GamerFamily Holiday Guide ‘08
Posted on December 8th, 2008 by
It turns out we weren’t done. My kids and wife have never been that interested in my Holiday guides but this year they wanted in. So I took out my notebook and started scribbling. What does the GamerDad family – who can choose from many, many, many games – play?
HENRY (5)
Little Big Planet: Both kids love this genius and endlessly challenging/creative platforming game. “They have cool worlds. I don’t like it when I don’t know what to do…” says Henry. That’s why Maggie steps in with her pink-bunny-eared Sackgirl and saves the day.
Mario Party 8 (Wii and DS)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)
SuperSmash Bros Brawl (Wii) – note this is rated T-Teen, which I think is absurd, but you might agree with them so just be aware of that.
Guitar Hero:: World Tour (Wii) – Henry is out bassist.
MAGGIE (8)
Cooking Mama – “It teaches me to cook!” says Maggie, and her GamerMother agrees. As do I. Maggies prepared some pretty daunting dishes in real life. (DS,Wii)
Brain Quiz 3rd&4th Grade Edition (DS)
Guitar Hero World Tour – Maggie is our singer (Wii)
Hannah Montana Spotlight Tour – (DS, Wii)
All-Star Cheer Squad = (DS)
GAMERMOM (our drummer)
Wii Fit – “It’s teaching me and the kids Yoga and makes it fun. I like the hula hoop” she says. “I do too,” says I.
Namco Museum – (Wii) “I really like the Pac-Man games”
BoomBlox -(Wii)
Rock Band 2 – (Xbox 360) - We play GH as a family because it has “beginner mode” – Linda prefers the music on the Rock Band so she favors this game.
Personal Trainer: Cooking (DS)
GAMERDAD (Lead Guitar)
I did this for my friends at Crispy Gamer (and a few other places where I advised them – and signed a nondisclosure agreement. Hint: The newspaper has the word Times in it and the Magazine has the word Parent in it. And it’s probably not the ones you’re thinking of.
Anyway!
In my article I picked: Bob the Builder – Boom Blox – Left 4 Dead – and Wii Fit. For the sake of argument lets say I put Guitar Hero World Tour in there as well. So I get five, like my family. Cool? Okay, since it was a great year of games, here’s an alternate five. (All are kid-safe too)
Rock Band 2
Civilization Revolution (DS, Xbox 360, PS3)
Peggle Nights (PC)
Wii Music (Wii)
Ultimate Band (DS.Wii)
- and that’s barely scratching the surface and avoiding anything over T-Teen.
Good luck and Merry Christmas from GamerDad and Family!
-GD
December 8th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Thanks for sharing the family’s picks. It’s great to see everybody want to share their experiences. Since I have a son who’s 5 as well, seeing Henry’s picks is fun.
Merry Christmas to you and Gamermom.
paul
December 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Whoa momma thats a fat dog! And i laughed pretty hard when i read Ganermom was the drummer. Merry Christmas!
December 8th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Is his name GamerDog?
December 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Her name is Bubbles. Her nickname is “The GamerHound.” And she is a Basset Hound. She’s actually considered slightly underweight but that’s because she’s only two. She is a sweetheart.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Bubbles? a She? oh. well, i still like my bandname.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Thanks for the picks. My daughter (6) is getting a DS for Christmas, so it nice to see what your kids are into.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
That band name is almost as cool as my tofu hot dog question.