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A fun and fascinating Q&A with “Disney Couple” Chip & Dana Brown.
Continue ReadingA fun and fascinating Q&A with “Disney Couple” Chip & Dana Brown.
Continue ReadingWe all knew it was coming but the news was finally made official on June 16: PAX Aust and PAX West have been cancelled (*insert sad face*)… and replaced with something even bigger: PAX ONLINE 2020!! It’s not enough to create a huge virtual event; they are going to bring the Northern and Southern […]
Continue ReadingThe Black Lives Matter protests in the United States of America have resonated around the world, prompting many of us to take action and show our support. However, wanting to help and knowing how to help can be very different things. There is so much to process right now, flooded by the overwhelming sense of […]
Continue ReadingBlack Widow#1 MAJK’s Marvel Monday Comments: Black Widow #1 is every bit as beautiful, mysterious, intriguing, and exciting as the title character herself. Eisner-nominated Marvel comic writer Kelly Thompson opens this tale doing what she does best: crafting engaging stories about well rounded, 3-dimensional characters who kick @$$. In this case, Natasha, A.K.A Black Widow […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Star Wars Day. May the Fourth. And I have a confession. I do not love Star Wars. There. I said it. To clarify, I like Star Wars and there are elements I truly enjoy. But I don’t love it like many other sci-fi geeks I know. What I do love is watching it with […]
Continue ReadingResearch now backs up everything we geeks already knew: Gaming is GOOD for you! From improving your mental health, pain management, and even boosting rehabilitation after surgery, science is proving more and more how gaming has the potential to do great things for your health. The secret lies in “how” you self-medicate with games, both […]
Continue ReadingPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash At Local Comic Shops across the nation, today would be New Comic Book Day (NCBD), but there are no new comics. Today, nationwide, many comic shops sit closed due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, a pandemic that has forced 32 states to implement some form of stay-at-home orders putting […]
Continue ReadingWelcome Strange Academy! Strange Academy #1 Perfect for New Readers. Strange Academy #1 launched March 4th and the Marvel comic universe all at once became a much stranger and more interesting place. Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos bring together the greatest magical powered teachers, under the guidance of the Sorcerer Supreme and hand them a […]
Continue ReadingStar #2 In Star #2 the new wielder of the Reality Stone struggles to master nascent powers prompting an unexpected and unexplained visit from one of the world’s most dangerous and powerful women. Whether the Scarlet Witch has arrived to help her or destroy her is anyone’s guess. Either way, Marvel’s Star series offers us […]
Continue ReadingBye-Bye, Hogwarts. Hello, Strange Academy! Magic & Heroes By the time J.K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone I was far too old to attend but the perfect age for my kid and I to devour every Harry Potter book she wrote. Geek2.0 grew up with Harry Potter and Marvel Comics as a […]
Continue ReadingImage credit: Free-Photos. Image used and altered under Pixabay License. If admitting you need a therapist is the first battle, then the second is finding a therapist. I’ve previously written about the secondary infertility and miscarriage that were the origin story of my depression and anxiety. I’ve also discussed the borderline PCOS diagnosis that caused […]
Continue ReadingImage via Netflix. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part Three from Netflix has now dropped, and we finally get to see Sabrina try to save Nick Scratch from Hell after he let himself get possessed by Sabrina’s actual father, the Dark Lord himself. For a run down of the previous seasons, you can find my […]
Continue ReadingImage credit: Anemone123. Image used and altered under Pixabay License. I have depression and anxiety. It’s been about a year and a half since the realization first hit me, but it wasn’t too much of a surprise. I can link my mental health struggles to a particular event, my miscarriage at eleven weeks, after two […]
Continue Reading<img data-attachment-id=”325566″ data-permalink=”https://geekmom.com/2019/12/rewatching-a-childhood-favorite-with-my-kids-the-home-alone-movies/homealonerewatch/” data-orig-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/homealonerewatch.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1200,675″ data-comments-opened=”1″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”1″}” data-image-title=”homealonerewatch” data-image-description=” Macaulay Culkin in ‘Home Alone.’ Image via 20th Century Fox. ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/homealonerewatch.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/homealonerewatch.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1″ class=”wp-image-325566 size-full” src=”https://i1.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/12/homealonerewatch.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1″ alt=”” width=”1200″ height=”675″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />Macaulay Culkin in ‘Home Alone.’ Image via 20th Century Fox.
