It’s not always about the game, or what you want, or whether it’s a good use of money. Sometimes Christmas is just about giving the thing that your kid wants most and then experiencing it with them.

So there are no regrets, exactly, when I knew full-well exactly what I was walking into.

Bluey: The Videogame is an undercooked sampling of fun moments from the show. You can play “keepy uppy” with a balloon or “the floor is lava,” and you can play as any of the main characters in the Heeler family, and put certain costumes on them and go to a few of the places that they go.

And that’s about it! It reminds me, not so much of licensed console videogames, but of the commercial games that would sometimes come stuffed in a cereal box or as an addition to something else — more like a promotional aside — and not quite sensible as a fully priced object.

So my daughter got what she asked for. A Bluey game that does some of the things she’s wanted a Bluey game for. But it only took a couple hours to really see it all and most of the way wasn’t a very good time.

It’s not like back in my day, back in the ‘80s…