Kickstarter Alert: Grandmother Fish by Jonathan Tweet!
Jonathan Tweet (superstar RPG designer and co-creator of D&D 3E) launches a Kickstarter for Grandmother Fish, a children’s picture book about evolution.
Continue ReadingJonathan Tweet (superstar RPG designer and co-creator of D&D 3E) launches a Kickstarter for Grandmother Fish, a children’s picture book about evolution.
Continue ReadingThe Diana Jones Award committee announces its shortlist for this year’s award for excellence in tabletop gaming. Check out five items that made the cut!
Continue ReadingThe Storium Kickstarter winds up a blistering campaign as it stretches to reach funding for a version for schools.
Continue ReadingThe comics site Thrillbent launches a new iOS app along with a subscription model for instant access to its growing library of fantastic stories as they’re released.
Continue ReadingGeek Dad contributor Bart Lieb and Kay Holt are running a Kickstarter to fund another year (at least!) of Crossed Genre Magazine—their progressive speculative fiction anthology series.
Continue ReadingMatt Forbeck points out why Monopoly is an awful game and explains how the new Monopoly House Rules edition will only make it worse.
Continue ReadingStorium, a new kind of online storytelling game, launches on Kickstarter. It features innovative play plus a slew of fantastic authors and game designers offering up a wild array of worlds in which you can play.
Continue ReadingMatt Forbeck visits Disney Toon Studios and shares a behind-the-scenes visit with the creators of the latest Disney Fairies film: The Pirate Fairy.
Continue ReadingMatt Forbeck reviews The Pirate Fairy, Disney’s upcoming home video release. During his Disney bloggers trip last month, he sat in on a private screening of the latest Fairy film, and he loved it.
Continue ReadingAs part of his visit to Disney Studios last month, Matt Forbeck visited the Disney Animation Research Library to see how they catalog and archive their treasure trove of original artwork from their animated films.
Continue ReadingMatt Forbeck goes on a tour of Walt Disney Studios’ archives and a special display of Walt Disney memorabilia to learn more about Saving Mr. Banks.
Continue ReadingDisney’s award-winning hit film Frozen is out on Blu-Ray today. Read Matt Forbeck’s quick review and watch him in the sound booth at Disney Animated Studios as he records a bit of dialog for Olaf!
Continue ReadingSaving Mr. Banks is going to be released on Blu-Ray and home video tomorrow, March 18. Disney sent me an early copy of the film to check it out, and it’s fantastic stuff.
Continue ReadingGeek Dad Matt Forbeck returns to Disney Animation Studios to learn about things like ADR. Get an inside look at the recording studio inside which actors give voice to the characters in the Oscar-winning film.
Continue ReadingDwarven Forge returns to Kickstarter with a new drive for a full line of Dwarvenite cavern tiles. The Kickstarter launches today.
Continue ReadingGeek Dad Matt Forbeck went to the Disney Animation Studios to learn about how they made Frozen and to play with the rigging machines. Get an inside look at the tech Disney artists use to bring their character models to life in the Oscar-winning film.
Continue Reading[Fuse]chicken—makers of the Une Bobine posable cable dock—has a new IndieGoGo campaign for a clever new iPhone 5/c/s dock that uses the power of magnets to sit where you need it.
Continue ReadingGen Con—the largest table top gaming convention in the world—has a great deal on Family Fun Day badges this you. You can grab a four-pack of Sunday-only badges for only $30, a savings of $170 over the standard rates.
Continue ReadingAn interview with the directors and the producer behind Disney’s hit animated film FROZEN.
Continue ReadingAaron Allston, legendary game designer and Star Wars novelist, died yesterday while at a convention in Missouri, apparently of heart failure. He was 53.
Continue ReadingTurtle Shell 2.0 is a solid Bluetooth speaker.
Continue ReadingA review and giveaway of the Honeywell HZ-980 space heater.
Continue ReadingThe Freedom headphones from SuperTooth deliver great, comfortable sound without wires.
Continue ReadingSonim Technologies contacted GeekDad late last year and asked if any of us could break their Sonim XP5560 Bolt. My kids cheered at the chance to do some deliberate damage to a phone, and I replied, “Challenge accepted.”
Continue ReadingNoble Beast, publishers of Steampunk Holmes, Kickstart a whole new series of enhanced ebooks based on classic lit.
Continue ReadingJ. K. Rowling to write new films set in the Harry Potter universe.
Continue ReadingFather-daughter artists team up to work on a Blood Kiss graphic novel based on Kickstarted film by Michael Reaves, starring Amber Benson and Neil Gaiman.
Continue ReadingTom Beatty has launched a new Kickstarter for a program that uses cute monsters to teach multiplication.
Continue ReadingAdventure Maximus is a fun tabletop RPG for families and kids, running on Kickstarter right now. It features a card-based system that lets you create characters and even full adventures on the fly. The Kickstarter runs through June 4 and is already funded, with stretch goals that make it a fantastic deal.
Continue ReadingCryptozoic launches a Kickstarter for an MMO/TCG called Hex.
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