Okay, so there are orchestra geeks. (When I was a kid, we didn’t categorize our geekdom so specifically, or at all, or even think of geekdom as a thing, but that’s a post for another day.) But what do you call someone who’s in an orchestra, but not even very good? Not enough of a musician […]
I think I’m known among the other GeekMoms as your token STEM-geek. And the token military geek. Most things in my life use the left side of my brain, and I’m pretty proud of that. But once upon a time I used the right side quite a bit…as an orchestra geek in middle and high […]
Before I start this article, I think I need to get one thing straight with you. I am a soundtrack geek. When a new movie is coming out that I am excited about, such as Deathly Hallows just the other week, not only am I eagerly awaiting the release of the film itself, but also […]
Cakerella I am not. Duff Goldman I am not, either. But I can dream, right? Hopefully my stuff looks better than what CakeWrecks posts, though 🙂 After spending about $30 on my youngest son’s first birthday cake in 2006 (that didn’t even taste that good), I decreed that I needed to learn some cake decorating […]
We say farewell to Leonard Nimoy.
A look at Randi Zuckerberg’s new book, Dot Complicated.
Discover.com shares the top ten discoveries of 2012.
It’s time to celebrate narrative games with LudoNarraCon! Check out these new indie games with fresh storytelling.
Curse Breaker has been sitting on my review pile for far too long. It’s an “adventure gamebook,” the like of which is why I’m sitting here writing these words now. My entry to geekdom was via Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy books. Curse Breaker is a direct descendant of these books and with additional tricks like […]
After the chaos of 2020/2021, geeks are going out again. Let’s look at what’s changed with some of our fave comic book conventions
Prepare for ‘Star Trek’s First Contact with our fun Make/Play/Watch/Read activities for all ages, newbies and Trekkies alike.
Like all good geeks, we love a bargain. Here are a few of our picks this year. Disclosure: Some of the links below may be affiliate links. This means that the contributor (or GeekDad) may make a small amount of commission if you click through and purchase the item at no extra cost to you. […]
‘Some Distant Memory’ tops EG Mum’s computer games for 2019: A beautiful story-telling game that puts the A in STEAM.
Oz Comic-Con is heading to Brisbane and Sydney this month. Check out EG Mum’s predictions for the best and brightest on offer!
Best Buy’s For Her and For Him filters on their computers is insulting and makes outdated assumptions about the demographics.
Tom Wilson and Christopher Lloyd discuss what a ‘Back to the Future IV’ plot might be like, and tell other time travel tales at Denver Pop Culture Con.
The t-shirt is ironic: anime most certainly did NOT make anyone gay, but the gender fluidity of anime hopefully allowed my son to accept himself.
Reading Time: 13 minutes This might shock you, but many of us GeekMoms and GeekDads grew up with our noses buried in books. Now, if this was some trashy clickbait site, I would drag that joke out – I know, crazy. Geeks who read? No way! – but here at GeekDad we have class, so I’m only […]
These five ladies from GRRM’s ‘Fire & Blood’ deserve their own stories or, better yet, their own shows.
Reading Time: 8 minutes This week’s Stack Overflow is about comic book biographies and memoirs, with a mix of old and new books. Many of these were written for adult audiences, so they do include sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, along with language and violence. Some are about well-known figures, and some are about […]
