Wow, 2023 has been an incredible year for gaming, one of the very best! And here we are at the end of the year, so let’s look back at some games, shall we? You guys probably know that I’m a big Nintendo guy. In fact, I don’t even have the other consoles (mostly because I don’t have time to play them all). This was a great year for Nintendo, we got so many fantastic games on the Switch. This year I beat a total of 26 games! (I was hoping to beat 30, but you know how it goes)
Well we’ve reached the finish line of another BaD! Sorry I couldn’t participate, but writing three game reviews a week plus all my other life commitments is enough for me! But I sure enjoyed reading all your other blogs and I hope you all will continue to post blogs more frequently in the future! So to celebrate the end of another good BaD, here are game reviews I’ve recently written at GamerDad.com! Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d appreciate it. OK let’s begin!
It’s 2022 and this is the first Monday of the new year. Good morning Pixlpeeps! There is a lot happening on my end right now so I’m a little (a lot) preoccupied with bigger things, but it is what it is. I did however say that I am going to be here more and it is the new year so I’m here. So a quick update of what’s been going on:
WarioWare: Get it Together was recently released on Switch, so in honor of that, I wanted to write a blog about it! At first I thought about talking about all the games in the WarioWare series, but I did that last time a new WarioWare game came out, so you can just read that blog here if you want. Not much would’ve changed anyway if I did it again. But WarioWare: Get it Together has a focus on characters, so I figured I’d go over all the crazy characters in the series and how they play in this game! So let’s get started!
Games of the Decade: Expansion Pass #9/Blog a Day #22
So I’m trying to get back on track and finish 2019 strong by keeping up with my blog posts. I finished breakfast, have a couple of minutes to jot down my ramblings and see what I can remember playing over the past week or so. Sound fun? Let’s go!
NIS America recently released a collection of some of SNK’s arcade hits on the Switch. While SNK is mostly known for their fighting games and NEO GEO, before then they made other arcade games, too, and that’s what this collection is all about. So no King of Fighters or other NEO GEO games. Mostly pre-90’s stuff here. But despite having a lot of army themed shooters, this is still a pretty good collection, so I thought I’d go over the games on it today.
I consider myself a plugged in gamer. I take it as a matter of professional pride to keep tabs on all manner of games, even if I’m not personally interested in them. So imagine my surprise to learn that I’ve spent the last twelve years thinking the Yakuza series was just a low budget version of Grand Theft Auto, only to find out it’s actually a super deep roleplaying game. This was a pleasant surprise as I worked my way through Yakuza Kiwami 2, my first true foray into the franchise.
So, while Yakuza 0 quickly became one of my favorite games of all time when I rented and eventually bought it last year, the remake of the original Yakuza game, subtitled Kiwami (meaning "extreme" in Japan) really brings attention to and intensifies some of the issues I had with the former game.
Sometimes after BaD, I'll do my own little thing where I just log any gaming I did during the week and call it Game Log a Day. Almost no one participates (I think coolseltzer did a year or two, but I'm not remembering who else) and it doesn't have the cool history behind it BaD does, but I do it.
In the second part of my look at the characters in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, we’ll go over the fighters on the Capcom side. I’m way more into video games (obviously, since I review them) than I am comic books, so hopefully I’ll sound a bit more knowledgeable here. So let’s dive right in. Oh yeah, some slight Story Mode spoilers here and there may happen, so you’ve been warned.
You know Monday is usually tough but after a four day break, it’s really rough to get everything going. I think I’ll get the hang of it come Wednesday. During that holiday break I was going to make some last minute progress in some games right before my Chris Goes All Awards Show blog but instead I played a ton of one game and that game is Injustice 2.
As much as I like Nintendo, they have made quite a few mistakes as a game company. Some are big, like the Virtual Boy and using cartridges on the N64. And some are not quite so big. One of those ‘not quite so big’ mistakes I feel is how they released the NES Classic Edition last year. For those who don’t know, the NES Classic Edition was a smaller console that looked like the 8-bit NES and had 30 games on it. But Nintendo didn’t make enough and it’s very hard to find. Even I don’t have one! I know Nintendo recently said they would make more and release them next summer, but we’ll just have to see about that. So when I saw where I could order the Famicom Classic Edition online for nearly retail price, I decided to import that instead. The Famicom was the Japanese version of the NES. Their Classic Edition has most of the same games as the NES one, but with a few changes here and there. So in this blog, I’m going go over the Famicom Classic console, the games on it, and at the end I’ll share some good news related to this topic!
I got a text from my old manager yesterday that said, "check out Exton Square Mall Round 1". I thought it might be some horrible news of a fight or other disaster. Instead it was a new entertainment center called Round 1. They have locations on both coasts. Today, I went there to check it out.
I definitely took my sweetass time (More on Why Later) getting around to grading some papers this weekend, which means students will get them back Wednesday. I had them marked up, but this was one where the grading will be a bit weird because there are things they should know by now, but also some stuff I haven't gone over I won't take off for. So that will be "fun."
I miss the rain. It was a nice change of pace here in what is usually Sunny Southern California. The rain is gone and it looks like that week of winter maybe over because we are going back to 70 degrees. Oh well it was fun while it lasted. Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is Friday and I am ready for the weekend. I have my sights set on starting the last game in my play through of the Batman games and that is Arkham Knight. I already played through it once on the PS4, but last summer I saw a deal on PC where I could buy all the Batman games (except for the funky Blackgate Vita game) for under $20 with all the DLC. I said once I play through all of them I would probably go back and check out the extras. Anyways more on this on Monday. Today it is all about the random things I watched, read, saw, etc. Today its Quick Hits With Chris!
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s time for the annual tradition of my Pretend Christmas Present Party! Here’s how it works. In the comments section, give me a pretend Christmas present. It can be anything you want. It won’t cost you anything, and it’s the thought that counts…literally! And in return, when I reply, I’ll give YOU a pretend Christmas present, too! It’s fun when it’s fun. And I’ve got some extra Christmas goodies for you as well! More GamerDad.com reviews I’ve written recently! Yay, just what you always wanted…right? Well maybe not, but you’re getting them anyway! Please read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d really appreciate it.