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A couple of years ago, Nintendo made a big splash with their NES Mini and SNES Mini consoles.  Now SEGA is joining the bandwagon with a mini version of their most popular console, the SEGA Genesis.  But there have already been mini Genesis consoles with pre-loaded games on them, and Genesis collections on consoles, so what’s the big deal with this one?  Well, mainly SEGA is making this one themselves, and they’re taking Nintendo’s approach to how they include which games will be on it.  So what does that mean?  Well you’ll just have to find out in this blog series.  We’re going to take a look at the games on this mini console, but there are so many that we are going to split this up into three sections, one a week this month.  For this first part, we’ll take a look at the Genesis Mini itself, and a few of the expected games on it.  Don’t worry, we’ll get to the good stuff soon!

BOO!  OK so these reviews aren’t really that scary, but it is getting near Halloween so here’s my not-so-scary themed latest batch of reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s begin…if you dare!

Lately I’ve been watching a series on Netflix that I’ve really gotten into.  It’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.  And it’s REALLY GOOD!  I’m a big Jim Henson fan and a lot of his works were a huge part of my childhood.  TV shows such as Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and The Muppet Show, for instance.  And movies like the original The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.  Heck, the very first Muppet Movie was the first movie I remember seeing in a theater.  The new Dark Crystal series feels like something I would’ve watched as a kid, and I don’t want to make too many assumptions, but I feel like Jim Henson would be happy with it.  So I highly recommend you watch it if you have Netflix.  It makes me really want to play the upcoming video game that I saw at PAX, even though I don’t like tactics strategy games.  Can you guess my favorite character from the new series?  I’ve given you a couple of easy clues, so you should be able to figure it out.

At the end of August/beginning of September, I went to PAX West 2019 in Seattle.  And I finished my articles last week so here are links to them in this blog.  Please read them when you get a chance.  Lots of cool pictures and new games!  Also, my birthday is coming up (Sept. 15), but the presents are for you!  I’ve got more game reviews I’ve written recently as well!  Please read as many as you can and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s get this party started!

Hey folks, guess what?  At the end of this week, I’ll be heading off to Seattle for PAX West!  I skipped last year because I went to E3 instead, but since I didn’t go to E3 this year, I’m back at PAX!  So please pray that I have a safe trip there and back, and a good and fruitful time at the show.  Anyway, to tide you over until I get back, here are some more game reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s go!

In the first part of my 3DS tribute blog, we looked at my favorite downloadable games.  Now we’re going to look at my favorite physical cartridge games.  Now of course, you could download many of these games, too, but I had them in cartridge form so they’re going here.  There’s a lot to cover so let’s get started!

Can you believe the Nintendo 3DS was released 8 years ago in 2011?  I don’t like calling a game system ‘dead,’ because I feel a game console in only dead if you don’t play it.  But the 3DS is certainly at the end of its retail life cycle, as Nintendo isn’t making any more games for it, focusing solely on the Switch now.  So when a game console or handheld reaches that point in its life, I like to write a blog or two highlighting the best games for it (or at least the ones I really liked).  So here are some blogs about the best games on the 3DS!  There were SO many that I had to split it into two parts.  The first part we’re going to go over my favorite downloadable games, along with some other features of the 3DS I really liked.

It’s time again for some game reviews I’ve recently written over at GamerDad.com.  There’s some pretty good ones in here this time, so do be sure to check them out.  Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK, time to find out why I named this blog “Buff Penguin Reviews!”

The year is already half over, so it’s that time for me to do my Best Games of the Year SO FAR Awards Show!  Most of the big name games come out in the later half of the year during the holiday season, so sometimes the games that come out in the first six months tend to be forgotten. Well this is where those games get their due!  Keep in mind that no outside opinions went into making this list, and since it’s my list, if a game didn’t appear on here, I either haven’t played it yet or it just didn’t appeal to me as much.  OK with that out of the way, let’s begin!

Well all the Labo VR things are built and all my articles about each one are written, so I figured I’d put them all into one place for easy reference if anyone is interested in reading about them.  Enjoy!