Reading Time: 6 minutes Dungeon of the Mad Mage is the latest Dungeons & Dragons campaign from Wizards of the Coast and is it HUGE! This is the mega-dungeon of whisper and rumor and it has finally been released for 5th Edition. Dungeon of the Mad Mage Ever since a brief interlude in Hoard of […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you have a musician in your family, especially one who plays sax, clarinet, oboe, or some other variation of the wind instrument? Here’s a fun holiday gift for them: the Venova, what Yamaha described as a “casual wind instrument.” The idea here is that the Venova is super-portable. It’s just […]
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When Emma, age 10, wanted to add more variety to her earring collection, but didn’t want to deal with her sensitivities to most metal posts, she made up her own with plastic posts!
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Magnetic Collection, the imprint of Lion Forge Comics that focuses on reprints of international comics work, has been making a name for itself, winning a number of awards recently for their work. Which means when they release something new, it is cause for attention. Their most recent release is Watersnakes, originally […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winter is coming, and if you’re a fan of beer, that means it’s time for some rich, dark, stout beers to keep you warm through the cold nights. Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY has been putting out some unique beers this year inspired by the HBO series Game of Thrones, and […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Geek Daily Deals – Tremendous gadget deal! Buy the popular Ring 2 video doorbell, and get an Amazon Alexa Echo Dot, all for just $139! Ring Video Doorbell 2 with Echo Dot (3rd Gen): This bundle contains the Ring Video Doorbell 2 and the Echo Dot (3rd Generation). Works with Alexa […]
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Join my family reading picture books to each other in the Big Yellow Chair.
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How to keep your Elf on the Shelf from making your holiday way more complicated than you need while still creating holiday magic.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Geek Daily Deals – Get great Black Friday weekend deals on these amazing toys and gadgets for all the geeky family! Learning Resources Beaker Creatures Liquid Reactor Super Lab – Toy of The Year Finalist: What a colorful bubbling creature reaction! Extract the Beaker Creatures from their mysterious science reactor pods […]
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This collection of biographical vignette books focuses on specific groups of people: late achievers, kind men, female friends, and more.
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Those little plastic spider rings or rubber snakes collected during Halloween can become sparkly tree ornaments for Christmas.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Geek Daily Deals – Get great Black Friday weekend deals on these amazing speakers that we’ve reviewed! Q Acoustics 3050i Floorstanding Speakers (Pair) + QED XT25 Speaker Cable 2M, 6.5ft: I reviewed the slightly older version of these here, and love them. They are still our primary home entertainment speakers! The […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Original image by Jeff Roberts, O’Neill Marketing. Geek Culture Conventions There are a limited number of Geek Culture conventions in the Convention Connection for week 47 2018. We start with G33kmas 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, November 23 and Saturday, November 24. Taking place on Black Friday and Small […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute First up: yes, we have an all-new GeekDad t-shirt on sale just in time for the holidays. This is based on the special design we had done for a Patreon backers-only hockey jersey last year. Now it’s available to everyone as a classic black or white t-shirt. But wait, there’s more! […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Geek Daily Deals – Get all the gadgets you need for stocking stuffer gifts. Everything under $40! SanDisk Ultra 256GB microSDXC UHS-I card with Adapter – SDSQUAR-256G-GN6MA: Ideal for Android-based smartphones and tablets Transfer read speeds of up to 100MB/s (Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on host […]
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Reading Time: 9 minutes If you haven’t yet picked up the Nintendo Switch, there’s never been a better time. With Black Friday sales looming (and the arrival of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate imminent), it’s pretty much become the holiday must-have for gamer families. Still, buying a new console often requires research. It takes time and […]
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There are some good prices to be had, and even better, you can have most of them online.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes From ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’. Credit to Disney Movies. Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Disney’s 2012 feature Wreck-It Ralph, hits theaters over the Thanksgiving holiday week. Read on to see if you should take the kids to see it (yes!) or if you should find a babysitter and just […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes 2018 has not been a great year for movies but that doesn’t mean that there are no good movies coming in 2019. Outside of the Marvel movies, which I always enjoy, there hasn’t been a lot that’s thrilled me. The lone exception would have to be The Endless, which was a […]
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In Shuri #2, Wakanda is a nation without a leader. The Elephant’s Trunk has summoned Shuri with a request. A choice must be made.
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