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Hey folks, got another batch of game reviews I’ve written lately over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on the links and maybe even post a comment or two here or there, I’d really appreciate it.  Also, pretty soon I’ll be heading out for PAX South again, so please keep me in your thoughts and prayers that I have a safe trip there and back.  OK, on to the reviews!

Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival is a Wii U game that came out late last year.  It’s a video board game featuring Animal Crossing characters, and you use Animal Crossing Amiibo figures to play it.  You must scan them on the Wii U gamepad to roll dice, save your individual progress, heck; you can’t even start the game without first scanning an Amiibo.  But there is a little more to it than that.  Along with the board game, there is a selection of eight mini-games you can unlock that use the Animal Crossing Amiibo cards that are primarily used in Happy Home Designer.  I haven’t read too many reviews online that go over these games in detail, so I’ll do that now since I like covering mini-games.

Well we’re into 2016 now, and with the 2015 Game of the Year stuff out of the way, it’s time to look forward to games that will be coming out this year!  So here’s a list of games that I’m personally looking forward to.  Now this isn’t a full list, since some stuff hasn’t even been announced yet since it’s so early.  And my list does tend to lean toward the Nintendo side, because I don’t have a PS4 or Xbox One yet.  But one of the things I’ll be looking forward to is finding out if those systems will have more games that interest me this year.  It could very well happen, you never know!  Well, at any rate, here are some games I’m looking forward to in 2016!

Can you believe that 2015 is already over?  What I like to do around this time is write about the best games of the past year.  Keep in mind that no outside opinions went into the making of this list.  It’s just my own picks.  And if a game is missing from my list, it either didn’t appeal to me as much, or I just simply haven’t played it yet.  Can’t play all the games out there, you know!  Plus I do apologize if this list leans toward the Nintendo side.  I don’t have an Xbox One or PS4 yet, so you’ll just have to deal with it.  So with that out of the way, welcome to my Best Games of 2015 Awards Show!

Happy New Year!  This will be my last blog of 2015.  So what better way to celebrate than with some more game reviews that I’ve recently posted at GamerDad.com!  Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d really appreciate it.  Thanks so much for your support this past year.  Let’s begin!

Usually at the end of summer, I’ll write a blog about the movies I saw during the past few months, as I see a lot of movies during that time.  It’s pretty rare for me to see a bunch of movies any other time of the year, but this Fall and Winter I did.  So I decided to write a little blog about what I saw, just for fun.  I’ll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but just in case something slips out, you’ve been warned!

Merry Christmas!  It’s time for me to do what I always do on my blog this time of year: my Pretend Christmas Present Party!  Here’s how it works.  In the comments section, give me a pretend Christmas present.  It can be anything you want!  It’s the thought that counts…literally!  And in return, I’ll reply with a pretend Christmas gift for you!  It’s fun when it’s fun!  And as a special Christmas bonus, I’ve got extra presents for all of you: more game reviews that I’ve written recently on GamerDad.com!  Please read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two!  I’d really appreciate it!  I could certainly use some cheering up since I don’t have a job right now and this year kind of sucked at times.

Recently I played and beat the new holiday title, LEGO Dimensions.  I was impressed with some of the worlds you explore and licenses used, so I decided I’d write a blog about it.  In short, LEGO Dimensions is essentially Skylanders with LEGOs.  You buy and build LEGO figures and vehicles, and then put them on a special pedestal so you can play as them in the game.  Unlike Disney Infinity, any character and vehicle can go into any world at any time.  That’s one thing that Skylanders and LEGO Dimensions does right.  Half the fun was seeing all the worlds you could go into, and what surprises you’d find.  In fact, brother Jeff (who I always play LEGO games with), described the game as ‘LEGO Kingdom Hearts’ and I like how he put that.  So let’s dive into the portal and see what we can see!

Hey folks, Chef Cary here, and I’ve cooked up a banquet of GamerDad.com game reviews for you to gobble up.  Better bring your stretchy sweatpants, because you’ll all have big fat bellies after this feast!  Please click on and read as many reviews as you can, and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d really appreciate it!  Thanks so much!

Recently I reviewed Transformers Devastation, and it got me to thinking about the franchise.  When I was a kid in the 80’s, I was pretty big into Transformers for a couple of years.  Ever since I was a kid I always wanted a GOOD Transformers game that was truly based on the cartoon.  And now we finally got one with Transformers: Devastation (although I still like Fall of Cybertron better).  So in honor of the release of this long-awaited game, here’s a blog about my top five favorite Autobots (good guys) and Decepticons (bad guys).