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Author: Mark Vorenkamp

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Midwest Media Expo – Three Day Media Convention This Weekend in Detroit

April 7, 2015December 13, 2017Mark Vorenkamp

A preview of the Midwest Media Expo, coming to Detroit, Michigan, this weekend. Featuring a performance by the Silent Hill Band, the roast of Jon St. John, and the American finals of the World Cosplay Summit.

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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Salem’ – A Game of Deception and Witches

April 6, 2015December 13, 2017Mark Vorenkamp1

This review is a Kickstarter tabletop alert, reviewing ‘Salem,’ a game about the Salem witch trials. It’s a game of deception, where the players try to either hide their identities as witches or eliminate all the witches from the city.

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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Dragoon’ – The Action Strategy Game of Dragons

March 30, 2015December 13, 2017Mark Vorenkamp2

A review of the live Kickstarter game ‘Dragoon,’ an action strategy game for 2-4 players, where the players are dragons attempting to gather the most gold for their hoards.

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Slingbox M1: The Perfect March Madness Companion

March 27, 2015Mark Vorenkamp4

A review of the Slingbox M1, allowing you to stream those NCAA March Madness games to your phone, tablet, or computer, live. Includes a link to the “Madness Cubed” contest where you can win one of 68 Slingbox M1s, and one lucky winner gets the cubicle makeover of a lifetime.

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Doctor Who Rewind – “Edge of Destruction”

March 23, 2015Mark Vorenkamp2

This week, the Doctor Who Rewind team tackles “Edge of Destruction,” the transitional episode between “The Daleks” and “Marco Polo.” This episode features the TARDIS crew stuck on the ship and turning on each other, while the ship is moving closer and closer to destruction.

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Doctor Who Rewind – “The Daleks”

March 13, 2015Mark Vorenkamp1

A “Doctor Who Rewind” review of the 1963 ‘Doctor Who’ episode “The Daleks.” This episode is the first time the Daleks, the iconic show’s most iconic villain, are introduced.

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Doctor Who Rewind: “An Unearthly Child”/”100,000 BC”

March 3, 2015Mark Vorenkamp5

This week, myself and co-contributor Jamie Greene bring to you the first week in a series of Doctor Who Rewind reviews. We’re going to be going chronologically, one serial each week, through the iconic classic series of ‘Doctor Who.’

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4moms MamaRoo: A GeekDad Lifesaver

February 28, 2015Mark Vorenkamp2

The 4moms mamaRoo baby swing is a GeekDad life-saver. For busy parents, willing to shell out a little more money for the chance of some quiet (and maybe a nap), the mamaRoo is a perfect addition to that baby shower list.

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Spoiler-Free Book Review – Lev Grossman’s The Magicians

February 22, 2015Mark Vorenkamp7

A spoiler-free review of Lev Grossman’s ‘The Magicians,’ the first book in his Magicians Trilogy, a book that takes both Harry Potter and Narnia into the adult world of sex, booze, and magic.

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