Finding horror movies for a Halloween marathon is easy — there’s the occasional good one, and the rest are usually somewhere in the bad to so-bad-it’s-good range. What if you’re a parent of a pre-teen, though, and don’t want to risk a month of nightmares? Finding something good to watch that still feels properly Halloween-y can be tough.
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Since you’re on the internet, you know today is the day Marty McFly arrives from 1985. But what questions do the ‘Back to the Future’ films leave unanswered?
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It’s Independence Day in the United States of America, so patriotism is in the air. In case you feel that the urge to be patriotic conflicts with your usual urge to be geeky, we’re here to help.
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How can kids help their parents do their daily tasks? Rory reveals his Top 10 ways to include kids in the activity at hand.
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We geeks want to do our part for Earth Day, too. After all, Earth’s the only planet we’ve got — for the time being, anyway — and as The Tick said, it’s where we keep all our stuff.
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Let’s take a look and discuss some of the things that we, as parents, might be able to do to get our children ready for the next 5, 10, even 20 years.
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When your kids have questions, do you have the answers? Here are some tips from GeekDad to help you along.
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A little confession: I am not a morning person. In fact, I hate getting up before 9 a.m., and I’d probably sleep until 10 a.m. if I could. But sometimes you just have to get up.
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Last week I published a list of top 10 things science fiction promised us that didn’t happen in 2013. So, lest you think I’m completely negative, let’s take a look at a few things that did happen in 2013…
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Science fiction makes a lot of predictions about the future — that’s really the point, isn’t it? The best science fiction looks at the future, trying to see where we are headed and what it will be like when we get there.
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Finding horror movies for a Halloween marathon is easy — there’s the occasional good one, and the rest are usually somewhere in the bad to so-bad-it’s-good range. What if you’re a parent of a pre-teen, though, and don’t want to risk a month of nightmares? Finding something good to watch that still feels properly Halloween-y can be tough.
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Superheroes can be a tricky subject. They’re a staple of the comic book medium, of course, and for many readers (and non-comics-readers) superheroes are pretty much synonymous with comic books. They’re also often two-dimensional and somewhat mindless—but they don’t have to be.
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There are so few good dads in science fiction and fantasy. Fathers in so many stories are absent for one reason or another (death being fairly common), and sometimes they even turn out to be the villain! So where are the Mike Bradys of science fiction and fantasy? The Cliff Huxtables? You do happen upon dads of those stripes, or roughly equivalent ones, every now and then. Here’s our list of the top 10.
Continue ReadingHappy St. Patrick’s Day! Tradition dictates that all those of us in Ireland go watch a parade and/or get appallingly drunk on Guinness (or Murphys, Smithwicks, Bulmers, O’Hara’s, Jameson…), but as I’m neither a big drinker nor a big parade …
Continue ReadingThere are two sorts of geeky fonts. First there are the ones that appeal to typography nerds because of their creator, history, mathematical beauty or whatnot.
Then there are fonts that appeal to geeks because they play on our geeky nostalgia, …
Continue ReadingGeeks love to argue, particularly with other geeks. Here for your consideration, however, is a list of the top ten things with which I feel reasonably safe in saying a large majority of geeks would agree. Am I right?
Continue ReadingWith a total of 3,284 votes cast (a maximum of 10 per reader) for the 87 novels nominated, the best Fantasy novel of all time as selected by the readers of GeekDad is (drum roll…)
Continue ReadingIt was an incredibly tight race with a tie for second place and only a 3 vote margin between second place and first place! But the best Science-fiction novel of all time as selected by the readers of GeekDad is…
Continue ReadingWith a total of 2,420 votes cast (a maximum of 10 per reader) for the 39 shows nominated, it was close — a margin of just 3 votes — but the best fantasy TV show of all time as selected by the …
Continue ReadingWith a total of 5,195 votes cast (a maximum of 10 per reader) for the 70 shows nominated, the clear winner for the best sci-fi TV show of all time as selected by the readers of GeekDad is (drum roll…)
Continue ReadingOur final category in the week long vote to find the best in science-fiction and fantasy is for the top 10 opening lines in a genre novel. We got some good suggestions during the nominations, and we’re happy to present them …
Continue ReadingToday we start voting on fantasy novels. We received over 80 nominations, so browse through the list before making any snap decisions. Although this is a popularity contest, we ask you to not only keep in mind whether you liked the book …
Continue ReadingToday we start voting on science-fiction novels. We got quite a few nominations last week, so browser through the list before making any snap decisions. Although this is a popularity contest, we ask you to not only keep in mind …
Continue ReadingToday we start voting the world of fantasy. We are trying to find the our reader’s favorite fantasy TV shows of all time. Keep in mind, that while whether you like the show or not is important, you should also …
Continue ReadingLast week we took your nominations, now it’s time to vote! Choose up to ten of your favorite sci-fi TV shows by simply ticking the check box next to them. We also ask you to spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, …
Continue ReadingToday we are collecting the best quotes from science-ficiton TV shows. There are a lot, and I’ve barley scratched the surface of my own favorites here, so I need to see more from our dear in the comments to this …
Continue ReadingOur crazy, argument-inducing, week-long project of asking people to nominate all things best in science fiction and fantasy continues. Today we embarking on a more contentious category. We seek nominations for the top science fiction movies.
Continue ReadingThis week we are taking nominations to add to our list of all things best in science-fiction and fantasy. Yesterday we asked you to nominate your favorite science-fiction novels. Today we are looking for nominations for the top fantasy novels. …
Continue ReadingThis week we are taking nominations to add to our list of all things best in science-fiction and fantasy. Yesterday we asked you to nominate your favorite fantasy tv shows. Today we are looking for nominations for the top science-fiction …
Continue ReadingNominate the fantasy TV shows you think we should include in our list by adding a comment to this post. You don’t have to nominate 10 shows, nominate as many as you want, but please give a brief description as …
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