Hey, guys! 2020 has been a miserable year for the world, so thank God it's over! But it was a really good year for games. This year I was able to beat 25 games, which is almost the most I've ever done in a year. Most of you know that I'm a huge Nintendo fan, so most of these are Nintendo games or games on Nintendo consoles (although I would like to get a PS4, but not sure if that'll happen). As always, I beat some really great retro games this year too. So without further ado, here are the games I beat in 2020. 

Got another batch of game reviews I’ve recently written over at GameDad.com, including my coverage of the first ever PAX Online.  Yeah, don’t expect much.  But please read it anyway along with my other reviews, and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d really appreciate it.  OK let’s begin!

I’ve been up since 5:45am after going to sleep around midnight so I’m ready for my power nap all so I can watch guys on bicycles in France. This will only go on until Sunday when the Tour de France ends which is sad but I am grateful to have it because for the most part it felt normal. Random crazy folks on the sides of the road, dressed up, and having a good time felt like pre 2020. I had breakfast, and finished off my Breakfast Pepsi but I could really go for an iced coffee (not the Starbucks coffee milkshakes, but actual coffee with ice) Until I decide to put on shoes and jump in the truck I will sit here, type and see if I can remember all the Quick Hits stuff I did.

I guess a lot of people were watching American Idol and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, listening to High School Musical and reading yet another James Patterson book, but I was somewhere else (except for Pirates, I do like those movies). Below describes just where. 

Ok so I have my breakfast sandwich (thanks Costco for selling boxes of Jimmy Dean Croissant sandwiches), and a Pepsi so I am ready to go. I’m actually waiting for my sandwich to lower in temp from surface of the sun, to just under burn all the taste buds. I live dangerously. Ok so one game took up most of my gaming time last week and that was my continuation of playing Batman Arkam Origins on Steam.

I'd like to build my own library of media favorites, so I'm starting this month. It begins with what I'm already looking back on, the early '90s. So here's what I got for 1990 in TV, film, games, music and books. 

Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is Friday (I didn’t realize yesterday was Thursday until 5pm, nice surprise) which means a fun filled weekend is in store. Since my little town has lifted their mask wearing requirement I will still wear a mask because I don’t trust anyone in this little town. ANY.ONE. I will also still not leave the friendly confines of my neighborhood. Call me crazy but again I don’t trust ANYONE here in my little town. Anyways let’s get started!

I hate to admit it, but I’ve had a hard time dealing with all this Coronavirus stuff.  Well, I guess it hasn’t been TOO bad, but bad enough that I’m a bit disappointed with myself for not dealing with it better.  But I’m still really scared and anxious about all of it.  I have to say that I’m super happy that Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out when it did.  Couldn’t have come out at a better time.  It gave me a sense of normalcy and saneness during all of this.  I’m also glad that I’m still able to review games for that same sense of normalcy.  Speaking of which, here are more games I’ve reviewed lately over 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 really appreciate it!

You would think that since I have more time for games I would mix in more games into my routine but that is not the case. I’ve been alternating my free time like this: one day I’ll do nothing but sort my music files, add songs to my music player, etc. The next day I will do nothing but sort through my trading cards, doing a priliminary weeding out of copies and then do something else. Actually I know I have a couple of hockey boxes floating around somewhere that I need to find. Those days usually alternate with a random Netflix binge watch, WWE Network binge watch, or my favorite I build a little pillow fort, stick my head inside and take a nap. Here’s the games I’ve actually been playing:

I always liked Mega Man as a kid but didn't really get into the series till I was an adult and I found that it kind of stood in for the things I missed in gaming. I really wanted the MM/MMX and MM Zero books but ended up getting the other two because I got them for a ridiculous steal (note: no actual theft involved).

October came and went and Halloween along with it. I worked during that day as usual. Someone that I follow on twitter posted a week ago that Halloween should take place on the last Friday of the month instead of the last day. The last day usually falls on a day during the week, when the likeliest participants are either dealing with school or work or both. I'm in agreement with this. Instead, I watched how friends celebrated through social media and that'll have to be enough. 

In the 80s arcades were everywhere and there were multiple home systems to choose from. I was a teenager. I rode a bike to the arcades and checked out all the home systems through my network of friends in the neighborhood. Atari had simple fun games, ColecoVision had the best arcade ports and Intellivision had the best simulations of sports. Let's take a look starting with 1980.

I saw this in the news today, and I'm totally psyched. I've been wanting to play this series ever since I played the DS versions of Mythology and Age of Kings, which I still have. 

Earlier this morning while eating breakfast and the start of my weekend I got a scam call for some vacation/timeshare Yahoo. Now usually I just hit 0 and go on about my day, but they keep calling and you know me, I do love to harass scam callers. Well I got Will, a gentlemen who seemed nice but a bit pushy. I called him John just to see what would happen, and he reiterated his name again during his response. I let him go through his script and then let him know that I keep hitting zero but I keep getting calls so I am just wasting his time. He gets angry, calls me an A-Hole, says he has a job, and I politely respond with “Why are you so mad John? Don’t be mad” He continues on trying to get louder and I cut him off by saying “I Love You Will, I Love You Will, I Love You Will, Don’t Be Mad, *laughing* I Love You Will…” Out of frustration he hangs up.

I discovered what I did wrong in Wolfrenstein Younblood, but I had put the game away already. So I jumped into We Happy Few on Game Pass. Then I got annoyed and switched to Apex Legends but got kicked out for network problems. Finally i tried Battle Chasers: Nightwar and got hooked. 

This was The portable system to have back in the day. I had so many good memories with this thing. The graphics were so good, it was like having a small portable SNES in your hand. I had one of these things with me on my deployment to Iraq for the army, and it provided me with a lot of enjoyment over the years. I literally owned every iteration of this thing, and don't regret it one bit. When it was discontinued, I was kind of sad, because I felt like it still had some life left in it.

It is Saturday morning and I literally just woke up. You would think that since it is the weekend I would sleep in a bit and I kinda did, but it would be nice to wake up a little later than 7:40am but here I am. I guess I should explain why this is being written on Saturday instead of Friday. Let’s get into that.

OK detectives!  The mystery is afoot!  To solve the case, read these reviews I’ve recently written at GamerDad.com, and maybe even post a comment or ‘like’ or two.  Read them all to solve the mystery!  What is the mystery?  Well I don’t know yet.  I hadn’t thought that far.  But read as many reviews as you can anyway, please.

I’m going to save the day with more 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 go!

Good morning Pixlpeeps! This morning I was listening to this song

Saturday and Sunday I try to wake up a little later than usual but for some odd reason I was up at my normal time. I don’t know what it is, but I was up, and I started planning out my weekend before I dove into another book. Anyways here I am a couple of hours later catching you good people up with my what I am doing before I head out to the local library to see what new offerings they have in their little store, before I check out the thrift stores down the street from the library and see what new CDs they have because I’m always on the lookout for more music to add to the library.