Continue ReadingI have a new hero to add to my list. She’s a pilot. She’s a Captain. She has worked her butt off to reach her goals. She has fought against the patriarchy and won. AND she has inspired women to fight against injustice. Meet Captain Deborah Lawrie, AM. Real-life Captain Marvel (minus the sparkly fists). […]
Continue ReadingUnicorn Dice from Metallic Dice Games. Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew. Every Tabletop RPG Group has at least one hoarder of pretty/shiny/sparkly polyhedral dice. In my group’s current line up of players, I am most certainly that player and I have absolutely no shame about it, especially when it comes to Unicorn Dice. Between social media […]
Continue ReadingThere is a quote doing the digital rounds, where to learn a new skill requires 400 repetitions but if you learn through play, it only takes 10-20. I can’t find the official scientific research to back that one up but every teacher I have spoken to this year says it is true. And now I […]
Continue ReadingThere is something ultimately satisfying about mastering the elements and traversing across environmental disasters. Sure, it’s in the form of a board game but the sense of accomplishment is still there. Tremor is exactly all of that–with the added joy of smashing my opponents into the ravaged ground!! What is Tremor? Like many post-apocalyptic games […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 6 minutes Image via the CW. Nancy Drew is undeniably a classic. I must have been in the fifth grade or so when my Nancy Drew stage kicked off. My American Girl Doll, Molly, had a Nancy Drew book as part of her bedtime set that contained the first four chapters. I hunted […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 2 minutes October 14, 2019 is dual in nature: While some may recognize it has Columbus Day (a US Federal Holiday to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492), a growing number of people are choosing instead to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, recognising the significance of Indigenous cultural identity […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes ‘Tricky Druids’ from Pegasus Spiele. Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew. I’m always on the look out for fun new tabletop games for kids especially since ours are in prime board age (five and eight). A number of game companies, like Pegasus Spiele, debuted new releases at Gen Con 2019 including offerings for […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes All seven Hobbit meals for our movie marathon from a Sparkle Designs cutting board. Image by Missy Hayes. As I’m sure you know, Hobbit Day (Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday) is generally held to be September 22. Excitingly enough, that falls on a Sunday this year, which means it’s totally possible […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 6 minutes Morgyn Ember from ‘The Sims 4: Realm of Magic.’ Image via Electronic Arts. What is the Sims 4: Realm of Magic? The Sims 4: Realm of Magic is a game pack for the Sims 4 Base Game. A popular life simulation game, The Sims franchise allows players to play the life of people […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes BRIO World’s Lift and Load Warehouse Set, Smart Tech Engine Set with Action Tunnels, Smart Tech Washing Station, and Smart Tech Railway Workshop. Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew. There’s a good chance that at some point in your childhood, you played with one of BRIO’s classic wooden trains whether you had a […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 6 minutes Image provided by Ludo Studio I have been raving about Bluey to my fellow GeekMoms for over a month and with its premiere in the US this Monday, they will finally know what I am talking about!! Bluey is easily the best kids show on Australian TV!! Believe me, you are […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 2 minutes Package from Ice Cream Dice. Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew. I first became a tabletop role-playing gamer almost two decades ago when I was still in high school, and I’ve been obsessed with “shiny math rocks” ever since I first stepped into a local gaming store to pick up my starter set. […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 6 minutes My family has been roaming around cons of all sizes from the time the youngest was small enough to ride in a backpack. It’s been super-fun, but as the boys got older, it (unsurprisingly) got more and more expensive. One of our more successful ways to keep costs down has turned […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 10 minutes ‘Veronica Mars’ Season 4. Image via Hulu. Marshmallows, our favorite private investigator is back. There was a time when canceled TV shows didn’t get funded for movies by passionate fans or followed up with revival seasons on streaming services like Hulu, but Veronica Mars has always played by her own rules. […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 4 minutes Stranger Things: Six #1 From MAJK’s Coffee Corner: Stranger Things: Six #1 whets the appetite of fans who eagerly await Stranger Things Season 3. If you are looking to find Will Byers, Mike, or Eleven in this comic, you’ll be disappointed. If you are interested in learning more about the program […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 4 minutes ‘Tales From the Loop’ by Modiphiüs Entertainment. Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew. Last weekend, my tabletop gaming group got started with creating characters to run a Tales From the Loop campaign. Tales From the Loop comes from Modiphiüs Entertainment and won 5 ENnie awards in 2017 including Best Game, Best Setting, Best […]
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