Overview: Seven Dragons, the latest card game from Looney Labs, is a quick dominoes-style card game that has you matching up colored dragons in a race to get seven cards connected before the other players. As you might expect from …
Continue ReadingAs I continue digging down into my box of retro games and activities, I’d like to share with you another great game from my youth — Dark Tower. Dark Tower (Milton Bradley, 1981) was another one of those early electronic …
Continue ReadingSince rumors of the Pottermore website began, my husband has been daydreaming. An off hand comment by me that I might be interested in playing a Potter MMO has him fantasizing about all night gaming sessions side by side. With that in mind …
Continue ReadingTable top gaming can be a lot of fun, but it can also be difficult when you add a couple of mischievous toddlers into the mix. I’ve loved table top gaming ever since I started playing Dungeons & Dragons in college. …
Continue ReadingLook out bad guys, there’s a new crime-fighting kid in town! This month, Worldwide Biggies Inc., the digital entertainment studio helmed by family entertainment hit-maker Albie Hecht, is introducing its latest animated character sensation Bigby, a 9-year-old genius who believes …
Continue ReadingWelcome to the GeekDad Space Report for the week of May 31st, 2010 (publishing the day after Memorial Day). If you are in the United States, I hope you enjoyed Memorial Day and if you aren’t in the United States, …
Continue ReadingDreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon has already proven itself at the box office. Combining understated 3D, quality CGI, an enjoyable story and enchanting characters, it’s a coming of age story for misfits everywhere. With Vikings. And also dragons. The …
Continue ReadingSurely you knew that today, January 16, is Appreciate a Dragon Day! How does one tell a mythical creature we appreciate it? You could doodle a little sketch of a dragon and give it to Mom. Maybe you could play …
Continue ReadingThere are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining flights …
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