Author: GeekMom

Got a few minutes? Then you have time to play Trio! What Is Trio? Trio is a quick card game game for 3 to 6 players, ages 8 and up, and takes about 15 minutes to play. It retails for $14.99 and is available in stores or directly from Happy Camper Games. Trio has some similarities to […]

Happy 2024 everyone! This is a curious mix of stories, let’s dive right in: Too Much: My Great Big Native Family by Laurel Goodluck (Author) Bridget George (Illustrator) Big families are loud, and chaotic, and sometimes can feel a bit overwhelming. However, when our young hero gets to perform in a play, everything his family […]

Well, one my resolutions was to read more comics, so that’s what I’ve been doing! I’ve got a big enough stack that I’ve read in the past few weeks (it was my resolution last year, too) that I probably can’t get to all of them today, but let’s dive in and see how far I […]

For many years I used only desktop computers. I liked have a larger screen, a regular size keyboard, and the greater power. However, now I used a laptop at work where I have a docking station allowing me to connect it to one or two larger monitors. Yet when I bring my laptop home to […]

Since 1968 the Shonen Jump brand has been at the very vanguard of manga as both an artistic medium and a cultural phenomenon. Along the way, the magazine has sold an astounding 7.5 billion copies and brought genre-defining series like One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen to fans across the world. Late last year the official Shonen […]

Splendent Vale was formed by a strange red meteor that changed more than just the landscape: flora and fauna were both affected in unusual ways, and settlers soon found that the remnants of the meteor—known as materia—had magical qualities. Four friends, each a different type of artisan, explore the valley and uncover its mysteries. What […]

Celestron announced today what they’re billing as “the word’s first intelligent home observatory.” Building off of their 60+ years of experience in telescopes and premier optical consumer goods, Celestron has developed the Origin. This technologically-advanced telescope is an all-in-one system for astronomical observation and imaging. Celestron Origin The Celestron Origin uses a customized version of […]

What’s better during the holidays than to spend time with family, eat some tasty treats, and build some LEGO? Thankfully, I had recently gotten one of LEGO’s latest sets, the Natural History Museum, to assemble. It was the perfect project to tackle during the chilly month of December. What Is the LEGO Icons Natural History […]

Happy New Year! Before we get to our resolutions for 2024, we wanted to take a moment to share some of the best books we read in 2023. Jonathan H. Liu Both this year and last year I set myself the challenge of reading 150 books (I include graphic novels as well as middle grade […]

HeroQuest is a game that originally came out in the 1989 and was quite popular. It quickly became a favorite of my gaming group of friends. In this lite role playing game, players take control of fantasy characters and explore dungeons to find treasure and complete objectives. Production ended eight years later. However, a new […]

2023 turned out to be a pretty good year for those of us who enjoy science fiction and fantasy movies. Here’s my list of the top 10 best science fiction movies of the past year. 10. Robots. A somewhat surprisingly good movie about a near-future in which robot dopplegangers are commonplace. Gold-digger Elaine (Shailene Woodley) […]

In 1989, an adventure game by Milton Bradley and Games Workshop called HeroQuest began hitting tables and taking players into a fantasy world where a party of heroes delve down into dungeons, fight against many monsters, and search for treasure while completing a variety of quests. This lite role-playing game focused on action rather than […]

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Most likely when this is published my family will be sitting around the tree unwrapping some gifts, but if you’re here then you can enjoy I’ve read recently—two novels and two non-fiction books—wrapping up the last of my reading resolutions for the year! The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko […]

I’ve been covering AtmosFX’s digital decorations for quite a bit now, and they never disappoint. Each holiday season they add a few more to their catalogue. As I wrote about back in October, AtmosFX created four new Halloween decorations this year, and for this Christmas, they’ve added 3 new festive offerings for your holiday decorating. […]

Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #3 cover, via DC Comics. Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #3 – Jeff Parker, Writer; Michelle Bandini, Trevor Hairsine, Artists; Alex Sinclair, Colorist Ray – 9/10 Ray: An absurd concept for a series has turned into a great holiday treat from DC, as the battle to save the world from Santa’s greatest […]

Some books came up on my radar in Spanish and I will point out to both available versions, in English and Spanish alike. First up a poetic board book: Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman (Author) Christian Robinson (Illustrator) You’re told that This won’t work, But how will you know If you never try? A young […]

When you begin doing your own laundry, you learn the importance of sorting your clothes. While this may seem more like work than having fun, a new card game begs to differ. Piles is a fast-paced free-for-all card game where you have to sort different types of clothing into sets. What Is Piles!? Piles is […]

I heard once that the hardest single thing to do in sports is hitting a major-league fastball. I have no real idea if that’s true (I saw it on the internet, so it must be true), but I can say that now that I have had the opportunity to see a fastball (virtually) thrown by […]

You may recall that GeekDad ran a giveaway last week for a Blu-ray of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. To celebrate that the film is now available on 4K Ultra HD, 4K Steelbook, Blu-ray and DVD, we’re giving away a 4K Ultra HD copy! Here’s a synopsis of the film: After years of being sheltered […]

For many tabletop roleplaying games, the game master will rely on a dry erase grid and a hefty dose of imagination to generate encounters for their players. But many prefer a more visual approach, employing 28mm-scale terrain in order to set the scene. While this creates a stronger feeling of immersion for the players, terrain […]