The Future Is Clear, Crystal Pepsi to Return to Store Shelves
It’s a great time to be alive if you’re a ’90s nostalgia fan, especially if you love sugary sweet beverages. Crystal Pepsi is set to make its return.
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Tag: Nostalgia
I was a Teenage Girl Star Wars Fan
The objective measure is how the movies were positioned at the time. It wasn’t conceived for narrow appeal. It was aimed at a broad market. This was, after all, an era before targeted ads. Before the market was as sliced and diced as it is now.
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Blast from the Past: Space Disco ‘Star Wars’ Theme from Meco
A nostalgic trip back through the airwaves to 1977 and the “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” from sci-fi disco band Meco.
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100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About (Revised and Updated)
Listicle alert! We revisit out hugely popular list of things your kids may never know about to see what’s changed over the last five years.
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Video Time Machine: Nostalgia in Your Pocket
I bet sometimes you wish it were still the 1980s: Saturday morning cartoons, movies with special effects, Apple computer commercials… Well, you can’t go back for good, but now you can visit, thanks to the Video Time Machine app for iOS. Originally launched in 2011, there’s now a free version that gives you access to just one decade, or you can get the whole shebang for $2.99.
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Popcade: Real Arcade Fun
A pint-sized arcade cabinet with huge arcade fun. You’re going to want a Popcade to call your own.
Continue ReadingHow Do I Protect My Toys From My Kid?
“It’s a toy.” She repeated her answer three times, each time accentuating the word toy. It’s the same tone and technique she uses on the kid for the words “milk” “bedtime” and “poopies.” “It’s a collector’s item,” I explained. “His …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Giveaway: Gadabout TM 1050 Manual
If you read about the Gadabout TM 1050 owner’s manual on Wednesday and really wished you could have one for yourself, here’s your chance to win one for free! Curio & Co., purveyors of fine imaginary nostalgic items, is providing …
Continue ReadingLost Movie Found: We Played D&D in the 1980s
Recently, I uncovered this movie — one that I hadn’t seen in probably 30 years. Yes, this is an actual (and silent) movie from a real Dungeons & Dragons session, shot by me, on a Super 8 camera, in Lee, …
Continue ReadingTime Travel Is a Breeze With the Gadabout TM 1050
Ever feel like you just don’t have time? Of course you do. That’s the nature of our world. We have too much to do, not enough time to do it. If only you had a time machine, you could read …
Continue ReadingEverything Old Is New Again: Old School D&D
If you’re a geek dad who grew up in the 1970s or 80s playing roleplaying games, it is very likely you got your start playing Dungeons & Dragons. While some of us have never left the hobby, a lot more …
Continue ReadingEmpire Big Screen: A Great Weekend for Film Fans
This weekend saw the first annual Empire Big Screen film festival take place at London’s O2 complex, featuring three days of film premières, classic screenings, panel sessions and more. A number of famous names were present discussing their work and meeting …
Continue ReadingReady Player One with Wil Wheaton
Do you call yourself a gamer? Ever played a classic arcade game? How about Dungeons and Dragons? What about growing up in the 80’s or having a healthy appreciation of the Big Hair Decade? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are going to truly enjoy Ready Player One by Ernest […]
Continue ReadingRemembrance of Things Past
I have had a love/hate relationship with end-of-year “Top Music” lists. At their best, they’re insightful, helping me save time and money by sorting through the morass of music out there and singling out the experiences I might enjoy most. At their worst, though, they are akin to a retelling of someone else’s dreams: abstract, […]
Continue ReadingRemember When…? Under Construction
Web-surfing, I stumbled upon a bit of nostalgia that made me wonder what my kid will say when I tell him I knew a time when there was no World Wide Web. The website 11Best Old School Animated GIF’s lists some blasts from the past. Now icons of poor web design, these moving pictures used […]
Continue ReadingNostalgia in a Box: Polaroid SX-70 Camera
In a world where your phone’s camera is possibly better than the camera camera you owned a few years ago, film is a hard sell. But for many people Polaroid cameras are a special exception—so much so that when Polaroid …
Continue ReadingTake a Goofy Nostalgia Trip With ’60s Marvel Comics TV Themes
If you watched cartoons growing up, and possibly even if you didn’t, you probably know the theme to the old Spider-Man TV show: “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can.” But did you know there were also shows built around …
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