Recent Posts

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 […]

Millennia ago, a magical race called the Aesir found a new home on a distant world. Attracted to the cold during an ice age, they hibernated for hundreds of years at a time. With each awakening, however, they saw their world changed by ever-evolving mortals, encroaching on their territory and way of life. Two civilizations […]

Here I am again, a new month and a new pile of books. After a productive October, I hope to keep up the momentum this month. Here then is my November 2024 Book Preview! The Book Club Pick Early book club in November (because we didn’t meet in October) and the pick is The Lost […]

Dungeons & Dragons is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Over a year ago,  Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught was released in which players engaged in combat skirmishes between adventure parties set in the D&D world. It is a great game and earned our GeekDad Approved! award. Several expansions have been released. Now a new set has […]

October is a time for monsters and, in my house, that also means it’s a time for D&D. Even when our family gaming group isn’t involved in an ongoing campaign, I still like to at least convene once in October for a Halloween-themed one-shot. This year, I arrived at the gaming table with a brand […]

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders wasn’t quite the book I expected. Most of the other books I’ve reviewed from Experiment books, have had an infographic leaning, and I’m sure the last time I was in the excellent Stanfords Map and Travel Shop, in London, I saw an infographic-style book about borders. Whatever […]

These are fourteen titles that feature different themes, from early readers to middle school, graphic novels and holiday reads are in the mix as well! Let’s start with early readers: Spiro by Anna McGregor (Author) This cute spider is hungry and would love some yummy insects in her spider’s web. However, when she thinks things […]

Last week I wrote that Universal Pictures Home Entertainment sent over 5 digital codes for The Wild Robot to give away to our readers. I’ve drawn the winners, and they are: Nick Peña, Dan Callahan, Jeremy McLaughlin, Nestor Aparicio, and Christopher Hutchings. Congratulations to those lucky five! You’ll be receiving those codes at the email addresses […]

On October 9, 2024, after a particularly intense barrage of dubious “leaks” surrounding its upcoming Switch successor, Nintendo made what is, perhaps, the most on-brand move in the company’s proud 135-year history; it released an alarm clock. Landing with absolutely no leadup and scarce fanfare outside of a simple launch video, the Nintendo Sound Clock: […]