Games from a Parental Perspective
Have you ever heard of a game where you play as a plumber and must run and jump through 2D worlds? Yeah, you MIGHT have. But what about one where you play as a plumber in a 2D world and ACTUALLY do plumbing? Yeah, maybe not. Well now there is a game like that with […]
I’m not a PC gamer and haven’t been for a while, mainly because I can’t afford a gaming PC. But when I got a Steam key for Educational Family Games, I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to review it as it fits the audience of this site nicely. So I got my brother [ ]
Help little girl Lia wake up from nightmares involving avoiding sawblades in this 2D precision platformer. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here. Lia can run and jump and that’s it. If you get hit by a sawblade or other obstacles like spikes, you’ll have to start the stage [ ]
Hold onto your hats, folks, the story for this game gets pretty weird! One day a failed experiment in a laboratory causes all humans on Earth to disappear. It also causes animals to start talking and inanimate objects to come to life. And then evil shadow creatures start attacking! Luckily a stuffed bunny named Nora [ ]
Got some new amiibo based on the recently released Splatoon Raiders game. There’s Shiver, Frye, and Big Man. They’ve had amiibo based on these three before for Splatoon 3, but here they are in their Raiders getup. So let’s take a look at them! Here they are in the boxes. And here they are out [ ]
Whether you played it on old game consoles or early cell phones, most people are familiar with the simple game Snake or any of its variants. But what if you added enemies and bullet hell shooter elements to the concept? Well you’d get Mechaconda. The nefarious Dr. Evil has taken over four planets and it’s [ ]
Blast’N Bounty is a bullet hell 2D vertically scrolling shooter with a neat gameplay gimmick. You can choose the stage you want to tackle, and when you beat the boss, you can choose a different subweapon to take into the next level, like a homing shot or spread bullets. Kind of reminds me of Mega [ ]
Earlier this year I wrote about Pokémon Goldfish crackers. Well now they have more, this time featuring the famous three starter Pokémon from the original game! So let’s take a look at them! Here’s a bigger picture of the packages. There are three different ones featuring Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Each of the packages has [ ]
A member of a rock band turns evil and infects all the other players with viruses so he can take over the world. It’s up to Bimmy and a talking octopus to shrink down and fight the viruses to save the day. Viral Reload EX is an arcade 16 bit styled 2D vertically scrolling shooter [ ]
A boy and his father live happily in a cabin in the woods. But one day a bad guy that looks like a cross between Skeletor and Dr. Doom just busts through their door and kills the dad for no reason. So now the son takes up a sword to take revenge. This game is [ ]
I got another Kirby Air Riders amiibo recently. This time it’s King Dedede on a Tank Star! It’s also probably one of the largest amiibo figures yet! King Dedede is a big boy! So let’s take a look at it! Here it is inside the box. And here it is outside the box. You can [ ]