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PAX East: Visits With Samsung and MSI

March 17, 2017December 12, 2017Corrina Lawson

What should a parent know before investing in a gaming laptop for their children? Quite a bit more than required for a regular laptop.

Dinosaur Island, Image: Pandasaurus Games

Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Dinosaur Island’

March 17, 2017December 12, 2017Sophie Brown

Create “the world’s greatest dinosaur theme park” by researching DNA, building rides, and balancing dull herbivores against exciting but riskier carnivores.

Level Up Your Walk With ‘Step Buy Step: A Pedometer Adventure’

March 17, 2017December 12, 2017Shelley Shearer

Why not enjoy stretching your legs and enjoying the outside while collecting animals? Or bugs, if that is your choice.

‘Beauty and the Beast’: The Spoilerific Chat

March 17, 2017December 12, 2017Marziah Karch1

This is your last chance. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and don’t want to be spoiled, just scroll on over to the next post.

Exploring the Athletic Nerd With Author Alan Baxter

March 16, 2017December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Author Alan Baxter has been called the love child of Jim Butcher and Stephen King–no faint praise for an urban fantasy writer. In this week’s Geek Speaks…Fiction! Alan talks about two of his passions, writing and martial arts, and how his Alex Caine series brought them both together!

Saluting That Most Stubborn of Everygirls, Meg Murry

March 16, 2017December 12, 2017Amy Weir1

Everyone needs to be reminded, sometimes, that they, too, can be a hero. Such is the importance of Meg Murry for all the awkward self-loathing nerds who discover her.

‘Big Hero 6 The Series’ Gets Early Second Season Order

March 16, 2017December 12, 2017Melody Mooney

Disney XD has ordered an early second season of the highly anticipated Big Hero 6 The Series before the first season premieres this fall.

An Introvert’s Lessons From the Con: Days 2, 3, and 4

March 16, 2017December 15, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

Part Two, Three & Four: the trials of wearing gauntlets, mingling with heroes, and finding your dewback a seat at the movies…

Paneling at PAX

March 15, 2017December 15, 2017Rebecca Angel

From chickens to education to splitting on bricks, Rebecca Angel learned (?) a lot about gaming at various panels at PAX East this year.

Between the Bookends March ’17

March 15, 2017December 16, 2017Sophie Brown

It’s March, the month of International Women’s Day, and the GeekMoms have been reading about some incredible women recently.

10 Things To Do On Pi Day: Snow Day Edition

March 14, 2017December 12, 2017Nivi Engineer

It’s Pi Day. It’s also a snow day for many kids across the Northeast. So, how do you combine these two events? Let us make a few suggestions!

‘American Gods’: Interview with P. Craig Russell

March 14, 2017December 12, 2017Evil Genius Mum

It is surely a sign when you are aching for comfort reading and the ‘American Gods’ offer you an interview with P. Craig Russell. Read on.

GeekDad Family Game Madness

March 14, 2017December 12, 2017Nivi Engineer

What if, in an effort to teach kids about how brackets work, to gear them up for future NCAA brackets, or just to have something fun to do if you’re not so into watching basketball, there were a bracket of a different sort. Presenting, the GeekDad Family Game Madness Bracket.

So You Want to Know More About the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy?’ Insight Has the Book for You

March 13, 2017December 12, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

I have fallen in love with this book as hard as I fell for the Guardians in 2014…

PAX East Panel 2017: Gaming with Your Kids

March 13, 2017December 12, 2017Karen Walsh

GeekMoms A.J., Anika, Corrina, Karen and Rebecca all chat about the value of gaming with your kids – both board and video.

JLab Flex: With Your Tunes On, You Can Tune Out

March 13, 2017December 12, 2017Karen Walsh

When everyone’s home on a snow day and you need to get work done, turn your tunes on and tune out using the JLab Flex headphones.

Disney’s ‘Moana’ on Blu-ray and Digital HD: Salt Life Memories

March 13, 2017December 12, 2017Patricia Vollmer

Patricia explores the Blu-ray and Digital HD release of Disney’s ‘Moana’, and reflects on her personal love of the ocean from when she was a preschooler living in Hawaii.

Nalgene + Marvel = Heroic Hydration

March 12, 2017December 12, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

“Heroes Hydrate!” You should too.

PAX EAST 2017 Exclusive: ‘We Happy Few’s Sam Abbott

March 12, 2017December 12, 2017Karen Walsh

GeekMom Karen sits down at PAX East 2017 to talk with Sam Abbot from Compulsion Games about ‘We Happy Few,’ their new game currently in early access on STEAM and Xbox.

Scottevest Sandy Skirt: Style, Comfort, and Four Roomy Pockets!

March 11, 2017December 12, 2017Jenny Bristol

I love skirts, but they often lack functional pockets. Scottevest delivers with a stylish skirt with extremely useful pockets. I’m sold.