If you’ve been reading GeekDad for a while, you know that our senior editor Jonathan Liu has a real passion for games and puzzles and narratives of all kinds. That all came to a head on March 4 when Jonathan launched a Kickstarter drive for his first board game, Emperor’s New Clothes. Sharp-eyed folks who […]
Continue ReadingThe Monster High DS game Skultimate Roller Maze may not be enough for hard-core gamers, but it’s plenty of fun for young girls.
Continue ReadingTeach Your Kids to Game Week starts Monday. Learn about how to join in the fun.
Continue ReadingThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due out in theaters in a month, launching Peter Jackson’s vision of the opening bars of the tale of the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. It seems like an excellent time then to take a …
Continue ReadingThe legendary board games designer James Ernest — he of Cheapass Games fame, designer of gems like Kill Dr. Lucky and Give Me the Brain — has spent the last several years working on things like computer games and Facebook games …
Continue ReadingA while back, Reaper Miniatures — longtime stalwart of the tabletop gaming figures — launched a new line of figures called Bones. The thing that makes them different from your standard metal miniatures is that they’re made from plastic …
Continue ReadingI had the chance to stop by the Gary Games booth at Gen Con today and chat with Justin Gary himself, former Magic: The Gathering pro tour champ and company founder. Gamers packed the booth, playing the company’s first game, …
Continue ReadingRichard Garfield, the creator of the first and still best-selling collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering, has a new online CCG coming out called SolForge. It’s being published by Gary Games, the company of top Magic player Justin Gary, which …
Continue ReadingBack in 2008, Geek Dad contributor Bart Leib and his wife (and GeekMom contributor) Kay Holt started up a science-fiction and fantasy magazine called Crossed Genres, which eventually grew into a full small publishing operation dedicated to bringing genre-bending novels …
Continue ReadingTrue Dungeon recently announced a massive expansion to the the live-action D&D-style adventure that it has run at Gen Con for the past nine years. To celebrate its tenth year, the wildly popular event is moving from its old home …
Continue ReadingThe folks at KingsIsle have not been idle, making the most out of their success with their AAA MMO for kids, Wizard 101. They just put a brand-new world called Avalon into beta for that hit game, and today they’ve …
Continue ReadingMy nine-year-old quads are hooked on Wizard101, the kid-safe, free-to-play MMO from KingsIsle Entertainment, aimed at fantasy-loving children like them. They’ve even ponied up for a monthly membership out of their own allowances, which is about the highest endorsement any …
Continue ReadingWe’re in a bit of a lull between games in the Halo franchise as Bungie moves on to its Next Big Thing and 343 Industries moves the mantle of working with the Halo universe fully onto its own shoulders. If …
Continue ReadingThe Stabile line of iPad stands from Thought Out have a well-earned reputation for being solid if expensive accessories for the discerning iPad owner. With the Stabile Coil Pro, Thought Out twisted itself way from that solidity and went for …
Continue ReadingI have one of those all-in-one printers in my house, and part of the “all” is that it has a flatbed scanner on its top. The problem is that it’s a pain to use. I don’t keep it on my …
Continue ReadingThe people at Thought Out seem to work hard to live up to their company’s name. Their latest iPad stand — the Stabile Pro — is an excellent example of this. Improving on the original Stabile, the Stabile Pro is …
Continue ReadingIf you’re looking for a great way to drill your elementary-aged kids on basic math facts, Meteor Math makes for a massive spoonful of sugar for that mathematical medicine. Back in September, Mind Shapes released this new universal iOS app …
Continue ReadingAs Jonathan Liu posted earlier, this week is Speak Out With Your Geek Out, a blog-based event that encourages geeks of all stripes to tell what they’re geeky about and why. It’s meant as a celebration of all things geek, …
Continue ReadingTomorrow, Saturday, June 18, head down to your local adventure games store for Free RPG Day. Inspired by the successful Free Comic Book Day, Free RPG Day takes place in tabletop games stores around the world. In this, its fifth …
Continue ReadingNetflix announced today that it reached a deal to start streaming content from CBS’s massive back library of TV shows, starting this April. That includes such sci-fi/genre classics as each of the different Star Trek shows, Twin Peaks, and The …
Continue ReadingIt seems like every holiday brings a new run of games and apps these days — they’re like holidays sales, only a lot more fun — and Valentine’s Day is no exception. For example, Angry Birds Seasons (the holidays-themed version of …
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