Andrew Kardon

Andrew is a professional freelance writer, Daddy Blogger and sushi eater. Father of two insanely adorable boys, and married to his also adorable college sweetheart, he's a big fan of the Yankees, Steelers, comic books, video games and coffee.

Forget Holiday Shopping, I’m Watching Moana in a Dolby Cinema at AMC

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Thanksgiving’s just around the corner and I most definitely have a lot to be thankful for. There’s my incredible wife. Awesome kids. Great job. Good health. And the fact that as a blogger, I get all kinds of crazy cool opportunities, like catching Disney’s latest film Moana in a Dolby Cinema at AMC theater this weekend! Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of catching Disney’s Zootopia in a Dolby Cinema at AMC over at …

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When Did Water Bottle Flipping Become a Thing?

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When I was a kid we had plenty of inventive ways to kill time at school or family functions. There was the old three-coins hockey game on the table or the paper football flick game. Not to mention those wacky paper fortune tellers, which always looked like Muppet faces to me. Kids today, however, have no concept of any of those games. Uh uh. Instead, it’s all about water. Specifically, about water bottle flipping. When …

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Nintendo Scores Big with the NES Classic Edition

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When I first heard about Nintendo’s plans to release an NES Classic Edition plug-and-play console, I nearly imploded. This was one of my first consoles after the greatest-of-all-time Atari 2600. It was simple and simply amazing. I must’ve spent soooo many days, weeks, months, years playing all kinds of games from Super Mario Bros. to Metroid. I’ll never forget the insane jealousy that poured  through my body the first time I visited my cousins in …

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There Are No Sick Days When a Concert’s On the Line

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#NoSickDays

Music’s always been an important part of my life. From rocking out to hair bands in the ’80s to teaching myself guitar and piano, I’ve always loved playing and listening to music. My kids are nicely following in my footsteps too. Sure they may not be big Twisted Sister fans (well, not yet!), but they are playing instruments in school. While I was in high school band playing the saxophone, both my boys took to …

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Paper Mario: Color Splash is Not Thin on Fun

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Nintendo #PlayNintendo Color Splash

Reviewer: Jason, Age 13 Game: Paper Mario: Color Splash The newest installment of the Paper Mario series is finally out and it is great.   The story starts off with Mario, Peach and Toad receiving a letter from a place called Prism Island.  When they open the letter they figure out that it is actually a color drained Toad!  Then they head off to Prism Island to figure out what happened.  When they arrive they …

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