When I first began hearing about Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Sesame Street titles for the Wii and Nintendo DS I was ecstatic. I’ve long lamented the lack of both substance and proper presentation in the kinds of shoddily produced systems …
Continue ReadingI’ve been more than happy with my DS for many years now. The steady flow of original games and ability to play my favorite GBA cartridges is a formula that is as good today as it ever was. But since …
Continue ReadingBeing a good family gamer, I tend to play shooting games on my 360 late at night when the kids are in bed. But recently I’ve been sneaking in some daytime shooting fun on the DS. Because of the limited …
Continue ReadingWe’ve recently got into the habit of spending a little more on the videogames we like and buying both the Wii and DS version. There are a combination of reasons we do this that range from being able to get …
Continue ReadingAs our kids grow up they have been getting interested in a range of different sports. Most recently this has been Soccer. Whether it’s the recent world cup or my own passion for the game of football I’m not sure, …
Continue ReadingI am what you might call a Pokémon purist. I’ve been a fan of the core series ever since the North American release of Red and Blue way back in 1998, and I even got my Pokéwalk on with SoulSilver …
Continue ReadingLiving in a family awash with Nintendo hardware makes a new clamshell gaming product significant and exciting for me. But having been stung with a string of attractive yet largely unimproved updates to the DS lineup (DSlite and DSXL both …
Continue ReadingI’m always on the lookout for games to get my little girl using her DS. The boys have so much fun with theirs and she’s often a little left out. Although she had dipped into the previous Tinker Bell DS …
Continue ReadingBeing a family of five, with three young children can make playtime a little fraught. There are moments when we all manage to sit down together to play something, but more often than not the kids all want to do …
Continue ReadingWe at GeekDad have been paying particularly close attention to Pixelh8′s newest music project, Super Chip Tune Samba Band, for a number of reasons. The most obvious, of course, is that Matthew Applegate (Pixeh8′s moniker IRL) is one of us: …
Continue ReadingShrek is the perfect example of the little license that could. From its early life as a humble children’s book by American author/illustrator William Steig to its present incarnation as a lucrative DreamWorks film series, it is a success story …
Continue ReadingGame and Watch games are what formed the heart of Nintendo. Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, they all started as little Liquid Crystal Burned outlines on these diminutive handheld devices. It’s no bad thing then that these are getting a fresh …
Continue ReadingI know a lot of people bash Nintendo for courting the casual game market, but they still seem pretty special to me – and not just because a write a few casual game reviews. I love the fact that their …
Continue ReadingFriend of GeekDad and internationally renowned chip tune musician Pixelh8, is appearing at the curiously named exhibition Space Invaders: Art and the Computer Game Environment. The event is FACT’s winter exhibition, and Pixelh8is taking part in a chip tune DS …
Continue ReadingHaving purchased a DSi at launch I’ve been eagerly awaiting games that make use of it’s new features. Hair Salon is the first. Games Basement provided us a copy of Hair Salon recently, so I thought I’d share our thoughts. …
Continue ReadingBeing married to a cook makes my ears perk up whenever I hear of a new cooking themed game. It’s fascinating to hear what she makes of them, but also a great way to rope her in for a bit …
Continue ReadingMy other half really enjoyed Professor Layton and the Curious Village. When Games Basement sent us Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box, she was more than excited to play some more of Layton’s particular brand of puzzles again and share her …
Continue ReadingI don’t so much want a PSP Go as I want to want a PSP Go. I applaud Sony’s dedication to supporting the brand and their willingness to change the formula, but I find myself wondering if they’ve made the …
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