I’ve probably mentioned this before, but I adore those lists they hand out to college professors telling them things they should know about the matriculating freshman class. You know, the ones with bullet points like: They have never lived in a world where Madonna is not famous. When I think about The Cartoon Network, it […]
Continue ReadingThe Walking Dead series on AMC is in its second season and is hugely popular, so it seems only natural that it would be getting its own video game. Although there is no release date yet, sources say that it should be coming in late 2011 or early 2012. It will be available for the […]
Continue ReadingOh, humans, how we do like patterns in numbers. There’s even a word for it–apophenia, the hunt for meaning in meaningless data. Including today, there are only two days left in our lifetimes you’ll have to survive your Facebook friends marvelling at the wonder that is noting the time of 02:02:02 on 02-02-02 or 07:07:07 […]
Continue ReadingI have two boys in my house and watch as they play video games that they like; the ones where you have to beat a level or find the secrets, beat the boss and save the day. My attention span for those kinds of games fell by the wayside about the same time as the […]
Continue ReadingThis Sunday evening, the AMC channel will premiere the second season of its hit television series The Walking Dead. I will be sending my sons to their rooms a little earlier than normal on that night because I don’t allow them to watch the zombie-infested spectacle that I and millions of other viewers love so […]
Continue ReadingWhen I wrote my review of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, I called it “one of my favorite Wii games of all time”. It remains one of my favorites, so it is with great delight that I receive this trailer for Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The embrace of Lego Ron and Lego Hermione is […]
Continue ReadingDo you call yourself a gamer? Ever played a classic arcade game? How about Dungeons and Dragons? What about growing up in the 80’s or having a healthy appreciation of the Big Hair Decade? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are going to truly enjoy Ready Player One by Ernest […]
Continue ReadingI don’t know how Kyla Mae’s Geeks Gone Wild fabric line has escaped my notice. I suspect it’s been escaping me for a while, though, since Space Invaders is sold out all over the web. You can still get several others on fabric.com and other places, though. There are four to choose from. You can […]
Continue ReadingI was reading the forum game boards the other day when I came across a posting from a husband who was distraught that his wife had quit the game they played together. Supposedly she left because some players in the general chat channel were making fun of her and they would do this quite often […]
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the release of The Malgrave Incident, the latest game in the Mystery Case Files series, three producers from Nintendo and Big Fish Games fielded questions from GeekMom on what goes into developing a video game. Nintendo’s Azusa Tajima and Masa Miyazaki, along with producer Shawn Seavers and the team from Big Fish […]
Continue ReadingFilm Noir Meets Video Game The first video game I ever played was Pong. It wasn’t at a Con in the vintage game room, but on my living room floor on a shag carpet. It’s amazing to think that a little ball bouncing back and forth across my TV screen could keep me busy for hours, but don’t underestimate […]
Continue ReadingVast amounts of time and skill are invested in video game design annually. Everything you see and hear, and every move you make in a game was first drawn, composed and spelled-out in code by someone else for our enjoyment. When gamers geek out about the games we play, there’s usually a lot of talk […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve not played Dragon Age or Dragon Age II, you might want to avert your eyes. You can’t tell a good love story without some spoilers, eh? I’ve been playing video games for the better part of my life, and through the years, I’ve certainly had my crushes. So when Dragon Age came out, […]
Continue ReadingI played over thirty video games while I was at PAX East last weekend. As I predicted in my previous post, most of them were disappointing clones of other games. Also as predicted, there were a few great new games on offer at the convention. It would be exhausting to review everything I played, but […]
Continue ReadingI love video games. Strike that. I love GOOD video games. The distinction is especially important right now because starting Friday, I’ll be at PAX East for three solid days of VG-playtime. For those who haven’t heard of it, PAX East is a big-deal video game convention where game developers large and small descend on […]
Continue ReadingThis season’s hottest gifts run the gamut of motion sensitive gaming systems to harmonizing toothy creatures with inexplicable appeal. But now that Black Friday is done, Cyber-Monday wrapped, and the prices back up to what we normally pay, there is still a chance to save some money and get some great gifts for those left on […]
Continue ReadingEducation systems are a mess the world over. We know this, but we are dauntless geek parents. When we’re given a lemon situation, we don’t just make lemonade; we make rocket fuel! I don’t actually know if it’s possible or wise to launch a rocket using citrus, but if that’s what it takes to keep […]
Continue ReadingMovie tie-in video games are notoriously awful. I’ve played some of the Harry Potter games, and you’d think that using the Wii remote like a magic wand would be great fun, but they always fell short of hooking me in. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 changed all that. Being a Harry Potter nerd and a […]
Continue ReadingMy son imposes YouTube videos on me every day. I think it’s his way of keep me from sliding completely into the pile of those who are hopelessly Not With It.
Continue ReadingBeneath the tree called Grandfather, standing tall in a small copse of trees amid the sweet grass of the eastern plains of Colorado, I listened to leafy tales. Hiding in a lilac hedge along the fence-line in my backyard, I made my home with faeries and many insects, closely observing the natural world. More often […]
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