gynoug, but they changed it to Wings of Wor in the US. Despite how you may feel about the change, I can understand why they did that since ‘Gynoug” looks like the phonetical pronunciation of holding back a sneeze. Anyway, in this one you play as a winged warrior as you mow down enemies in 2-D side scrolling fashion. It’s available to download on most current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy (Switch, PC)
Posted on November 15th, 2021 by
Waifu? What’s that? Isn’t that what you hook your Internet up to? Nah, just joking, I know what that word means. It’s like a pretend girlfriend or something, I think. Anyway, fasten your seatbelts, folks, because I think this may be one of the weirdest (and most adult) 2-D shooters I’ve ever played. In a fantasy world, warrior and wizard ladies have put on cursed armor and now they need to get it off. So an old lady summons a spaceship from a shooter game and shrinks it down to shoot away the curses and remove the evil armor. Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on November 12th, 2021 by
For several generations, youngsters have enjoyed watching shows on the Nickelodeon cable channel for kids. Heck, even when I was little back in the 80’s, I enjoyed watching Nick shows such as You Can’t Do that on Television, Danger Mouse, and Double Dare. Even more recently I’ve been known to watch shows on that channel like Invader ZIM and The Penguins of Madagascar. My younger brothers would watch shows on Nickelodeon, too, such as Rugrats and SpongeBob Squarepants. And now there is a fighting game featuring Nick’s vast history of cartoon stars. So yeah, it’s basically Smash Bros. with Nickelodeon characters. It’s available on nearly all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Cotton 30th Anniversary Double Feature!
Posted on November 11th, 2021 by
“Cotton” is a series of 2-D horizontally scrolling shooters that were very popular in the 90’s during the 16- and 32-bit eras. They star a candy-obsessed witch girl named Cotton who flies on her broom as she shoots down foes in spooky yet silly settings. It’s an example of the “Cute ‘Em Up” subgenre of shooters similar to titles like Twinbee, Parodius, Fantasy Zone, or Ordyne. And now it’s Cotton’s 30th anniversary! Of course, this may not mean much to many gamers, as Cotton was never released outside Japan…until now! Earlier this year we got Cotton Reboot!, which I reviewed a couple of months ago. And now we are getting two re-releases of classic 16-bit Cotton games: Cotton 100% and Panorama Cotton! They’re available to download on PS4 and Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
Posted on November 10th, 2021 by
Play Mahjong Solitaire to unlock outfits for a bevvy of pretty anime ladies in this one. It’s very similar to the Bishoujo Battle Mahjong Solitaire game I reviewed a while back, but without the guns. It’s available on current PlayStation systems, Switch, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Bonito Days (Switch)
Posted on November 9th, 2021 by
In the Super Monkey Ball games, there are usually a large selection of multiplayer mini-games that are just as fun as the main game themselves. One favorite is Monkey Target. Who doesn’t like Monkey Target? In that one, you roll your monkey in a ball down a ramp, launch it in the air, and make it glide to a target below for points. Bonito Days takes that premise and expands upon it with a bit of Katamari Damacy weirdness thrown in.
