Reaping the Rewards: ‘5-Minute Mystery: The Museum of Everything’
The museum exhibit is set to open in 5 minutes, but somebody has stolen the MacGuffin? Work together to find the culprit before time runs out!
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Stack Overflow: 2021 Reading Resolutions
Today, we’re sharing our hopes and dreams for 2021—at least when it comes to our reading habits.
Stack Overflow: 2020 Year-End Reading Reflections
Here’s what some of us managed to read this year, compared to our resolutions at the beginning of the year.
‘The Story Seed Podcast’ & ‘The Paper Girls Show’: Reasons to Hope for a Better 2021
Creators are producing positive and empowering content for kids out there.
‘Gargantis’ Has Awakened – Are You Ready For Adventure? Read a Chapter!
There’s a storm brewing over Eerie-on-Sea, and the fisherfolk say a monster is the cause. What is ‘Gargantis’ looking for?
5 D&D One Shots to Keep Your Gaming Group Busy in Lockdown
Times are strange, there’s no doubt about it. But one thing in my life remains constant, in spite of all the chaos and disruption we’re seeing throughout the world, I still want to play Dungeons & Dragons. A lot. In fact, thanks in part to ease of playing online, I’m currently playing way more D&D now than I would otherwise normally be playing, sometime up to three or four times a week.
5 Reasons Why ‘Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount’ is a Critter’s Dream Come True
I couldn’t have been more excited for the latest Dungeons & Dragons release from WotC, the ‘Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount.’ That is in no insignificant part due to the fact that it’s an extra special book created in partnership with ‘Critical Role.’
Between the Bookends: 8 Books We Read in January 2020
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6 Reasons to Enter the ‘Beastgrave’
‘Beastgrave’ is the 3rd Season of ‘Warhammer Underworlds’ and its finest iteration yet, worthy of the coveted accolade of GeekDad Approved!
Eberron Rising From the Last War: 5 Reasons to Be Excited About D&D’s Latest Book
Eberron is a world recovering from a long, devastating war. It is a land of evolving magic intertwined with modern technology. Action and adventure await heroes looking to explore the ancient mysteries of this noir-inspired place.
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘5-Minute Mystery: The Museum of Everything’
The museum exhibit is set to open in 5 minutes, but somebody has stolen the MacGuffin? Work together to find the culprit before time runs out!
12 Reasons Why You Will Love ‘Bluey’
Reading 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 […]
5 Reasons to Own ‘Avengers: Endgame’ on Blu-Ray or Digital
Reading Time: 3 minutes Image credit: Marvel Studios Like most of our readers, my family and I bid a fond and emotional farewell to many of our MCU friends when we saw Avengers: Endgame in theaters this past May. I was excited to be offered a chance to review the Blu-ray and Digital download, which […]
SDCC 2019: 5 Reasons Why ‘The Terror: Infamy’ is Relevant Television
Reading Time: 1 minute The ‘The Terror: Infamy’ Panel at San Diego Comic Con 2019. The series premieres on Monday, August 12th, on the AMC Network. Image credit: Patricia Vollmer One of the highlights of my SDCC experience last month was to receive an invitation to attend the press conference and panel celebrating the AMC […]
‘Acquisitions Incorporated’: 5 Things I Love About This ‘D&D’ Book
If you’re a DM, why would you not want to have the stat blocks for the entire Acq-Inc team up your sleeve for that moment when your players think they’re safest? And if you’re a player, you can’t help but get carried away looking at all the brand new options for building really interesting—if not totally flawed—new characters and franchises.
Apollo 50th: ‘Picturing Apollo 11’: Unseen Photos Put You in the Moment
‘Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views & Undiscovered Moments’ shows us more of that amazing story through dozens of previously unpublished photos.
Comic Con In San Diego: Get Ready, We’re Coming!
Reading Time: 8 minutes We’re ready! Image by Patricia Vollmer It’s less than a week to one of the biggest geek parties of the year, Comic-Con in San Diego, and this year, a contingent of four GeekMoms–Corrina, Patricia, Karen, and Majk–and one GeekDad-Sean Z-will be there to bring you coverage of everything from television to […]
10 Reasons to Read (and Share) ‘The Next Great Paulie Fink’
Here are 10 reasons to read ‘The Next Great Paulie Fink’ and to share it with the kids in your life.
“The Curse of the Brimstone Contract:” A Steampunk Adventure, Part 5
Reading Time: 11 minutes Image copyright Corrina Lawson Continuing our serial of GeekMom Corrina Lawson’s steampunk adventure/mystery novel, The Curse of the Brimstone Contract: In a Victorian London where magic fuels steam technology… Joan Krieger dreams of revolutionizing fashion for this new, modernized world but a hidden enemy stalks her family’s clothing business, turning her […]
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 5 of 2019
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending February 1, 2019.
Stack Overflow: 2019 Reading Resolutions
What do you want to read this year? The GeekDads and GeekMoms share our reading resolutions for 2018.
Stack Overflow: 2018 Year-End Reading Reflections
As the end of the year draws near, many of us book geeks like to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve read in the past year, particularly compared to our reading resolutions from the beginning of the year.
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 50 of 2018
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending December 21, 2018.
5 Reasons to Have a Games Workshop Christmas
In 2018 Games Workshop has released a wealth of material aimed at bringing new players into the hobby. Here are five great reasons to have a Games Workshop Christmas
4 Reasons to Take (Even Your Non-Dancey) Kids to the Ballet
Reading Time: 5 minutes Photo taken of The Nutcracker show we saw in Greensburg, PA, last year, by my 10-year-old on a phone. So, pretty good considering. It’s that time of year again: the perfect time to introduce your children to ballet. It isn’t usually hard to find a small, relatively local performance of The […]
5 Reason to Read ‘Dry’ by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
In Neal and Jarrod Shusterman’s ‘Dry,’ California has run out of water. Here are 5 Reasons to Read this prescient and incendiary YA thriller.
Mid-November Comics To Read: ‘Unstoppable Wasp,’ ‘Welcome to Wanderland,’ and More
Reading Time: 10 minutes This week was a great week for comics. From Unstoppable Wasp to Welcome to Wanderland, there were plenty of great comics to read and—because we are who we are—review. It’s the middle of November, the week before American Thanksgiving (regardless of how you feel about that holiday itself), and Christmas (if it’s […]
Review: 4 Reasons the Smaller 8″ Lenovo SmartDisplay Is the Bigger Hit
Shaving two inches off the Lenovo Smart Display changes it entirely. How? Keep reading.
7 Reasons You Need to Pick Up ‘Unstoppable Wasp’ This Wednesday
Reading Time: 10 minutes Unstoppable Wasp and her Agents of GIRL If memory serves, about ten minutes passed between when I first heard that Unstoppable Wasp was getting a second series and when I changed my Twitter handle to “Kay, Agent of G.I.R.L.” I loved and treasured the original run in 2017. I read it […]
Between the Bookends: 8 Books We Read in September 2018
Reading Time: 9 minutes Between the Bookends, Image: Sophie Brown With our children back in school for a new year of learning, Sophie, Kay, Lisa, and Rebecca share some of their latest reads. With a new, feminine take on an ancient Greek classic, a girl detective for the new generation, the first Deadpool prose novel, […]