Reading Time: 2 minutes This week, PBS Digital Studios released a new series, Monstrum, on YouTube. Hosted by Dr. Emily Zarka, Monstrum takes a look at the history and the people that have birthed a number of famous monstrous creatures, putting them into their correct cultural context. With last night’s premiere of the eighth and […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Sideshow Swap! Performers. Image by Rob Huddleston While most of my go-to games are nice long, drawn-out affairs, it’s of course always nice to have some quick titles to pull out at the beginning of game night, or when one group finishes before another, or when you just want to play […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes NOTE: A lot about the movie was already covered in my article from a few days ago. Some of what I say here is going to be similar to some of what I said there. 1. What’s it about? Missing Link centers around three characters: Primarily, Sir Lionel Frost (voiced by […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes In a busy weekend of conventions, our spotlight event in the Convention Connection for Week 15 2019 is Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019. The event takes place in Chicago, Illinois from Thursday, April 11 through Monday, April 15. As the name states, Star Wars Celebration brings together fans and creators from […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s something wonderful about stop-motion animation that separates it from both traditional hand-drawn cartoons and modern computer-generated ones. It’s the same thing that makes people desire handmade crafts above machine-built: there’s a personal connection to everything. Every single moment that ends up on screen was carefully, painstakingly assembled to be just […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes From communication to motor skills, learning through play is a wonderful motivator for kids with challenges. This post is part of our ongoing content-sharing relationship with Common Sense Media. Strengthening skills through play is a proven strategy to help kids learn. For kids with special needs, video games can offer opportunities […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Original image: Wikimedia Creative Commons. It’s a busy first weekend in April in the Convention Connection for Week 14 2019. Find a show in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and/or Australia to visit this weekend. Comics & Geek Culture Conventions Our spotlight convention this week is Wizard World […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Zachary Levi in ‘Shazam!’. Image credit to Warner Bros. Pictures The DC Extended Universe has had a couple of bona-fide hits in the past couple years with Aquaman and Wonder Woman. Now with Shazam! hitting theaters this weekend, DC is surely hoping to continue that trend with a fun new superhero […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Not included, Blitzwing’s ability to triple change. (Image: Anthony Karcz) I know, you’re already deep into your mental preparation for the crucible that will be Avengers: Endgame, readying mind (and bladder) for the torture coming at the end of the month. But before that, why don’t you step back, take a […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 2 minutes I knew my daughter would want to read Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins as soon as I saw the big-eyed kitten with dragon wings on the cover. But it was more than love at first sight: She consumed the five published books as fast as we […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Today’s Stack Overflow is all about music! These are mostly picture books (with one graphic novel for adults at the end), with non-fiction and fiction combined. Fiddling dogs, inventing guitars, playing cello to the moon—if you love music, you’ll love the way it’s depicted in these books! Because by Mo Willems, […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Original image: Wikimedia Creative Commons. There are a lot of big names on the convention scene this last weekend in March in the Convention Connection for Week 13 2019. Whether you’re on the east coast, the west coast, right in the middle of the country, or in Canada or the United […]
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Reading Time: 22 minutes When I first played Campaign Trail as a prototype during its Kickstarter campaign, I immediately fell in love with it. Unfortunately, the prototype was pretty elaborate, and so I was asked to send it along to another reviewer (a not-uncommon practice). In the two years since, it’s been a game my […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Welcome to the Playmobil Playroom, where we take a monthly peek inside those impressive blue boxes and see what treasures await within. Sometimes we’ll have step-by-step photos walking you through assembly, maybe we’ll discuss and review a particular set or theme, or maybe we’ll have an unboxing video. Playmobil has a newer […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes When it comes to kids, sometimes it can be hard for books to compete with digital devices: there may be a lot of bells and whistles (sometimes literally), but iPad apps offer a degree of interactivity that regular board books don’t. Today’s stack, however, is all about interactivity: each book has […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes Last weekend at Emerald City Comic Con, I managed to chat briefly with Noelle Stevenson on fandom safety, and diversity in animation. Stevenson has worked on the comics Nimona and Lumberjanes, has won Eisner awards for both, and is the current showrunner for DreamWorks’ She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Sean […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute OK Go is well-known for their amazing music videos, featuring giant Rube Goldberg machines, trick perspectives, and walls of synchronized printers. Their video for “Upside Down & Inside Out” played around with weightlessness, filmed aboard a reduced-gravity aircraft that flies in a parabolic path. Now they’re challenging kids to come up […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes This Week’s Word Is “Magic.” Science is Magic. Few GeekDad readers would disagree with this statement, despite it being something of an oxymoron. Steve Mould’s book looks at how science has informed feats of wonder through the ages, explaining how simple science can produce some unexpected results with which to bamboozle […]
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Following up from last week’s books for Women’s History Month, here are several more stories about women. As always, I find myself with more books to read than I can finish, but here are the ones I’ve gotten to so far! Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon by Kim […]
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