Archive for the ‘Games for Dads’ Category
Kinectimals – now with Bears !
If you haven’t gotten Kinectimals yet — go get it because you now have even more reasons to. It has Bears! Check out my review of the original Kinectimals. Kinectimals is back! Nearly a year since the original release as a launch title for Kinect, the folks at Microsoft Game Studios and Frontier have released [...]
October 15, 2011
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Tags: Add-on DLC, Ages 10-12, Ages 6-9, Kinect, Kinectimals, Xbox, Xbox Live · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Most recommendations on XboxDad are for the kids – but this one is for Dad. Sure, super heroes start out for kids, but this game is truly about the Dark Knight. It takes you inside the dark world of Arkham Asylum, where all of Gotham’s worst are locked up. Of course, Joker has taken over, [...]
February 26, 2010
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Tags: Ages 13-17, SuperHeroes · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads, News and Events
Cars : Race-O-Rama
If you liked the first Cars game from Disney and THQ, then you ought to really, really like this one. If you didn’t (but did like the movie), then you should still probably give this game a shot. Cars Race O Rama took the better parts of the original game and made them so much [...]
January 8, 2010
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Tags: Ages 10-12, Ages 6-9, Cars · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads
LEGO Battles for Nintendo DS
As promised, I did get LEGO Battles for Fathers Day – so I wanted to share my enthusiasm for this game. My sons have both been into LEGO for a few years – and of course, I played with them when I was a kid. We have collectively played through all 3 video game series [...]
July 8, 2009
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Tags: Ages 10-12, LEGO · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads, Games for Kids, highlights
Family Game Night by Hasbro
FINALLY !! Old fashioned family games — on Xbox!! The classics — Yahtzee, Scrabble, Connect Four, Sorry, Battleship, and others… This month, on Xbox Live Marketplace Arcade, Hasbro released a really cool shell, where you will find yourself in a game room. On the game wall, you’ll find these and other classic Hasbro games, first [...]
April 2, 2009
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Tags: Ages 10-12, Ages 6-9, Family Game Night, Mom loves it too, Xbox, Xbox Arcade, Xbox Live · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads, Games for Kids
Rise of the Argonauts
I must admit that I have been looking forward to this game for a while. Of course, I am big fan of RPG style games, but a few things made this one special from the beginning: Instead of the generic middle-earth or Dungeons&Dragons type world, this one is set in the rich tapestry of Greek [...]
March 9, 2009
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Tags: fun for Dad, RPG · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
A version of this review also appeared under Xbox Dad column on Xbox.com My wife and I recently unwrapped one of my Christmas presents to ourselves – the Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action game for Xbox 360. And the only complaint we had was that we wished we had opened it sooner. The kit comes [...]
February 29, 2008
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Tags: Mom loves it too, Scene It, Xbox Dad archive · Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads
