Oz Comic-Con: Where Cosplay Champions Are Born
Last year’s Oz Comic-Con Cosplay Champion took home the global Crown Championships of Cosplay at C2E2. So what did Sydney 2016 have on offer?
Continue ReadingLast year’s Oz Comic-Con Cosplay Champion took home the global Crown Championships of Cosplay at C2E2. So what did Sydney 2016 have on offer?
Continue ReadingComing soon: a new kind of ‘Pokémon’ cartoon and a special New Nintendo 3DS XL featuring the Alolan Legendaries!
Continue ReadingThe latest ‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ trailer has revealed even more about this hotly anticipated release. And if that wasn’t enough, just yesterday we finally got a firm date for the arrival of the ‘Pokémon GO’ Plus device.
Continue ReadingI don’t know what your plans are for this three-day holiday weekend, but in my house, I guarantee it’ll involve a lot of Pokémon.
Continue ReadingThis weekend, August 19-21, San Francisco will play host to the 2016 Pokémon World Championships. Here’s a simple, three-part introductory guide to the franchise to help get new fans (and their parents) up to speed.
Continue ReadingThe new ‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ trailer has everything you want–assuming what you want is more new Pocket Monsters, more Alola variants, and a brand new enemy team. (Which, of course, you do!)
Continue ReadingThe good news is that this week has seen some really cool developments in the core ‘Pokémon’ franchise—’Pokémon’-proper, if you will.
Continue ReadingThe controversy of Niantic’s latest changes to ‘Pokemon GO’ is filling players full of woe. As of the removal of the flawed three-step utility, many third-party apps no longer function at all. Our family had a surprising group reaction: relief.
Continue ReadingThe internet is a weird and wild and wonderful place, and there’s seemingly no end to its surprises. Still, sometimes you see something that defies belief.
Continue ReadingThis morning, gamers awoke to discover that the release of the ‘Pokémon GO’ Plus, the Bluetooth smart wearable that serves as a phone-free way to interact with the wildly successful ‘Pokémon GO’ AR app, has been delayed.
Continue ReadingAnika interviews a biologist to discover how Pokémon and real-world science intersect.
Continue ReadingThere’s a new ‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ trailer available… but all we really care about is Mimikyu.
Continue ReadingSomehow, amongst all of today’s Prime Day fervor, I almost missed that an exclusive ‘Pokemon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ Steelbook Dual Pack is presently available for pre-order via Amazon.
Continue ReadingClueless about ‘Pokémon GO’? Don’t know an Eevee from an Ekans? Fear not, fellow trainer; here are a handful of tips to get you started on the right foot.
Continue ReadingThis weekend kicked off with a ton of new information from The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo, including nine brand-new Pokémon that can only be found in the tropical Alola Region.
Continue ReadingOver the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen a lot of news from The Pokémon Company International concerning the upcoming chapters in the ‘Pokémon’ saga.
Continue ReadingAfter no small amount of metaphorical hemming and hawing, The Pokémon Company International and Niantic Inc. are finally letting us Americans in on what ‘Pokémon GO’ truly has to offer.
Continue ReadingAnyone can teach themselves to draw with nothing more than something to look at, something to draw with, and something to draw on. The author embraces the often-simple shapes of Pokemon for inspiration.
Continue ReadingThis iteration of the ‘Pokémon Rumble’ series casts the toy Pokémon, the player’s Mii, and (eventually) a company of friends and family as citizens of the fantastical Kingdom of Toys, where the King challenges players to collect all 719 Pokémon to defeat local baddies and increase the all-important Adventure Rank.
Continue ReadingThis week it was revealed that, as of May 20th, the Nintendo 2DS will see its MSRP reduced to a mere $79.99.
Continue ReadingA brand new video on The Official Pokémon YouTube Channel has finally given us a proper first look at the upcoming ‘Sun’ and ‘Moon’ titles.
Continue ReadingIt was with a fair bit of excitement that I saw the recent release of the ‘Pokémon: The Movies 1-3 Steelbook Blu-ray Collection.’ My kids, however, greeted the set as if they were given Poké Balls and asked to become trainers in real life. In other words, they were thrilled.
Continue ReadingNot sure what to choose this Free Comic Book Day? Some GeekMoms and GeekDads have a few suggestions.
Continue ReadingAs if news of Nintendo’s plans to bring ‘Fire Emblem’ and ‘Animal Crossing’ to mobile phones wasn’t enough, today we also got a proper look at ‘Pokémon GO’ thanks to YouTube channel GAME Previews.
Continue ReadingImprove the pool of Pokemon in the Wonder Trade system by learning a bit more about the habits of the average trader.
Continue ReadingI don’t have a LEGO problem. I have a storage problem, a finance problem, a “sharing with the spawnlings” problem–and now with two LEGO events in my local area, a “must attend all the LEGO Shows” problem.
Continue ReadingHere’s a little poem:
Your Pokémon suck.
You need to check out ‘BREAKpoint’
And these cool new tins.
To celebrate this year’s 20th Anniversary of Pokémon, we’re giving away a prize-pack of TOMY Pokémon toys to one lucky GeekDad reader. The prize-pack includes a limited edition Pikachu and a pair of Celebi toys that are downright adorable.
Continue ReadingAre you ready to dive into, or introduce your kids to, the Pokémon franchise, but don’t know where to start? Here’s everything you newb to know!
Continue ReadingAre you into anime and in the New Jersey area? Then have we got an event for you! Check it out and sign up for our ticket giveaway.
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