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One of Nintendo’s most popular sports titles on the Wii was Wii Sports.  So when the Wii U first came out, naturally Nintendo had a Wii Sports title for that, too.  But they released it a little differently.  Shortly after the launch of the Wii U, you could download and play games on Wii Sports Club.  You could pay for each sport separately or pay to play by the hour.  But now Nintendo has just released a disc copy of Wii Sports Club with little to no fanfare, so I thought I’d write about it a bit in this blog.

So recently I was wrapping up playing Tomodachi Life on my 3DS.  It’s a life sim game that lets you use your Mii characters.  I started thinking about other Mii character specific games, and thought I’d write a blog that features them.  Most of these Mii games are geared toward casual gamers, and while Nintendo has gotten quite a bit of criticism on that, I still think they’re fun.  Now, there are many games that let you use Mii characters in titles like Mario Kart and Sonic & All-Stars Racing, but I’m focusing on just the games that only have Mii characters and nothing else.  So let’s get started.

This past week at GamerDad.com, I took a look at some books and games featuring obscure and not so obscure Namco game characters.  But they’re all pretty strange so I dubbed it “Nutty Namco Week.”  So here are links to those along with a few other reviews.  Please click on and read as many as you can, and maybe even leave a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK, on to the reviews.

Can you believe this year is already half over?  What I like to do this time of year is write about the best games of the year 2014 so far.  Most of the really good titles come out during the Christmas season at the tail end of the year, and the games that come out earlier tend to be forgotten.  So this is where those games get their due. 

Here’s another batch of reviews I’ve written lately over 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.  I’m also using this blog to commemorate a gaming ‘milestone’ for me.  Recently, I passed the 50,000 Achievement Point mark on Xbox LIVE!

Another E3 has come and gone, so I thought I’d write a blog about my favorite games and news stories from the show.  But before we get to that, I have to rant a little bit.  I do apologize in advance, but for the second year in a row I was denied a press pass to E3.  So I have to gripe about that a second.

Hey folks, I’ve got a bunch of game review links again here in this blog that I’ve written lately.  Please click on as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  But first, in honor of the upcoming release of Tomodachi Life for 3DS, I thought I’d give you a preview glimpse of the game and what Mii Cary’s Tomodachi Life is like so far!

In honor of the upcoming release of Mario Kart 8, I thought I’d write a blog ranking my favorite games in the Mario Kart series.  Mario Kart 8 itself isn’t on the list, since I haven’t played it yet as of this writing, but I am looking forward to it.  So read on to find out which Mario Kart game took first place, and which ones ate dust!

Here’s another batch of game reviews I’ve written lately.  Please click and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a comment or two, I’d appreciate it.  The title of this blog stems from the fact that a lot of the games reviewed in this batch have an adventurous feel.  Also, when I wrote game reviews for The Dallas Morning News, the title of the game reviewing section was called Electronic Adventures.  I didn’t make up that title, though.  However, when I wrote game reviews for The Daily Texan, UT Austin’s college newspaper, there were already a lot of music reviews since Austin is a pretty big live music town.  The music reviews section was called Sound Bites, so when I wrote game reviews for them, I came up with the title Game Bytes.  Get it?  Oh well, on to the reviews.

In honor of the recent release of Mario Golf: World Tour on 3DS, I thought I’d list my top 9 favorite golf video games.  Why 9?  Because there are 9 holes in golf.  Well, actually there’s 18, but half that and you get 9.  Plus I couldn’t think of 18 golf games I liked.  And when my dad used to play golf, if he didn’t have all day he would just play 9 holes, so I think it’s legit.  Anyway, golf may sound like a boring sport, but there are some video golf games that I think are pretty fun.  Just be warned that all my picks are, not surprisingly, silly and whimsical golf games.  So you won’t see any Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, or Lee Trevino on here!  So let’s tee off!  FORE!