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Gamer Dad suffers a heart attack, needs help
Many of you who have little ones running around (or the occasional visit from a niece or nephew) may be familiar with GamerDad, a site specifically aimed at approaching gaming from a parental perspective. Sadly, Gamer Dad himself Andrew Bub suffered a heart attack at the beginning of the month. He had a quadruple bypass and will soon be undergoing more surgery.Bub's wife Linda (seen above) is currently asking for some financial help from GamerDad readers right here. If you're a fan of GamerDad or just of people who are doing good work, there are many worse ways you could spend a few bucks. From all of us at Joystiq, we wish GamerDad the best of luck and a quick recovery.[Thanks, Anthony]
MS drops "Gamer" from Gamer Dad
After a week being the "Gamer Dad," Microsoft's latest column has undergone a name change. Now meet the "Xbox Dad." The change comes after a public outcry from the original Gamer Dad, Andrew S. Bub, who has run GamerDad.com since 2003. When Microsoft's Gamer Dad column was unveiled, author Brian "Brize" Johnson (author of Xbox 360 for Dummies) explained that Xbox.com's resident "reporter" TriXie had approached him to do the column. The GamerDad.com forums lit up following its publication, leading Bub to declare that "this one is for my lawyer." "Nobody contacted me beforehand," said Bub, via an e-mail correspondence with Joystiq. "This came as quite a shock because I'm very well known inside of this industry. Also, I've had a great relationship with Microsoft for over ten years now. I mean, just like with Nintendo and Sony, we review and recommend Microsoft product all the time." No one at Microsoft has responded regarding where the name "Gamer Dad" initially came from. Johnson told us he felt Xbox Dad was a good change. Whether or not Microsoft knew of GamerDad.com's existence during the column's inception, the Gamerscore blog made reference to it when introducing Brize's column.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
