Xbox Dad — where did you go?

It’s actually a rhetorical question — effective December 1st, Xbox.com has retired the ‘Xbox Dad’ persona/column on family gaming.

My sincerest thanks to the original Xbox Dad (Duncan) for sharing his column with me this year — and to the folks at Xbox.com for the opportunity to contribute. It was a great experience to have this outlet for my passion on video gaming with your children.

December 1, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Lifestyle, Xbox Dad archive from Xbox.com  No Comments

Naruto : Rise of the Ninja

Originally Published on XBOX.COM as Xbox Dad Goes All Ninja On Us
Published September 24, 2008
Hello … my name is Jason Buffington and my day job is in the Windows Storage Solutions team. On nights and weekends, I play as DarkJediHunter. This year, the other Xbox Dad (Festive Turkey) has been sharing this column with me, [...]

September 24, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids, Xbox Dad archive from Xbox.com  No Comments

What one Xbox Dad got for Father’s Day

This weekend was Fathers’ Day in the US – and I have three loving children (and a wife) who know that their daddy is an avid gamer.  So, I thought I would share what I got for Fathers’ Day as an XboxDad.  I did get some of the standard Fathers’ Day fare – clothes, including [...]

June 16, 2008  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Lifestyle, Xbox Dad archive from Xbox.com  No Comments

Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer

A version of this review appeared on XBOX.COM under Xbox Dad colum “Fantatic Four – Fantastic Game”
My sons are 7 and 9 — and we are routinely looking for 3-player games. 

We’ve done party games like Viva Pinata : Party Animals, as well as Fuzion Frenzy2.
We have games on our Nintendo GameCube and Wii.
And we currently [...]

March 4, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Kids, Xbox Dad archive from Xbox.com  No Comments

Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action

A version of this review also appeared under Xbox Dad column on Xbox.com
My wife and I recently unwrapped one of my Christmas presents to ourselves – the Scene It?  Lights, Camera, Action game for Xbox 360.  And the only complaint we had was that we wished we had opened it sooner.
The kit comes with four [...]

February 29, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Game Reviews, Games for Dads  No Comments