What kid doesn’t want their very own playhouse in their backyard? But what if instead of a tired old house, you could build your kids a Mech, a rocket ship, or a UFO playhouse? Enter Paul’s Playhouses with all your awesome playhouse needs.
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Last evening, I hardly slept at all, as I dreamt that I was writing The Hobbit and The Silmarillion…
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Just before the holidays, my youngest son and I performed our usual mid-December ritual: Skip school to see The Hobbit on opening day.
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The final, epic trailer for the last Hobbit movie is here. Wow.
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Eight months later, GeekMom Sarah finds her love of dragons exceeds her dislike of franchises and settles in with The Desolation of Smaug.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. He was a very well-to-do hobbit with a next-gen console and a lot of free time, which was fortunate, because he couldn’t stop playing a new game about dwarves, and orcs, a dragon, adventure, and a lot of LEGO bricks. Read on to learn about the newest LEGO video game.
Continue ReadingHobbit and Lord of the Rings marathons require hearty snacks. Do the gorgeous Pinterest pictures of buttered scones and raspberry jam satisfy?
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, the father of modern fantasy writing, was born 122 years ago, making this (in accordance with Shire nomenclature) his twelvety-second birthday.
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Your dose of furry-footed nerdcore for the weekend.
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Since you’re reading GeekDad, you’re likely at least considering going to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Here are 9 things parents (and everyone else) should know about the film.
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With the new Hobbit film The Desolation of Smaug almost upon us, there also comes some rather tasty Lego. Here are two of four kits for your eyes to feast on; we’ll have the final two soon.
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The Hobbit Extended Edition has 13 extra minutes but it’s the real treasures are in the appendixes.
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In celebration of Hobbit Day, I’m going to tell you two stories about one gift.
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Ever since I wrote those articles about the archery in Brave, The Hunger Games and Avengers , I get random email, Twitter and Facebook messages from people pointing out archery in other movies, TV shows, comics, cartoons and videogames and asking what I think, and the latest to cross my screen is a note inquiring about the new elf character played by Evangeline Lily in the second installment of the Hobbit saga.
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Recently, I discovered the art of Charles Thurston. He makes some wonderful little parodies of classic children’s tales.
Continue ReadingI liked the movie. I did. But I liked it in the same guilt-inducing way that I might really like good fan fiction. It had old friends, it was familiar, it played to my most beloved hopes and dreams concerning hobbits and dwarves and adventures.
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My son has autism. He’s the same as he’s always been, I’m still getting used to it.
Continue ReadingThe new Hobbit production video is up!
Continue ReadingThe newest addition to the Lego line of tabletop games has been announced, and it probably shouldn’t be a surprise that it ties in with the most anticipated movie of the rest of this year.
Continue ReadingWhen September 22 came around on Elendor, it was A Very Big Deal. Frodo and Bilbo’s Birthday was one of the highlights of every game year.
Continue ReadingA fellowship of four geeky gamers embarks on an epic journey to overcome impossible; odds, win the game, kiss the girl and put the villains in their place. If this sounds a little like The Lord of the Rings and …
Continue ReadingI was excited as the next Star Wars fan to get a sneak peek this week of the new “The Dog Strikes Back” Volkswagen ad that’s set to debut at the Super Bowl. Like the big hit of last year, “The …
Continue ReadingPeople sometimes ask if I have advice about writing. What works? What tips and tricks can you teach me? “Do you know what you’re going to say before you sit down to say it?” they ask. “Do you know where …
Continue ReadingOne of the more exciting stories to come out of 2011 was the announcement of the pairing of Lego and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Since then, we’ve seen blurry photographs of packaging, illustrations of minifigs on …
Continue ReadingThe first trailer for the first of Peter Jackson’s two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit, subtitled An Unexpected Journey, is out. And it’s just as brilliant as you’d hope and expect, even if it doesn’t do a lot more than …
Continue ReadingIt’s been a good year for geek entertainment news. A Song of Ice and Fire finally saw another book published, Star Wars found its way to Blu-ray, and The Walking Dead had success on the small screen, among many other …
Continue ReadingThere aren’t many people celebrating their 72nd birthday today who can say they’re playing a major character in a surefire blockbuster. I dare say there’s only one who can say he’s doing so in two surefire blockbusters: Sir Ian McKellen, …
Continue ReadingIt’s funny sometimes how we discover new actors. I recently discovered Richard Armitage in a bit of a round about way. I began my path when I watched Downton Abbey on PBS, the period drama recently done by the same guy who did Gosford Park (Julian Fellowes). Though I’ve still only seen the American version […]
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Ethan Gilsdorf is the celebrated geek author of the very awesome book, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. It’s the sort of book that, if you’re a lifelong geek like me, you can’t put down. The book chronicles Ethan’s life as a young geek, his escape from his roots, and then his return. From Tolkien to […]
Continue ReadingEthan Gilsdorf is the celebrated geek author of the very awesome book, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. It’s the sort of book that, if you’re a lifelong geek like me, you can’t put down. The book chronicles Ethan’s life as …
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