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Merry Christmas everyone!  It’s time once again for my annual Pretend Christmas Present Party!  Here’s how it works: in the comments section, you give me a pretend Christmas present.  It can be whatever you can imagine.  It’s the thought that counts…literally!  Then when I reply, I’ll give you a pretend present as well!  It’s fun when it’s fun.  Also, I have some more presents for you!  New game reviews I’ve recently written at GamerDad.com!  Just what you always wanted, right?  Anyway, 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, and seriously, doing those things is just as good as any old present you could give.  So let’s get started!

Recently I reviewed SkullGirls: 2^nd Encore.  It’s a 2-D one-on-one fighter with cartoony graphics and I’ve been wanting to review it since 2012 when it came out, but for whatever reasons I wasn’t able to.  But I got my chance when it came out on the Switch!  For what’s considered an indie game, this one is very good.  Almost on par with fighters like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear!  I was very impressed with the creativity of the characters and even the storylines in the Story Mode were pretty interesting.  And usually they aren’t in fighting games.  So when that happens, I usually like to write a blog about the characters, and so we’ll do that here.  Some slight story spoilers here and there, just to warn you, but the game HAS been out since 2012.

I’ve cooked up a smorgasbord of game reviews I’ve recently written at GamerDad.com for you all to munch on!  Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two!  I’d appreciate it.  Bon appetit!

Like I said, I saved the best for last.  These final Genesis Mini games are the ones that impressed me the most, or at least impressed me that they got put on here in the first place!  Most of these games have never been on a Genesis collection before, and some have never been released at all!  So let’s take a look at them!

In this second batch of games found in the SEGA Genesis Mini, we’ll look at a variety of first party and third party games.  Some of these have been on previous Genesis collections, but most of these haven’t.  The only other thing most of the games in this section have in common is that most of them didn’t impress me much when playing them now.  But don’t worry, like I said, we’ll get to the good stuff in the next blog, I promise!

A couple of years ago, Nintendo made a big splash with their NES Mini and SNES Mini consoles.  Now SEGA is joining the bandwagon with a mini version of their most popular console, the SEGA Genesis.  But there have already been mini Genesis consoles with pre-loaded games on them, and Genesis collections on consoles, so what’s the big deal with this one?  Well, mainly SEGA is making this one themselves, and they’re taking Nintendo’s approach to how they include which games will be on it.  So what does that mean?  Well you’ll just have to find out in this blog series.  We’re going to take a look at the games on this mini console, but there are so many that we are going to split this up into three sections, one a week this month.  For this first part, we’ll take a look at the Genesis Mini itself, and a few of the expected games on it.  Don’t worry, we’ll get to the good stuff soon!

BOO!  OK so these reviews aren’t really that scary, but it is getting near Halloween so here’s my not-so-scary themed latest batch of reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com.  Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s begin…if you dare!

Lately I’ve been watching a series on Netflix that I’ve really gotten into.  It’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.  And it’s REALLY GOOD!  I’m a big Jim Henson fan and a lot of his works were a huge part of my childhood.  TV shows such as Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and The Muppet Show, for instance.  And movies like the original The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.  Heck, the very first Muppet Movie was the first movie I remember seeing in a theater.  The new Dark Crystal series feels like something I would’ve watched as a kid, and I don’t want to make too many assumptions, but I feel like Jim Henson would be happy with it.  So I highly recommend you watch it if you have Netflix.  It makes me really want to play the upcoming video game that I saw at PAX, even though I don’t like tactics strategy games.  Can you guess my favorite character from the new series?  I’ve given you a couple of easy clues, so you should be able to figure it out.

At the end of August/beginning of September, I went to PAX West 2019 in Seattle.  And I finished my articles last week so here are links to them in this blog.  Please read them when you get a chance.  Lots of cool pictures and new games!  Also, my birthday is coming up (Sept. 15), but the presents are for you!  I’ve got more game reviews I’ve written recently as well!  Please read as many as you can and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  OK let’s get this party started!

Hey folks, guess what?  At the end of this week, I’ll be heading off to Seattle for PAX West!  I skipped last year because I went to E3 instead, but since I didn’t go to E3 this year, I’m back at PAX!  So please pray that I have a safe trip there and back, and a good and fruitful time at the show.  Anyway, to tide you over until I get back, here are some more game reviews I’ve written recently 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 appreciate it.  OK let’s go!