Category: GeekMom

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. […]

How well do you know your fellow adventurers? This party game will put you to the test! In “Reaping the Rewards,” I review the finished product from a crowdfunding campaign. Adventure Party was originally funded on Kickstarter in June 2023, and was delivered to backers in spring and summer of 2024. This review is adapted […]

We’ve come to the final guide of the holiday season. It’s time to fill those stockings and get a few last minute ideas out there. Here are our favorite stocking stuffer and last minute ideas for your holiday shopping list. Spotify Annual Gift Card Price: $99 Location: Amazon The one constant on my teenage daughter’s […]

It’s the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season, bringing with it all those magical winter holiday specials. Yet, somehow, this movie, Hot Frosty, debuted at Number One on the Netflix lists last week starring Lacey Chabert and Dusty Milligan: Now, obviously this is a spoof of the Hallmark-y Christmas rom-com, but somehow, I am […]

I spend a positively astounding amount of time shopping for, purchasing, and talking about clothes, shoes, and related fashion accouterments. In another era, I likely would’ve been referred to as a “clothes horse” or even a “fop,” but in today’s parlance I’m what you might think of as a “guy with poor impulse control” who […]

For those who love technology, a new gadget is always something to look forward to. Here’s a selection from the GeekDad and GeekMom writers, showcasing their favorite gadgets to add to your Christmas list. K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Edition Price: $169.99 Location: Amazon The Corsair K65 is a […]

I have a son who lives and breathes the Pokémon TCG, so it made sense that we check out the Pokemon Timelines book. We have a similar Star Wars title that is excellent, so I had high hopes for this one. It did not disappoint What Is Pokémon Timelines? The first thing to say is that Pokémon Timelines focuses on […]

I don’t write very many tabletop reviews these days but Bang Out of Order randomly turned up just before our summer vacation, and I’ve wanted to write about it ever since. Let’s ignore the fact that November is almost over (and that when I first wrote that sentence it said October) and rejoice in the […]

No matter you level of LEGO building experience, there seems to always be something new to learn when it comes to creating interesting and new designs in the medium. From scale to engineering, the art (and science) of designing has a never-ending depth for us to explore. The Lego Builder’s Handbook is an example of […]

Every kid wants to play games, and geeks keep that interest as they get older. Either way, most video games are prohibitively expensive, meaning kids and adults who could be enjoying their favorite pastime are missing out. To pile on, it’s expensive to give our kids their first devices, so it can be hard to […]

Waterdrop was kind enough to send me their 2024 advent calendar to check out and here are my thoughts. What is Waterdrop? Waterdrop is a water flavor enhancer that boasts being healthy, low calorie, and sugar free. The product itself is a little “pod” that you drop into a cold glass of water (regular or […]

Each year I get the absolute plum gig of compiling our annual list of must-buy toys for the holiday season. My fellow GeekParents and I test them out, write them up, and then it’s over to me to place them in… well, whatever weird order strikes my fancy at the time. This year’s guide sees […]

Towers are often represented in fantasy fiction. Whether it’s the Tower of Babel, The Two Towers, or the Dark Tower from the… erm… Dark Tower series by Stephen King, something is compelling about an unassailable edifice driving into the sky. They offer a multi-strata world, that literally has an in-built hierarchy. Alongside great novels such […]

Several years ago a fellow teacher mentioned a book titled The Saber-Tooth Curriculum as a book that every educator should read. At that time there were many discussions about helicopter parents,  lawnmower parents, tiger parenting, and so forth so I believed a saber-tooth curriculum was something along those lines. However I recently had the opportunity […]

In “Reaping the Rewards,” I take a look at the finished product from a crowdfunding campaign. Stonespine Architects was originally funded on Kickstarter in July 2023, and was delivered to backers in the spring of 2024. This review is an updated version of my original Kickstarter Tabletop Alert. The minotaur apprentices have one final project: constructing […]

Alana Joli Abbott from Outland Entertainment is here to tell us all about this new game and picture book project.

What started out as a self-contained university experiment turned into a media spectacle that captured the imagination and attention of the world, shaping our understanding of human nature and forever changing the field of psychology. There was only one problem: The story of what happened during the experiment was shared with the world by only one […]