John "Hex" Carter is a nerd, web developer, and a father of a little nerdy girl. As well as being an enthusiastic laserdisc collector, Hex founded the nerd music festival, Nerdapalooza, self-published a book on artificial intelligence, and designed a card game about cute robots.
Six months ago, my wife and I were blessed with a baby daughter. Despite this new addition to my life, I found my time still being consumed by my nerdy passions. I imagine most new nerd parents are the same: you love your child, but you really need to finish the newest issue of Saga or grinding through that Destiny dungeon. Personally, I kept finding my geek side wanting to take time away from my dad side. Read More
IDW Games and Toei Animation have teamed up to bring you a great dice game based on the ‘Dragon Ball’ franchise. Read More
I’m going to start off by getting the obvious out of the way: no, ‘Father.IO’ has nothing to do with fatherhood. It is instead your typical FPS game with good guys (humans) and bad guys (evolved), but with an AR twist. Read More
On Tuesday, October 17th, two giant robots squared off for the first Giant Robot Duel in history, and it was… slow, but cool. Read More
The Kickstarter for this game about the war between Alternating and Direct Current was successful earlier this year – but how is the game? Read More
Looking for a new album to play for your kids to help them get some sleep? Fortunately, Scarlet Moon Productions just released ‘Prescriptions for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Vol. II’ today, and it might be just what you’re looking for. Read More
Greg Weisman is a name near and dear to my heart. I religiously watched ‘Gargoyles’ in my younger years, truly enjoying the world painted before me. In recent years I quickly became addicted to ‘Young Justice.’ It had a take on the DC Universe that I wish was the main voice in the comics. Read More
One of the many skills I’ve developed in my time as a creative geek is pixel painting, the art of painting video game sprites with acrylic paint on canvas. I recently started picking it up as a hobby again, and I thought I’d share some pointers on how to get started–in case anyone would like to paint their favorite old school video game character! Read More
It’s about time that I introduced frustrated comic readers to my favorite comic, ‘Atomic Robo.’ Created by writer Brian Clevinger and artist Scott Wegener, it was published by Red 5 comics in late 2007, and nominated for an Eisner award the following year. Read More
Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion are crowdfunding a movie together. Need more? It’s sort of about ‘Firefly’ (though not really). Read More
Replay the historic battle of AC vs. DC in a Kickstarter board game: ‘Tesla vs. Edison.’ Read More
Video game cover duo Careless Juja has announced that it’s releasing its third full-length album, ‘Legend of the Boar Knight,’ on March 7th. It’s a double album that tells a fun story rife with parodies of video game tropes accented with appropriate video game covers. Read More
‘Exactly Where I Am’ is a strong album that resonates with Marc’s low-fidelity pop sensibility. Marc doesn’t try to obfuscate the theme of the album, throwing it in the Bandcamp’s description: “The intersection between yesterday’s small-town secrets and today’s information overload.” That comes across heavily in most of the tracks without leaving the listener feeling spoon-fed. Read More
Six months ago, my wife and I were blessed with a baby daughter. Despite this new addition to my life, I found my time still being consumed by my nerdy passions. I imagine most new nerd parents are the same: you love your child, but you really need to finish the newest issue of Saga or grinding through that Destiny dungeon. Personally, I kept finding my geek side wanting to take time away from my dad side. Read More
