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What an exciting time in the world for Skylanders fans. Adam and Drew met up in New York City for a very special Skylanders SuperChargers playdate. While we were there we spent some time interviewing Guha Bala the president of Vicarious Visions! Guha gave use some great insight into the game and the excitement that he showed was energizing. In all honesty I (Drew) completely missed that Guha was the president. He is such a down to Earth guy who loved talking Skylanders. I am looking forward to multiplayer, so that I can challenge him and folks at Vicarious Visions to some races!



The event had about six or seven stations set up in the penthouse of the Flatiron Hotel off 26th street. It was a cool building and the setup this year was very nice. In addition to the main event (the game and figures) there were also some coloring books, some Skylanders board games and a make your own Skylanders race car out of a Twinkie activity. There was food and drinks and lots of kids. The kids were having an amazing time. Adam’s son Marc was incredibly excited to get to play with so many characters including Donkey Kong on the Wii U.



Drew and Adam also got to play once the kids had their chance and we played the head-to-head racing with 4 people linked up on the PS4. It took Drew one race to get up to speed and start winning races. So much fun! Each vehicle has some great moves and the toys are really well made. Check out our gallery below.

Drew and Jeff again and this time we talk about preparing for Summer Travel. What we are doing to get ready for each of our trips. Jeff is traveling across the country with his family and he has all sorts of things planned. He is writing a number of posts for Family Vacation critic during his trip including these first couple.

Prepping for a Cross Country Road Trip With Kids

8 Tips for Planning Your Family’s Next Road Trip

For Drew things are a little more traditional. He’s been going to Cape Cod since he was 7 years old. He takes the fourth of July off each year to take the family down, do a parade around the neighborhood, watch fireworks and all sorts of other adventures. This year the tradition becomes even more ingrained as his daughter, Eva does her first stint at the Wood’s Hole Children’s School of Science.

Jeff and Drew discuss what things they enjoy and how their kids do not feel that same love for those things. Jeff is all about soccer and the women’s soccer world cup. His kids, not so much.

Drew wants to share the original G1 Transformers cartoons with his kids but they want nothing to do with that.

Despite the kids not liking the same things that their dads do in the same way we stil find some common ground together.

With school out and summer camps planned, the Dad.fm trio talk about their plans for the summer. Road trips, weekend getaways and vacations big and small are on the menu for Drew, Adam and Jeff as summer approaches.

Where is your family heading this summer? Do you go far for vacation or plan a series of small day trips nearby? Tell Dad.fm what summer vacations await you and your kids.

Whether your kid is into soccer, karate, tennis, robotics, fly fishing, unicycling, juggling, horseback riding, LEGO, Minecraft, coding, kayaking, baking, decoupage, or needlepoint, chances are there’s a summer camp perfect for them somewhere near your home.

On this summer camps episode of Dad.fm, the fellas discuss what their kids will be doing while school is out and then they wax poetic about the summer camps of their own childhood.

Special shout out to Camp Invention! Jeff is an ambassador for the nationwide STEM-based summer camp for the 2nd year in a row and his girls LOVE it!

A quickie episode Live from E3* to discuss the huge collaborative gaming news from Activision’s Skylanders franchise and Nintendo. We’ve said it before, but you should probably start saving for all of the gaming that’ll be flying out of the pipeline this fall!

*Not Live from E3 at all. In fact, we’re nowhere near E3…but no one reports 2nd hand info like the boys of Dad.fm

Skylanders SuperChargers will have Nintendo faves Donkey Kong and Bowser as Guest Stars on the Nintendo Platforms Wii U, Wii and 3DS. They even double as amiibo figures!

Drew loses his mind over this announcement over on BenSpark.com – Go Bananas with Donkey Kong and Bowser in Skylanders SuperChargers

Drew Gives us a ton more detail on this announcement on BenSpark.com Boba Fett Joins Disney Infinity 3.0

LEGO Dimensions continues to expand their ever growing lineup of Level Packs, Figure Sets and Properties.

Drew gives you the rundown on all the LEGO Dimensions additions to their lineup – LEGO Dimensions Adds Incredible New Levels of Puzzle Play with the Portal 2 Level Pack… And More!