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I’ve got everything you want in my Game Review Summer Party.  We’ve got all sorts of different kinds of pool parties, umbrellas, frozen treats, and more!  So please click on the links and read as many of my recent GamerDad reviews as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s begin!

Chomp on Pac-Man Flavors at Yogurtland this Summer!

I’ve written about ice cream and frozen yogurt places in the past doing promotions with video game characters and franchises.  Yogurtland themselves did a Mario promotion a few years ago.  Nekter Juice Bar did the same thing with other Nintendo characters more recently.  Heck, even Menchie’s frozen yogurt did a promotion with Dragon Quest Builders!  But now we get one with my most favorite video game character of all: Pac-Man!  So let’s chomp on the new flavors they have this summer!

Parasol Stars (PS4)

I freaking love Bubble Bobble.  I have so many good memories renting the NES version and playing it with my best friend, and then later playing the arcade version on a PSOne collection with my brothers.  And it was a very popular game with many sequels and spinoffs.  In fact, one of the spinoffs, Puzzle Bobble, is probably more popular than the game it was based on.  But back to the main game, it had many sequels and was kind of confusing.  There are three games claiming to be Bubble Bobble 2, and three more claiming to be Bubble Bobble 3!  We won’t go into it more than that here, as we’d be here all day.  But Parasol Stars was one of the games claiming to be Bubble Bobble 3.  In the game, two boys Bobby and Bubby (formerly the bubble blowing dragons Bub and Bob), they have just saved the Rainbow Islands with their rainbow making powers.  As a reward, they get two magical parasols and go flying off to save some planets from other cute and cartoony enemies.  Originally Parasol Stars was on consoles like the TG-16, NES, and Game Boy.  But now you can play it on all modern consoles (reviewed on PS4 here).  Luckily the version they ported here is the TG-16/PC Engine version, as that was the best one.

Pool Party (Switch)

This isn’t the kind of pool party you’re thinking of.  Control a billiard ball as you roll and bounce other players in sports themed mini-games, including pool of course.  This madcap, pick up and play multiplayer game for up to four is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.

Fit My Zoo (Switch)

A bunch of wild animals in all different shapes and sizes are at a pool party, and they all want to get on the pool float.  Help them all fit by arranging them on the float in this Switch game that reminds me of tanogram puzzles.  It’s also exactly the same as another game I reviewed a few months ago called Fit My Cat.

Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic (PS4)

Many popular video game franchises and characters eventually get their own video pinball game. Mario, Kirby, Sonic, Pac-Man, even Metroid! But Roxy Raccoon? Who the heck is that? Apparently it’s a 3D platformer that was released a few years ago. I think it was just on PC so that’s probably why I never heard of it. But now you can play a pinball adventure based on that game.

Paper Trail (Switch)

Help a girl on a journey as she leaves home to follow her dreams in Paper Trail.  You view the action in a top down fashion and each screen is a piece of paper. You must fold the paper in various ways to open paths and help her solve puzzles.  I had a hard time wrapping my head around this one because it’s a lot like origami and I’m horrible at origami.  I can make pretty good origami boulders and that’s it.

Glyphs of Gitzan (PS4)

Help an explorer discover the secrets of ancient ruins by pushing blocks around that light up glyphs when put in the right spots.  Glyphs of Gitzan is a block pushing puzzle game.

Cat Pipes (Switch)

I’m not sure what this game has to do with cats or pipes.  Sure the game plays similarly to titles like Pipe Dream, but the “pipes” here are just represented by dotted lines.  And I THINK I saw a cat in the background of the stages, but I’m not sure.  But it’s still a serviceable puzzler.

And that’s all for now!  Thanks for reading and posting ‘likes’ and comments on my reviews!  I really appreciate it.  Later!  --Cary