Reading Time: 6 minutes cover copyright William Morrow The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard is a novel set during the World War II Manhattan Project years of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a place that did not officially exist, a place that showcased American ingenuity and drive as well as the darker sides of sexism and […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes The quiet streets of Park City, the day before Sundance started. Photo by Sam Berna When most people think of the Sundance Film Festival they think of movies. Independent movies, to be exact. And that is a big part of this event, which is held every January in Park City, Utah. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Image courtesy of Marvel Studios “Captain America: Winter Soldier” The past week has renewed discussion about Alzheimer’s Disease, an illness so prolific it never seems to be out of the news. In the United States, Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death; In Australia, it is second. Worldwide, there are […]
As the maker movement gains steam, the gadgets we love are increasingly tools that help us create. For that reason we’re adding DIY to the gadgets guide this year. Follow along for our recommendations of our favorite gadgets and tools that we’ve covered this year.
Let’s talk origin stories. Specifically origin movies within the horror genre. Every so often a franchise is born—or reborn. Recently, I noticed an influx of origin stories for both new and classic horror franchises building up in my movie queue. The biggest issue I have with origin movies is the failure to expand upon the […]
True train geeks don’t really outgrow their early childhood obsessions. They just change the focus to more grown up styles of train.
Win this Epic Prize Pack from Scholastic to get you ready for the new ‘Captain Underpants’ movie: two tie-in books, the original ‘Captain Underpants’ book (IN COLOR!), and a gift card!
GeekMom Melody is letting her daughter embrace the dark side through Star Wars Cosplay.
It’s February, the month of love (supposedly), and while the GeekMoms’ love lives may be varied, there’s one thing we all have in common: a love of books!
We’ve tried a number of programmable building blocks in the last couple of years, but the ones in SAM Labs’s ‘Curious Cars’ are the first to have really engaged my children.
For my family, autumn is all about corn stalks, pumpkin patches, cider doughnuts, and Halloween. But the pumpkins, those steal my heart, so I know I’ll be planning some pumpkin themed trips to renew my faith in my favorite fall vegetable (fruit?).
With his new Netflix film, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Holiday,’ Pee-wee Herman returns to entertain an entirely new generation some 35 years after Paul Reubens first donned his iconic red bow tie. Join me and my family on an interactive ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday’ scavenger hunt.
The perfect pairing for young musicians and scientists, or both.
We take a look at the recently updated and annotated ‘Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory.’
Lone Shark Games’ latest Kickstarter game, ‘The Ninth World,’ is set in Monte Cook Games’ Numenera universe, and has some fresh, unique game mechanics that have labelled this a skillbuilding card game.
Leia is common ground between generations and she is woefully under-represented.
Love movies? And books? You’ve come to the right place. Today’s Stack Overflow is full of books about movies or inspired by movies … or at least tangentially related to them. Hey, it’s called “Stack Overflow” for a reason.
Stuffer Shack offers great gaming ideas as well as excellent horse miniatures, and counters and markers to make in-combat tracking of your monsters a breeze.
This past weekend, Stephen Amell attended Dragon Con to talk about the past and future of Arrow.
In the documentary short ‘Wizard Mode’ we see top Canadian pinball player Robert Gagno was meant to play pinball regardless of any personal challenges.
HaleFire games just launched their first game, ‘Beardsmith,’ on Kickstarter. ‘Beardsmith’ puts you and your friends in the role of dwarven beardsmith apprentices vying to take over as Master Beardsmith.
Award-winning author Ann Leckie visits GeekMom to talk about her books, her fandoms, and her vision for the future of science fiction. And she brought prizes!
Useful information on Jurassic World’s new big, bad dinosaur.
For this week’s game, I chose to create a two-part mini-adventure that takes place on the road halfway between Greenest and Elturel. Given the cultists and a few other bad guys/creatures encountered in earlier sessions, I decided to try and create an adventure that would be loosely linked to the goings-on along the Sword Coast. Joining my table for the night were the following adventurers:
Essie – Human Fighter
Chi Tan – Human Fighter
Oenn – Dwarf Cleric
Rolann – Elf Ranger
Edaliu – Gnome Bard
Borax – Dwarf Cleric
TableTop returns for Season Three with Tokaido and a great group of gamers taking the long road to Kyoto together.
See the world’s data in a very visual, interesting, and study-able way with this new app.
Blackout Pockets from Scottevest help protect your data from being hacked. These aren’t just for spies. They are for all of us.
Today’s holiday gift guide should help you find something for the geek who needs a little help with showing their inner geek in their home.
Over the public objections of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Dreamworks has produced The Fifth Estate, a film which is as much a critique of the founder as it is an examination of the whistle-blower organization. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the inscrutable Assange, with Daniel Brühl as Daniel Berg, author of one of the two books upon which the film is based.
GeekMom reviews the Shark Sonic Duo, great for cleaning floors in houses with mixed floor types.
