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Tag: PAX East

‘Semblance’: A Game By Nyamakop

March 22, 2017Anika Dane

‘Semblance’ is described as a puzzle platformer featuring a world made out of playdough. Read what GeekMom Anika learned interviewing its makers!

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PAX East 2017: ICYMI GeekMom Went Live Again!

March 22, 2017Karen Walsh

GeekMom Karen brings the round up of FB Live videos from PAX East 2017 showing all the best that she felt PAX had to offer.

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‘Assassin’s Creed’ Movie’s Michelle Lin at PAX East

March 20, 2017Karen Walsh

Actress Michelle Lin from the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ movie sits down with GeekMom Karen to talk about her role and her martial arts training.

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PAX East: Visits With Samsung and MSI

March 17, 2017Corrina Lawson

What should a parent know before investing in a gaming laptop for their children? Quite a bit more than required for a regular laptop.

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‘Reservoir Dogs’: The Video Game Preview

March 16, 2017December 12, 2017Ricardo Rebelo

Video game movie tie-ins have not always been the greatest, but Barcelona-based Big Star Games is hoping to change that with their upcoming release of ‘Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days.’

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Paneling at PAX

March 15, 2017December 13, 2017Rebecca Angel

From chickens to education to splitting on bricks, Rebecca Angel learned (?) a lot about gaming at various panels at PAX East this year.

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PAX EAST 2017 Exclusive: ‘We Happy Few’s Sam Abbott

March 12, 2017Karen Walsh

GeekMom Karen sits down at PAX East 2017 to talk with Sam Abbot from Compulsion Games about ‘We Happy Few,’ their new game currently in early access on STEAM and Xbox.

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PAX East ThinkGeek Exclusives

March 10, 2017Corrina Lawson

ThinkGeek has brought out some new items for PAX East this weekend.

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Small Cons vs Big Cons

March 12, 2014Rebecca Angel10

Big cons have the big names, but small cons have perks too. I’ve had good and bad experiences at both. You?

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Thank You, Wizards of the Coast!

March 26, 2013Corrina Lawson

My youngest son was the only one of the four minion accompanying me to PAX East this weekend. I was there for the Geek Parenting panel on Sunday.
My son was there in search of a Dungeons & Dragons Red …

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A Kickstarter Race to the Finish for Evil Hat’s Race to Adventure!

July 23, 2012December 13, 2017Matt Blum

Evil Hat Productions has made a small but growing name for themselves in the gaming world by producing excellent RPGs tightly integrated with published stories, of both traditional and graphic novel sorts. One of their most popular lines is the …

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My Experience Ordering a Geek Chic Table

July 12, 2012Dave Banks

Lust is an irrational emotion. It can force us to do silly things and create desires that take hold in the forefront of your mind and simply will not abate, no matter how hard you try. Such was the case …

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Video of the PAX East Geek Parenting Panel!

April 20, 2012Matt Blum

See the video of the “Raising the Next Generation of Geeks” panel from PAX East, featuring writers from GeekDad and GeekMom.

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Interview: A Chat with Major Nelson, the Nicest Guy on Xbox Live or Larry Hryb to the Rest of Us

March 14, 2011Admin

There has been a lot of negative press about video games, and frankly, irresponsible, unfounded claims made about video games and children in the media. More than ever before, we need a balanced perspective about gaming from one of the …

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GeekParenting Rules at PAX East!

March 13, 2011Admin

Kids and parents are everywhere this weekend at PAX East, the humongous (70,000 person) gaming exposition in Boston! And over 300 of them had to be turned away from the GeekParenting panel featuring GeekDad Managing Editor Matt Blum, writers Doug …

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Sneeeeaaaak Preeeviiieeeww: Munchkin Zombies

February 23, 2011Dave Banks

What Is It? Unless you’ve been living under a pile of rotting flesh, you’ve probably played (or at least heard of) the merriment of Munchkin, a role-playing card game from Steve Jackson Games. This tasteless diversion has spawned dozens of …

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Tell Us What You Want To Hear About During The GeekDad Panel At PAX East (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

February 19, 2011December 14, 2017Admin

Once again, the writers and editors of GeekDad will be going on the road to PAX East in Boston to talk about all sorts of things related to geeky parenting. We’ll be speaking at 1:00 on Saturday afternoon in the …

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Tell Us What You Want To Hear About During The GeekDad Panel At PAX East

February 15, 2011December 14, 2017Dave Banks

Once again, the writers and editors of GeekDad will be going on the road to PAX East in Boston to talk about all sorts of things related to geeky parenting. We’ll be speaking at 1:00 on Saturday afternoon in the …

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Kotaku Editor on How to Raise a Nerd

April 20, 2010Michael Harrison

Editor and self-proclaimed nerd Brian Ashcraft of the very fine video game blog Kotaku explains why he gave his son a Tezuka-inspired name: “To fulfill his destiny as a nerd. Let’s be honest. I am a nerd. Perhaps, you are …

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Gaming Matters: Wil Wheaton at PAX East

March 30, 2010John Booth

While I’m fairly certain that most GeekDads and GeekMoms are already well-stocked with argumental ammunition when it comes to taking on anti-gamer stereotypes, Wil Wheaton handed out some nice power-ups in his keynote Friday afternoon at PAX East in Boston. …

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PAX East 2010: Six GeekDads, One Panel, Much Fun

March 29, 2010Matt Blum

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be one of 60,000 geeks in a convention center clearly not designed to hold crowds of that size, I am now in a position to tell you this much: It …

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PAX East is Almost Here! Do You Know Where Your GeekDads Are?

March 25, 2010Ken Denmead

Session Friday 7:00 Wyvern Theatre (somewhere in the Hynes Convention Center) “How young is too young for The Hobbit? What should my kids’ first LEGO set be? How can I control my disgust if my child tells me he likes Jar …

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Please Join GeekDad at PAX East 2010!

February 2, 2010December 14, 2017Matt Blum

If you enjoy gaming, or the webcomic Penny Arcade, or (if you’re like most of us at GeekDad) both, you’ve probably heard of their annual PAX festival. PAX, short for “Penny Arcade Expo,” has been held every summer since 2004 …

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