Game Review: Good Job!
This past weekend I got knocked on my butt with a stomach bug that went through our family. I was able to function, but I…
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Quick Review: Luigi’s Mansion 3
March 10th is Mario Day (Mar10), the beloved Nintendo plumber who has defined the classic franchise for decades. In honor of that day in 2021,…
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Quick Review: Super Mario 3D All Stars
Since we’re all sitting at home it seemed like a great time to pull out more video games to play. Recently Nintendo launched Super Mario…
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Quick Review: Red Dead Redemption
I’m waaaay late to the party here, but I finally grabbed a copy of Red Dead Redemption from my son and gave it a whirl.…
Read moreQuick Review: The Outer Worlds
I’ve wanted to lose myself in a video game lately, and recently saw that The Outer Worlds was now available on the Nintendo Switch. It…
Read moreMovie Review: Spider-Man Far From Home
We finally got around to watching the latest Marvel movie Sunday night, Spider-Man Far From Home. With the conclusion of Avengers, this movie slipped under…
Read moreQuick Review: Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite
I’ve been an avid Pokemon Go player for a while now, and also dabble in Ingress at the same time. These are both augmented reality…
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A weekend in Chicago
This past weekend I got to take a trip with my youngest son to the Windy City. This was the first time he and I…
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Pokémon Go revisited
Back in 2016 I jumped on the craze that is Pokémon Go. I played for a while, and then eventually put it way. However, recently,…
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Steamworld Dig 2
A while ago I played through Steamworld Dig on the Wii U. I really enjoyed the game and found the game play style fun and…
Read moreThe magic of playthroughs
From time to time there’s a video game that I’d really like to play, but for some reason or another, it’s just not feasible. A…
Read moreQuick review: Snipperclips
When we first got our Nintendo Switch we quickly discovered a fun little indie game called Snipperclips. The gist of the game is that you…
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Quick Review: Mario Odyssey
My son and I went out for the midnight release of Super Mario Odyssey a week ago and he’s been having a great time with…
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Easter Vegas vacation, day 2
On Saturday we decided to take my youngest son, and my wife’s nephew, on a few fun adventures. First though, the wife and I started…
Read moreZelda: Breath of the Wild
I picked up a Nintendo Switch for the family shortly after it came out. Of course one of the games I got was Zelda: Breath…
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Stardew Voodoo
One of the games that I got in the Humble Bundle Freedom Bundle is Stardew Valley. I had heard good things about this game from…
Read moreQuick Review: The Stanley Parable
One of the many games I acquired in the Humble Freedom Bundle was a great game called The Stanley Parable. This game has been out…
Read moreGames for a cause
One of the coolest things of the modern era is how gaming and giving have come together. Organizations like Extra Life, Child’s Play, and Humble…
Read moreFire Emblem Heroes
My youngest son is into Fire Emblem on the 3DS, and when the recent iOS game came out I decided to check it out for…
Read moreFirst impressions: LEGO Avengers
The youngest spawn and I have started our next LEGO game together, this time the LEGO Avengers game. This game is set during the Age…
Read moreLEGO Force Awakens
The youngest spawn and I recently picked up LEGO Force Awakens when it was on sale and have managed to play a few levels now.…
Read moreThe Nintendo Switch
Today Nintendo unveiled their new upcoming console, the Switch. The form of this console had been rumored for many months to be a hybrid of…
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LEGO Batman 3 redux
A couple weeks ago my youngest son and I played through the LEGO Batman 2 game on our old Xbox 360. As we were talking…
Read moreFinally got to play Overwatch
Now that my iMac is all upgraded with a nice SSD, I decided to toss Windows on a small partition and try out Overwatch, the…
Read moreTime on my hands
Starting next week, I will have five weeks with a lot more time on my hands. My wife needs to finish off a clinical for…
Read moreGame Review: Pokken Tournament
One of the advantages of having teenage kids is that they often buy video games that you want to play. My youngest recently bought Pokken…
Read moreStupid addicting phone games
My wife recently got me hooked on a mobile game called Two Dots. It’s been featured as an Editor’s Choice on the app store, and…
Read moreReview: Firewatch
A few weeks ago, I started hearing about a new game from an independent group of developers (Campo Santo), who have a long pedigree in…
Read morePutting stones in the hearth
I’ve been a long time fan of Blizzard games. In particular I was a huge fan of World of Warcaft, having played for many, many…
Read moreYoshi’s Wolly World
Last night I picked up a new game to play on the Wii U, Yoshi’s Wolly World. It took a while to download, but my…
Read moreStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
I’ve been a fan of Blizzard RTS games since the original Warcraft. I still have fond memories of hooking up two Macs with AppleTalk cables…
Read moreMario Maker
One of the most hotly anticipated games of the Fall is Nintendo’s Mario Maker. Timed to coincide with Mario’s 30th anniversary, Mario Maker allows anyone…
Read moreWii U Indie games
Last month, I saw that there was a Humble Bundle for Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS console/handheld. I’ve bought Humble Bundles before, and sometimes it’s…
Read moreQuick Review: Stealth Inc 2
(This was supposed to post last night… oh well, guess there will be two today) The other week I picked up a Humble Bundle of…
Read moreI suck at jumpy games
So I picked up Shovel Knight on the Wii U. My son beat it in about 6 hours. I suck at it. Bad. That is…
Read moreReview of Broken Age part 2
A year ago I bought the highly anticipated game Broken Age. One of the unique aspects of this crowd-funded game is that they released it…
Read moreRandom thoughts for the 25th
Decided to do an audio diary for today. Just a few random thoughts as I walked through some local trails.
Read moreHyrule Warriors quick review
As I mentioned in a post on my other blog about the Wii U, I’ve been playing the Hyrule Warriors game. This is a Zelda…
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Second Runnings 