Of course, for those of you who are more into Jedis and Stormtroopers than hobbits and orcs, “Darths & Droids” might be for you. Created by a team of about six or seven people, D&D was inspired by “DM of …
Continue ReadingJournalist Jonathan Bender spent a year immersed in the adult fan of LEGO community for his new book, LEGO: A Love Story, out this month. The past two years he has spent purchasing LEGO bricks; however, they can no longer …
Continue ReadingGeekTeen John has been teaching himself to design computer games using the game engine Unity. Here’s his report: With all the recent advancements in videogame technology, it’s no surprise that we would get some programs that allowed anyone to create …
Continue ReadingSpider-Girl is not a character in regular Marvel continuity. She’s not a male hero. And she’s been canceled twice. But she keeps coming back. Though no longer in print, she currently has a series of digital adventures, though those are …
Continue ReadingRead all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
Continue ReadingIn the course of about an hour, you can be squashed by moving walls, burn in a lava pit, be thrown over the edge of a waterfall, fall through a rickety bridge into a bottomless chasm, or get crushed by …
Continue ReadingIf there’s anything my kids love more than eating everything in the house, it has to be Star Wars. Now, thankfully, they can combine their two favorite pastimes with a couple of books we recently discovered (but Kathy first looked at …
Continue ReadingOne of the challenges for the newest generation is how to gain fluency in online networking without being able to draw on large, diverse social networks of their own. Today, Togetherville announced the open beta launch of a new online …
Continue ReadingRemember back when you were a poor college student surviving on Ramen and Hamburger Helper? (Disclaimer: I actually ate quite well in the college dining hall, and though I did have a hot pot for ramen-making purposes, I quit using …
Continue ReadingPrivacy issues aside, Facebook is a popular way for many of my friends and family to share, comment, and now print photos. Yesterday Shutterfly and Facebook connected their intertubes and made it simple to print paper versions of your Facebook …
Continue ReadingAnonymous: My son is 7, and I don’t know how to draw a line for him about violent play. He’ll have his Bionicles etc. attack each other, and if I’m not monitoring it, heads and limbs get sliced off, and …
Continue ReadingA new feature on GeekDad: video reviews of iPhone/iPad apps by the people who use them the most – our kids!
Continue Reading“Do you remember those Magic Eye images from a few years ago?” I’m sitting in a hotel lobby, chatting with author Sean Connolly, who’s currently on tour promoting his new book, The Book Of Potentially Catastrophic Science. He continues, “You’d …
Continue ReadingThis week, through Friday, four websites are hosting a game that will give you some fun, benefit charities and allow participants to win excellent prizes. But unlike many contests that benefit charities, you get to pick whichever charity you want. …
Continue ReadingParents–especially geeky parents–love taking pictures of their kids. Gigabytes of pictures. Now we’d like you to share your memories with the community by uploading photos of your family participating in DIY projects, games, and other geeky activities. Submit a picture* …
Continue ReadingCongrats to the three winners of our Rowboat giveaway, selected at random from the comments and tweets: Commenters Isthomps and BukaHobbit, and Twitterer GeekInsight! Thanks again to Moosetache Games for providing copies of the game and to everyone who entered. …
Continue ReadingINplay 2010 is a two day conference starting tomorrow in Toronto, Ontario that’s focused on the art and business of kids interactivity. Among the keynotes and speakers are the Executive Produce and Co-Creator of Yo Gabba Gabba! and representatives from …
Continue ReadingRead all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
Continue ReadingHello everyone and welcome to another addition of the GeekDad Space Report! Last week the big news was the planned launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis rocketed off the pad on schedule and successfully docked with the International Space …
Continue ReadingSorry. Couldn’t resist. Corny titles aside, these cakes at The Weekly Crisis are spectacular. Having recently started working with cakes–including those with fondant–I am in awe of the detail and outright cleverness some of these cakes have to offer. From …
Continue ReadingIt’s been 20 years since the world lost Jim Henson, and I still can’t think about it without tearing up a bit. His death at age 53 was sudden and catastrophic, like being hit by lightning on a cloudless day. Along with countless others around the world who had never met him, I felt like […]
Continue ReadingI was born on this date in 1968. That makes me 42, which any good geek knows as The Answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. My family will be helping me celebrate today with cake …
Continue ReadingSort of appropriately enough, the winner of this week’s puzzle is some guy (or gal) named Link, who battled off his thirst and answered wisely enough to win a $50 gift certificate from ThinkGeek. Congratulations, Link, and thanks to everyone …
Continue ReadingThe best part of taking part in my first-ever book signing event a couple weeks ago (a massive affair involving more than 100 children’s book authors) was getting a visit from the granddaddy of children’s science book writers, Seymour Simon. …
Continue ReadingRead all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
Continue ReadingInspired by Kate McAlpine’s 2008 YouTube rap sensation about the CERN Large Hadron Collider, physicist and music aficionado Dr. Ben Kilminster of Fermilab felt as though America’s homegrown particle accelerator, The Tevatron located in Batavia, Illinois, deserved a lyrical tribute …
Continue ReadingSummer is fast approaching, and it’s a great time for hiking. Whether it’s a quick trip of a few miles with your whole family (and peanut M&Ms, of course), a day trip with three square meals and plenty of water …
Continue ReadingMyth: Pantheons was released last summer by AEG (the company behind The Isle of Doctor Necreaux), but I just recently got a review copy to try out. This is a game that, at first glance, does not look like it’s …
Continue ReadingBotropolis has been busy collecting papercraft robots! They have collected fifty, yes 50, links to some very cool paper robots. I assembled the Super Robot Dog today. He is an optical illusion with the head assembled inside out. When viewed …
Continue ReadingWhen writer Brad Meltzer was growing up, his grandfather made up stories for him about Batman, instilling a love a heroes, both real and fictional, that’s lasted Meltzer’s entire life. His new book, Heroes for My Son, was written both …
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