The Engaged Family Gaming team has the mission to provide information and support families who want to play video games with their kids (and board games too). We work hard to provide parents with the tools they need to make informed decisions about their children’s gaming. To facilitate this, we…

On the EFG Show (our weekly family gaming talk show on Facebook), Stephen and Jeff are ranking every NES and SNES game available on the Nintendo Switch Online service. They will play a new game each week, talk about it during the show, and determine its place in the overall…

Hello and Welcome to Engaged Family Gaming! My name is Stephen Duetzmann and I am the Editor in Chief. It has been a long time coming, and I could not be happier to have a chance to present all of this great content to you. This whole idea started with…

Here are all the video game releases rated E-T by the ESRB that are releasing between May 2nd through May 8th. Tuesday, May 4th Dragon Quest Builders 2- Xbox One The Colonists- PS4, Xbox One, Switch Wreckfest- PS5 Wednesday, May 5th Dull Grey- Xbox One, Switch Thursday, May 6th CyberHive-…

Stephen The very first thing I do when I get stuck in a game is search for a walk through on YouTube. The information is plentiful and can often help me find the answer to even the stupidest questions. (I get stuck on weird stuff on account of being hilariously…

Here are all the video game releases rated E-T by the ESRB that are releasing between April 25th through May 1st. Tuesday, April 27th Terra Trilogy- PS4 Wednesday, April 28th Cymatically Muffed- Xbox One, Series X Genshin Impact- PS5 Taiwan Monster Fruit: Prologue- Switch Thursday, April 29th Battle Axe- Switch…

Kickstarters can be a great launching point for a new endeavor. For Willy Yonkers, with his new endeavor the first step is by launching Fyra! I stumbled upon his Kickstarter in an unexpected place, on the fan Facebook page of the apparel company Svahausa.com where it was shared into the…

Stephen I’m an elder millennial (1980) so I was around for some of the first online games. Our family computer wasn’t very powerful, so I was limited to text based games. The first online game I played for any length of time was Dragonrealms. Its a text-based MUD (that is…

Finding games that are the right fit for children aged 5 to 7 can be challenging. As they move into school age they can begin handling more in games.  Young children who are just learning to read or are beginning readers are often not ready for games with lots of…

Here are all the video game releases rated E-T by the ESRB that are releasing between April 11th through April 17th. Sunday, April 11th Hike- Switch Tuesday, April 13th Knight Squad 2- Xbox One, Switch Poison Control- PS4, Switch Wednesday, April 14th Cannon Brawl- Switch Isolumos- Switch Kingdom of Arcadia-…

Every week the EFG staff will be defining a gaming term that is either confusing or ill-defined. Please leave a comment with any terms you are confused by and we will try to include them in future editions! The gaming definition this week is a term that is applicable to…

Finding engaging games to play with toddlers and preschoolers that are not excessively tedious for the adults can be a challenge.  Memory, Candy Land, and Chutes and Ladders are classics and likely in any collection with young kids.  I can vouch that they are in my kids’ collection too! There…

Here are all the video game releases rated E-T by the ESRB that are releasing between April 4th through April 10th. Tuesday, April 6th Breathedge- PS4, Xbox One, Switch Lost Words: Beyond the Page- PS4, Xbox One, Switch Oddworld: Soulstorm- PS4 Stacks on Stacks (On Stacks)- Switch Star Wars: Republic…