Category: GeekMom

This summer has been the summer of Shatterpoint. I’ve been learning how to play the game and, my favorite bit so far, painting up the beautiful Star Wars miniatures. To aid me in my quest, Spanish hobby company Green Stuff World sent me some paint to help me paint up the massive starter set box. I’ve been enjoying […]

Peril on The Atlantic is a classic children’s adventure caper, very much in the vein of Adventures on Trains. Here, railway locomotives have been replaced by luxury liner, The Queen Mary, but the ride is no less thrilling!  What Is Peril on the Atlantic? This is the first book in a new series “Mysteries at […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #3 variant cover, via DC Comics. Batman: The Brave and the Bold #3 – Dennis Culver, Ed Brisson, Christopher Cantwell, Jackson Lanzing/Collin Kelly, Writers; Otto Schmidt, Jeff Spokes, Javier Rodriguez, Jorge Molina, Artists; Pierluigi Casolino, Colorist Ray – 8.5/10 Ray: Tom King and Mitch Gerards’ story takes a break […]

I am going to try to list this mixed bag by reading order, but I don’t know if my particular idea of first readers and advanced readers might be the same as yours. Let’s just say that sometimes a few pages are not the same as early readers, okay? Sometimes the concepts might appeal to […]

The United States and many places around the world are experiencing record high temperatures this summer. Running an air conditioner through months of hot weather can cause electric bills to skyrocket. However, circulating the air in a room or home can create a cooling effect while allowing you to keep your air conditioner set at […]

Dystopian fiction based around childbirth and women’s bodily autonomy is a powerful literary niche, including books like The Handmaid’s Tale, Children of Men, and Polly Ho-Yen’s, Dark Lullaby. One by Eve Smith can be added to that canon. A powerful novel set in a near future United Kingdom, where eco disaster and over-crowding have forced the government […]

For over a year, I have been building models made by JMBricklayer. They have ranged from a tank to a pirate ship to a dinosaur, and even to buildings. The company is continuing to offer new models in a variety of themes. Recently I had the opportunity two build their latest set which just released […]

Recently, a friend on Facebook proposed that, since Independence Day marks the last major commercial holiday between summer and autumn, July 5 is the true start of the Halloween season—at least among true diehards. While I typically reserve my own official All Hallows activities until a little closer to October 31st, I can’t really fault […]

As people move away from the office to work or work from remote locations, there is a greater need for being able to recharge and connect a variety of devices. I personally rely more and more on a laptop rather than a desktop computer for those reasons. I use it at work, at home, and […]

Collecting vinyl is an example of a hobby that, while once an affordable rite of passage for American youth, has become a much more exclusive affair. Not only do modern 180-gram pressings cost significantly more than their equivalent compact discs—a quick search shows me that the new Blackbraid, for example, goes for $45 on record […]

It’s time for another tabletop roundup! Here are a few titles that are currently crowdfunding that caught my eye. This time we’ve got campaigns on Kickstarter, Backerkit, and Gamefound! New to crowdfunding? Check out our crowdfunding primer. Gloomhaven Grand Festival from Cephalofair I’ve already mentioned the Gloomhaven Grand Festival in my Frosthaven review, but I wanted […]

The Art Playroom-Make. A home art space for kids; Spark exploration, independence, and joyful learning with invitations to create by Megan Schiller (Author) Megan Schiller is an art teacher, art studio owner, and former preschool teacher. She has been blogging about children′s art and creative spaces for a while, and her business The Art Pantry […]

Jenny Pearson’s The Boy Who Made Monsters is an examination of grief and trauma in children, wrapped in a touching imaginative caper that invokes the Loch Ness monster.  What Is The Boy Who Made Monsters? It’s a middle-grade fiction book set in Scotland, featuring two children whose parents are missing at sea, presumed dead. They have been […]

Today marks the Digital release of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts from Paramount Pictures. The 7th installment in the Transformers film series, as of this writing the movie is the tenth highest-grossing film in 2023. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a standalone sequel to 2018’s Bumblebee. To herald the Digital release of the film, […]

Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught is a competitive skirmish game where each player takes control of one faction of characters. During most games, players choose only five characters from their faction. There are no points to count, just select your five for the fight. I liked the game so much that it was awarded our GeekDad […]

Now that summer is here, temperatures are rising. Where I live, we have already had several days over 100°F. Whether exercise, employment, or yardwork takes you out into the heat, there are new technologies to help you stay cool.  One new product that can keep you cool is the TORRAS  COOLiFY Zone wearable waist fan.  […]

Note: I received these headphones for evaluation; opinions are my own. Post may include affiliate links. I’ve been doing audio reviews since pretty early on in the life of this blog (so, what, fifteen years? yikes!). As I’ve suggested before, I am audiophile-adjacent. I know what sounds good and what sounds less good and, in […]

Your band of mercenaries has made it to the far north, a small outpost called Frosthaven in the Frozen Wastes. What adventures await you here? What Is Frosthaven? Frosthaven is a legacy-style cooperative game for 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up, and is the sequel to Gloomhaven. The play time varies by scenario, roughly […]

Welcome to Food Chain Island, where you want to be the predator, and not the prey. What Is Food Chain Island? Food Chain Island is a solo-only card game, for ages 8 and up, that takes about 10-20 minutes to play. It’s designed by Scott Almes and published by Button Shy, with illustrations by Annie […]