All posts tagged 'AskGamerDad'
Ask GD - Wargames
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Posted on June 18th, 2009 by
A parent of a 12-year old has given in and bought her son those violent 3D shooter war games. And Xbox Live too. Now she’s wondering what kind of parent she is. GamerDad tells her honestly, forthrightly and directly!
Ask GD - An Impossible Task?
Posted on June 17th, 2009 by
Got another parent (and a seperate teenage - note: seperate teenager note not reprinted here) reader with one of those forehead smacking good ideas. But is it right for GamerDad?
Ask GD - Manhunt 2
Posted on June 15th, 2009 by
Got tough questions? I’ve got tough answers! Today we got a question about Manhunt 2 for the Wii - a very controversial title indeed. The question is: Does it make you hungry? Wait. That can’t be right.
Ask GamerDad 2/06/09 (Double-Sized Issue!)
Posted on February 13th, 2009 by
My son calls Indiana Jones “Indy-Andy” Jones because he figured out my name. But this isn’t about all that, this is about a great deal: Bang, boom, pow Ask GamerDad action for the same free price!
I’ve been flakey lately with these issues and I apologize. Despite this, you haven’t been flakey at all, so I’ve got lots of questions piled up. Here’s handy-dandy-Indy-andy double sized issue spectacular! more…
Ask GamerDad 12/24/09
Posted on December 31st, 2008 by
Apologies! Ask GamerDad got lost during the Thanksgiving Holiday, then when I pointed out it hadn’t ran, boom, they runned it. Okay, so here’s the new one. A bunch of big yet short questions. Stuff about Tony Hawk, Used Games, Return Policies, GTA, oh, and why some teens are mystified why they can’t play M-rated games. Go on and read it. Come back here and post. Oh and, nifty new logo, hey?
Ask GamerDad 11/07/08
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by
Music, thievery, and librarians. A little bit of something for everyone from GamerDad after that busy, historic, nerve-wracking, blissfull day that will forever be known as the day the son of an idealistic Kansan and a Kenyan born Muslim became leader of the free world. I say it with a smile. Barack Hussein Obama. Amazing. I’ll probably always remember it also as the day I spoke in front of hundreds of Librarians too, though.
Ask GamerDad 10/10/08
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by
Dear GamerDad: Why are most other parents so concerned about their 12 to 16 year old teens? Why do parents, instead of paying attention to their teen’s level of maturity, go to this website and look for general answers that might not fit their teen’s level of maturity?
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Ask GamerDad 9/12/08
Posted on September 15th, 2008 by
Violence, Drugs, Mercenaries and Ninjas - Oh my! The most recent Ask GamerDad is up and helping parents at WhatTheyPlay. It’s been helping people since last friday. What have you been doing with your time? Sometime worthwhile I can only hope!
Ask GamerDad 8/29/08
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by
My PAX update will have to wait - Henry is K5, so he gets the second day of school off for reasons I don’t pretend to understand - but here is the Ask GamerDad that appeared at WhatTheyPlay while I was at PAX. Questions about Portal, Piracy, Cleaning Niko’s mean streets and, of course, Hot Dogs.
Videogames v. Reading
Posted on August 5th, 2008 by
“Why do you recommend video games when you could be recommending books and reading?”
I’ve gotten this question a few times, mostly from the well-meaning type who maybe tries but probably can’t wrap their head around the attraction of games and gaming. This type is an avid reader and cannot understand why kids seem to be giving up books. Here’s what I tell them:
