This month. as I climbed my paper mountain, I discovered heirs to Pratchett, Adams, and Asimov, a new series of DC icons, and a great book about the perils of immersing yourself in computer games. Read More
The long-time-coming 4th volume of the Tales From the Paper Mountain, includes alternate history, time travel, demons, and a little bit of romance. Read More
This month’s Tales From the Paper Mountain includes two novels about the Soviet Union. One about fictional Russians who travel in time, the other about a legendary composer who never had the courage to escape. Read More
A waystation between stops on the paper mountain to highlight two excellent books that are completely different, yet remarkably similar. Read More
The Paper Mountain Vol. 2 takes in Commodore 64 nostalgia, goblin kings, and Irish villages. Read More
Following on from my 2017 reading resolution, this is the first of series of monthly reviews of the books that form my ever-growing paper mountain. Read More
All of Steve Jackson’s classic Fighting-Fantasy paperback adventures, now available for your iPhone and iPad. Read More
‘The Warlock of Firetop Mountain’ by Tin Man Games brings to life the classic choose-your-own-adventure novel to the digital tabletop. Read More
Ultimate Spider-Man and Space Mountain take you for a ride this week in GeekMom’s Comic Book Corner. Read More
Let’s continue testing out the ideas we see on Pinterest by making toilet paper tube fire starters! Read More
For those of you who have made the jump to OS X Mountain Lion on your Macs, you’re going to want to check this one out. David Sparks and Brett Terpstra have just released a new book in the Macsparky … Read More
If you don’t already, you really should checkout NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website daily. Today’s image has left me particularly awestruck at its beauty. It is an image from the Tycho Crater on the Moon taken with … Read More
Since we continue to be snowed in I have an all points bulletin out for things to do with my Geekette. She has been out of school since January 28th (one sick day the rest due to our mountains of snow) and everyone is getting on each others nerves happy to be spending so much… Read More
If you were a teenager or a twenty-something anytime in the past 60 years or so, the odds are you’ve played air guitar at least a few times. It’s OK to admit it: we all do it, and we all … Read More
I’m always on the lookout for something cool to bring to the gaming table. The one thing I’m never satisfied with? My battle map. A few months back, I put the Battle Graph Dry Erase Boards to the test and … Read More
What do you want to read this year? The GeekDads and GeekMoms share our reading resolutions for 2018. Read More
What’s best about discovering a trilogy when all the books are out? Devouring the whole lot at once. My 5 Reasons to Read the ‘Themis Files’ by Sylvain Neuvel. Read More
Looking for some great reads take you through the Summer? Here are 5 great books with 5 reasons to read them! Read More
Well, somehow we’ve reached the end of 2017 already, and we figured it was time to check in on the reading resolutions we made at the beginning of the year. Read More
In the first of new series of Word Wednesday video reviews, we take a look at DK’s range of books from ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie.’ Read More
In this week’s Stack Overflow, Robin looks at three works of fiction from female writers and finds three of the best books he’s read this year. Read More
It’s time for another Kickstarter roundup! Read More
This week, Luke reviews ‘Spirou: Diary of a Naive Young Man,’ ‘Taxi Tales: The Fragrant Lady,’ ‘Seven Places Without You,’ ‘Mister George, Volume 1,’ ‘Melvile: The Story of Samuel Beauclair,’ ‘American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1990s,’ ‘The Wrath of Fantômas,’ and ‘Stellar, Volume 1.’ Read More
Assemble your team and take control of key points on this tiny 3D terrain, in the latest Tiny Epic game from Gamelyn Games and Scott Almes. Read More
Last night was the first session in our new online Dungeons & Dragons Waterdeep Dragon Heist campaign and it started with a tavern brawl. Read More
It’s 2019 and who doesn’t want their kids to be awesome!? Help them on their way with these two books to help them discover their brilliance! Read More
Last night was the 81st and final episode in our Curse of Strahd ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ campaign. After nearly two years’ worth of sessions our group of adventurers were at last able to escape Barovia. Read More
Create the friendliest village in ‘Sunflower Valley’ filled with houses, sheep, sunflowers, and railroad tracks. Read More
Reading Time: 12 minutes Welcome back to Comic Book Corner, the place where comic book lovers collaborate on comic reviews. In true Halloween style, today’s comic reviews are filled with the creepy, some crawlers, a bit of horror, and a bit of crime. Before we get started, Comic Book Corner welcomes a new reviewer. Everyone… Read More
Following up with last week’s column about scary-but-not-too-scary stories, today I’ve got creepy (but maybe not too creepy) comic books, for younger kids up to adults. Read More
