There are definitely familiar aspects to this game, but when joined together, Obama Llama feels new. The humor in the game is quirky in just the right way and the more oddball the scenario, the better.
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There’s a Rebel in all of us. ‘Star Wars’ brings us all together.
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Target has launched a new Connected Nursery section at 450 stores across the country.
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A look at Target’s new line of exclusive, and quite fun, family games.
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In addition to being GeekDad’s Nintendo guy and its music guy, I am also apparently its go-to socks and underwear guy. And I am surprisingly okay with this.
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Is the secret to making an inclusive gender-neutral children’s toy section simply to include toys of all genders in all sections? And is this really so hard to do?
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The Amazon wishlist is today’s standard, but there is still a place for old school wishlist making with paper catalogs.
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The signs have changed, but that meant very little to a four-year-old just learning to read. The segmentation glared out at her.
Continue ReadingCheck out this shirt, featuring a classic “Star Wars” scene that… wait, when did THAT happen?
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Target strikes back after gender issues and geek backlash this summer with #sharetheforce. A digital collection of Star Wars fan memories.
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Target has announced they’re doing away with some signs that segment toys and other items by gender, giving families more freedom and responsiblity for how kids are raised. Of course, some people are complaining.
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Melody and her geekling daughter create a DIY fix for Widow-less merchandise. Using problem-solving skills and a voice, the two join the #WeWantWidow movement.
Continue ReadingC’mon, whoever approved this shirt.
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What happens when your birthday party turns into an SUPERHERO birthday party with the vast assortment of the best ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ products sold at Target? GeekDad Dave Banks and his family found out!
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The superstar designer’s super cool collection launches September 15. Get these gorgeous clothes (including comics-inspired pieces!) before it’s too late.
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Much to the delight of geek moms everywhere, this summer Target has teamed up with Warner Brothers and DC Comics to bring a wide assortment of Justice League merchandise to stores nationwide.
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This week Target announced a year-round price matching policy against Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Toys “R” Us. But are you really going to save money or time this way? Take a look at the policy’s exclusions.
Continue ReadingLast month Mayfair Games announced that they would be introducing Star Trek: Catan at Gen Con to be sold exclusively at Target. Then, as Dave Banks told you on this site last week, Geek & Sundry announced that they had …
Continue ReadingBeginning today, when you step into any of the 1,700 Target stores nationwide, you’ll see a familiar green circle. Geek & Sundry has begun a promotion with retailer Target to promote board games featured on their show, TableTop. In the …
Continue ReadingRemember the movie The Minority Report? It is based upon a Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. Well, the movie is supposed to portray an implausible dystopian society of the future in which people’s consumer information is used to …
Continue ReadingWith the holiday season drawing to a close, we at GeekDad wanted to take a moment to recognize all of those that made the 12 Days of Geekmas, our own homegrown holiday, such a success this year. Thanks of course …
Continue ReadingIt’s been another wonderful science-driven holiday season! We’ve experimented with balloons that blast-off, nearly unsinkable dinghies, delicious math candies, stackable liquids, desiccated dancers, split light, and put a minature Jaques Cousteau in a bottle. Tonight we’re going to give Hanukkah a fine send-off with another trick of the light. I got the idea for […]
Continue ReadingThe winner of the GeekDad/Target giveaway of Amazon’s Kindle with Special Offers, supplied by Target, as Ambushbug1103! Congratulations! I asked in the original post about whether it would be worth the price savings to buy the $114 Kindle with Special …
Continue ReadingIn April of 2010, Target began selling the Amazon Kindle e-reader–the first brick and mortar store to carry the device–and this April, the store began selling the updated version of the device for a lower cost. Target has priced the …
Continue Reading‘Tis the season to start my holiday shopping. Before my oldest was born I was usually done shopping by July. After she was born, I was able to finish before Thanksgiving. My son was born in April and I haven’t had time in six months to do anything with his baby book, let alone do […]
Continue ReadingYou may have seen this ad for Target, in which a mother dresses her child in a homemade Iron Man costume. Slate had an excellent take-down of the ad, which basically says that making costumes is a terrible idea and …
Continue ReadingThis is one of those stories; one of those “why didn’t I do research on the internet first?” stories. As part of his present for getting out of the 4th grade intact and in good stead with his teachers, my …
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