Like many others, I jumped directly into my Apple Music Replay this year filled with more than a little enthusiasm. For the first time, all the music would be mine and not tied to my kiddo’s account. And apparently, my top artist was Sumo Cyco for a total of 575 minutes of playing time. Introduced […]
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About to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2026, Wattpad is one of the original fan fiction platforms. As an online gathering place, a third space, for fandoms and their communities, Wattpad provides an opportunity for people to connect through storytelling. People build empathy through stories. When we read, we enter worlds unlike our own, living […]
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Being a geek often comes with collecting special interests, the same way you’d collect small adorable monsters in a card or video game. As someone whose special interests include musical and cute things with big trusting eyes, I’ve been following the off-Broadway musical BALLS: The Monster-Catchin’ Musical Comédy on social media for a while now. […]
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With the new season of Doctor Who premiering on April 12, 2025, on Disney+, get a glimpse into the actors and the upcoming season.
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Let’s talk about Wonder Woman and Diana Prince for a minute. Pretty much every comics geek has asked the same question since the character’s inception: “How is it that no one realizes that she’s just wearing a pair of glasses to hide her identity?” If you think about it, the answer is really about misdirection […]
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In 2020, Animal Crossing New Horizons gave everyone the cozy vacation they need from the world. With the release of Hello Kitty Island Adventure for the Nintend Switch, we all have a new, sunny, cozy fixation to whisk us away from our daily lives. With great thanks to Nintendo for a review copy, I can […]
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If making new friends as an adult had a Facebook status, mine would be “it’s complicated.” Add into the mix that I’m a geeky mom who describes herself as a “hermitty little bridge troll,” and you probably have an idea of what making mom friends on the playground is like for me. (Spoiler: It’s horrible. […]
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“I’m the swine you love to hate.” “When isolation leads to madness, a revolution of the masses.” For this smoking volcano of Xennial feminist rage, music both fuels the fire and calms the spirit. Coming to adulthood in the late 1990s meant the music that raised me included artists like Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, […]
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Let me start by saying the unpopular thing out loud: I’m not normally a fan of the Legend of Zelda franchise. I know. Hear me out though. My first Zelda game was in the 1980s. I got confused. I got lost. I rage quit. More recently, I tried to play Tears of the Kingdom. I […]
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Zoe Saldana is a mom like us, working to teach her sons empathy through gaming with a little help from Nintendo.
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Every superhero struggles with the concept of identity.
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‘Slayers: A Buffyverse Story’ dropped on Audible right before NYCC, so GeekMomK brings you the review and interview you need.
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For me, the overarching narrative thread in Pokemon Violet/Scarlet is one that resonates personally.
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GeekMom Karen interviews the cast of ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ and tells us why it’s the TV show we’ve all been looking for—airing on Disney Channel starting February 10 and Disney+ on February 15.
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur premieres on February 10, 2023: Yes, it’s really just that good.
Continue ReadingEven if you’re not Jon Snow, winter is coming to the northern hemisphere. Unlike Jon, you don’t have to stand guard out in the cold, so you can hunker down under a snuggly blanket with your Switch and some new games. While we have GeekDad Z as the veteran Nintendo gamer, I’m definitely more the […]
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If you fondly remember getting a low-impact workout from bowling (yes, bowling, ok?), then the new ‘Switch Sports’ is right up your alley.
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As a GeekMom, I always love supporting other femme-presenting folks in our geekalicious pursuits which is why when Nintendo reached out and asked if I’d be interested in talking with the founder of Girls Make Games camps, I jumped at the opportunity. In March 2022, Nintendo released Shredded Secrets, a 2D platformer developed by a […]
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If you’re a fan of the supernatural, steampunk, and mysteries, then the Boston Metaphysical Society is directly in your fandom wheelhouse. After meeting up with author Madeleine Holly-Rosing at New York Comic Con 2021, we knew that the new Kickstarter for the audio drama was a “must have” for our readers. What is the Boston […]
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As we start rolling towards the end of the second season of ‘LEGO Masters,’ we supplement our first interview with LEGO Brickmasters Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard with another interesting round of questions with LEGO Brickmaster and ‘The Art of the Brick’ artist Nathan Sawaya.
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