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 and your partner are two shape, and you have the ability to ‘snip’ each other into other shapes. You then use your unique forms to do various challenges. Those challenges […]
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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 it ever since. I got a chance the other day to play a bit on my own and I can see why all of the reviews of this game are […]
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RetroPie
I realized I hadn’t played with my Raspberry Pi in a while so the other day I decided to download RetroPie and give it a whirl. RetroPie is a game emulation system for the Pi that allows you to run old classic video games such as Super Mario and Castlevania. I grabbed the system image […]
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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 the day with a run along the Las Vegas wash. This is the canal that brings all the rainwater from the city out to Lake Las Vegas, which eventually feeds […]
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 of the Wild. I let the kids have some time with the game for a few weeks before trying it out myself, but now that I have, I can see […]
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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 reviews and friends, and was anxious to give it a try. I’ve now been playing it for a few weeks, and can say that it’s a lot of fun, and […]
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 for a while, but this is the first time I’ve gotten to try it out. It’s a walking simulator game, where you are interacting with an ever changing world, and […]
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 Bundle are just a few of the better known places that mix people’s love of gaming with giving back to the community. Even some of my family members have participated […]
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 myself. I’d never played the 3DS version before, so I was walking in somewhat blind. My son filled me in on the basics, and I dove in to see what […]
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 of Ultron movie, however, many of the levels are actually flashbacks to other Marvel movies. In the first few levels we’ve gone back to the first Avengers movie as well […]
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. If you’re a fan of LEGO games this should feel very familiar to you, as the gameplay is pretty much identical to all other LEGO games. There are a few […]
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 a console and a tablet. Today’s reveal confirmed those rumors were true. The product that was shown today is a tablet, that plugs into a dock that sits next to […]
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Second Runnings 