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OZ Comic-Con 2017 Ticket Giveaway (Sydney and Brisbane)

September 2, 2017Evil Genius Mum10

Oz Comic-Con is hitting Sydney and Brisbane this month and we have TWO FAMILY PASSES to give away! All you need to do is tell us your childhood geek-love…

Create Imaginative ‘Anki Overdrive’ Circuits To Win Expansion Packs

April 22, 2016Andy Robertson

Today, FamilyGamerTV launched a challenge to Anki Overdrive players – create an imaginative Anki track to win expansion packs or additional cars worth $50.

This Fall: Interactive Fiction Galore

October 5, 2015January 15, 2018Bernd Grobauer

Fall has brought a fresh harvest of interactive fiction. The annual IFComp (Interactive Fiction Competition) offers 54 games (parser-based as well as hypertext-based) for your consideration, many of them ready to play directly in your browser. If, on the other hand, you are more into chose-your-own-adventure books, there is the 2015 Windhammer Prize for short game-book fiction, offering 16 PDFs for download.

BattleBots Finale: There Can Only Be One

July 30, 2015Kishore Hari

Once again Kishor and Anton talk bots. This week ended the six week Battlebots 2015 season with a couple exciting semifinal matches and the final fight for the championship.

BattleBots Week 5 Recap – The Great Eight, Fire Flips, and the De-Icer

July 22, 2015Anton Olsen1

BattleBots Week 5 – aka the quarterfinals. As always, Anton Olsen and Kishore Hari are here to breakdown the best bouts, worst moments, and everything in between. Spoilers galore, so just watch the embed bouts before reading the commentary.

BattleBots Week 4 Recap – Fast Forward

July 15, 2015Kishore Hari1

BattleBots week 4 – last chance to get into the great eight. As always, Anton Olsen and Kishore Hari are here to breakdown the best bouts, worst moments, and everything in between. Spoilers galore, so beware if you did not watch.

BattleBots Week 3 Recap – Ice, Stingers, and Flying Art Installations

July 7, 2015Anton Olsen1

BattleBots is back for their third episode with the round of 16 and GeekDad will be doing weekly breakdowns of the competition. This week, we have Anton Olsen and Kishore Hari doing breakdowns of the best bouts. Spoilers galore, so beware if you did not watch.

BattleBots Week 2 Recap – Flames, Lamé, and a Fishing Net?

June 30, 2015Kishore Hari

It’s week two of the BattleBots reboot and GeekDad will be doing weekly breakdowns of the competition. This week, we have Anton Olsen and Kishore Hari doing breakdowns of the best bouts. Spoilers galore, so beware if you did not watch.

Design Your Own TCG Cards in ‘Pokémon Art Academy’ Contest

February 15, 2015Z

A new contest from the Pokémon Company International and Nintendo of America draws on (I made a pun!!!) trainers’ skills honed in the 3DS release ‘Pokémon Art Academy.’

Win Minecraft LEGO and Osmo

December 23, 2014November 23, 2017Andy Robertson13

Family Gamer TV have a Christmas competition to win some big Minecraft Lego kits and Osmo starter packs amongst other things. The competition is in the UK but prizes available worldwide.

Space Opportunities and News

July 6, 2014Karen Burnham

Student unmanned aircraft competitions, opportunities to launch payloads on NASA rockets, a space anniversary, and more.

Just Two Weeks Left to Enter MoonBots Robotic Competition

April 29, 2014Dave Banks

Registration for the 2014 MoonBots competition is coming to a close. It’s a great way for kids to get involved in robotics… and it doesn’t cost anything. Sign up today!

Registration for the 2014 MoonBots Challenge is Now Open

March 16, 2014December 13, 2017Dave Banks

Registration for the fourth edition of the MoonBots challenge is now open. Red more about this year’s competition and prizes.

Get Creative! Win Money! Inspire Science!

October 22, 2013December 13, 2017Rebecca Angel

Write a science-fiction story or comic, or create a new chemistry set. New competitions award your creativity and love of science!

Activision Kicks Off Skylanders eSports In The UK

August 9, 2013November 23, 2017Andy Robertson

We check in on the latest thing in eSports, the Skylanders Championships.

SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition

May 28, 2013December 16, 2017Anton Olsen1

SparkFun’s annual Autonomous Vehicle Competition is coming up in less than two months. I’ve been watching the competition, or results, online since their first year in 2009. It has been exciting to see how the robots have changed over time with faster, smarter, and flying autonomous vehicles necessitating more classes and bigger challenges.