Category: GeekMom

Pinocchio: An Illuminated Edition by Carlo Collodi (Author) Mike Mignola (Illustrator) Lemony Snicket (Introduction, notes by) Lemony Snicket is of the idea that no one who has read the real Pinocchio all the way through has retained its sanity, and he might be onto something. As it often happens, Collodi made a mad romp about […]

I’ve tried sooooo many things to calm my mind when anxiety strikes. And because I have ADHD I tend to swap techniques more often than I’d care to admit. Today I’ll walk you through my top crafts and how well they lowered my anxiety on a scale of one to five (five being the best […]

Horrified haunted tabletops beginning in 2019 with its collection of monsters from Universal movies such as Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s monster. Two years later, Horrified; American Monsters was released. This time the monsters were famous cryptids from the various regions of the United States including Big Foot, the Mothman, Chubucaabra, and more. Then last […]

It’s been a decade since March of the Ants first appeared on Kickstarter, eventually spawning two expansions. Now, the game has evolved! What Is March of the Ants: Evolved Edition? March of the Ants: Evolved Edition is an updated version of a 4X ant game. It is for 1 to 5 players, ages 13 and up, […]

The What on Earth! Magazine September 2024 issue has hit the shelves. This month’s cover story is “Blast Off!”  What Is What on Earth! Magazine? What on Earth! magazine delivers bite-sized chunks of reference-book goodness each month. You have all the interest and rigor you’d expect from a leading publisher of reference books with a topical feel and […]

A heavy reading month, which was lovely, but a busy end-of-month schedule means this August 2024 book review roundup is a little later than usual. This August, I read nearly every book in my pile (I haven’t finished Sandra Newman’s Julia yet. More of that alongside 1984, in next month’s reviews). Not only that, I […]

Today’s stack: a handful of kids’ books that involve mysteries—a couple are traditional mystery stories, and a couple are just stories that involve something mysterious. The Sherlock Society by James Ponti James Ponti is no stranger to kid detective stories: he wrote the Framed! series and the City Spies series, both of which I’ve covered in […]

There can’t be many books that capture the essence of GeekDad more than Nosy Crow’s How to Launch a Tech Start-Up. It’s an infographic-style picture book that offers insight and information for younger readers with ambitions of entering robotics, gaming, or any number of other tech industries. What Is How to Launch a Tech Start-Up? […]

This past weekend I attended XOXO. XOXO was an experimental independent arts festival, or maybe a technology conference, or perhaps the fever dream of a terminally online collective, and this year’s—after a five-year delay due to the pandemic—was the last. The two organizers, Andy Baio and Andy McMillan, had ended each of the previous years […]

Everyone knows the kid with the coolest room in the dorm has a leg up and setting up our child’s place this year needed to be extra special, so we added a Matrix light curtain from Twinkly. Featuring precise LED positioning for fluid-effect graphics, Matrix redefines ambient lighting by creating a canvas for limitless possibilities […]

Summer is coming to and end and it’s time to send the kids back to the school room. Whether they are going into their first year or starting their higher education, we have recommendations for everyone. The Easy Three-Ingredient College Cookbook Purchase: Amazon Price: $15.99 It’s no secret that college is filled with new experiences; […]

Everyone knows the kid with the coolest room in the dorm has a leg up and setting up our child’s place this year needed to be extra special, so we added a Matrix light curtain from Twinkly. Featuring precise LED positioning for fluid-effect graphics, Matrix redefines ambient lighting by creating a canvas for limitless possibilities […]

Summer is coming to and end and it’s time to send the kids back to the school room. Whether they are going into their first year or starting their higher education, we have recommendations for everyone. The Easy Three-Ingredient College Cookbook Purchase: Amazon Price: $15.99 It’s no secret that college is filled with new experiences; […]

These are ten very varied titles, from early readers to middle school, let’s dive right in! Draw with Art for Kids Hub: Cute and Funny Foods by Art for Kids Hub (Author) Rob Jensen (Author) We recently reviewed the first title of the series, and this is an item I intend to collect, not only […]

Now that you’ve decided that LEGO makes for a great RPG miniature, and you’ve explored how to represent species through LEGO, it’s time to look at class and equipment features. Many classes have iconic features or equipment, which means we can use the accessories on our minifigure to represent the class of the character. Note […]

Are you a fan of the 999 happy haunts from Disney’s The Haunted Mansion? Or perhaps of the Wednesday series on Netflix? If so, then you’re going to be very happy to hear about Lowe’s upcoming online drop of Halloween offerings. Ever since I reviewed the 12ft Animated Scarecrow from Lowe’s, I’ve been looking forward to […]

In the late 18th century, the tradition of building decorative Christmas villages around the Christmas tree started here in the United States. These became especially popular starting in the 1970’s, and many companies started producing buildings for people to decorate with. With Halloween becoming a larger holiday, some companies began to also make Halloween villages, […]

Almost a year ago, our good friends at Rollacrit launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new and improved Bag of Holding, a much sought after product from the gone but not forgotten ThinkGeek. I reviewed a prototype of the bag, and was much impressed.  This Spring, Rollacrit delivered their new Messenger Bag of Holding to […]