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…

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…

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…

The “8 and up” game category opens up a whole new realm of gaming options. Game become less “kid games” and more “kid-friendly”.  At this age, reading cards is no longer a concern and the kids can handle more strategy and steps per turn.  The number of games at this age…

Here are all the video game releases rated E-T by the ESRB that are releasing between March 28th through April 3rd. Sunday, March 28th Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator- Switch Monday, March 29th The Game of Life 2- Switch Tuesday, March 30th Afterpulse- Switch Balloon Girl- Switch Narita Boy- PS4, Xbox…

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…

Here are all the video game releases rated E-T by the ESRB that are releasing between March 21st through March 27th. Monday, March 22nd Vaporum: Lockdown- Switch Tuesday, March 23rd Hunting Simulator 2- PS5, Series X Overcooked! All You Can Eat- PS4, Switch Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town-…