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BrainBox: Educational Family Fun

February 4, 2014November 24, 2017Sophie Brown

BrainBox is a simple game with editions aimed at every age group and interest that combines memory skills with other subjects in a fun game.

Backward Compatible: YA Romance for People Like Us

February 2, 2014December 15, 2017Sophie Brown

Backward Compatible is a boy-meets-girl romance for people like us and is crammed full of more geek references than an entire season of Community.

Favorite Christmas Present: Roll & Play Game

January 7, 2014December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

A fun introduction to board games for toddlers age 18 month and up.

Accursed RPG Kickstarter Launches on Friday the 13th, 2013

September 13, 2013December 15, 2017Nicole Wakelin

The Accursed RPG launches on Kickstarter on Friday the 13th with witches and monsters in a world overrun by evil.

Building With Toca Boca

August 23, 2013January 3, 2018Sarah Pinault

Get ready to build with this summer’s release from Toca Boca: Toca Builders.

Thanks, Freddie Wong!

August 21, 2013December 15, 2017Rebecca Angel

You did it! You have a high quality filmed, action-romatic-comedy, with developing characters, in a unique fictional universe, only available on the internet.

ConnectiCon: Gamin’ and Art

July 17, 2013December 15, 2017Rebecca Angel

ConnectiCon 2013 was filled with epic RPGs, cosplay, dancing, and lots of art!

History Geek: Comics and Games from the 1930s

June 29, 2013December 15, 2017Rebecca Angel

Superman and Monopoly. Can you imagine the world without them? Both began in the 1930’s.

Confessions of a Loser

June 27, 2013December 15, 2017Rebecca Angel15

I learned early on not to play games of chance. My name was never picked from the hat, the dice never rolled in my favor, I rarely picked the good cards. I wasn’t oddly unlucky; I didn’t have random horrible things happen to me, but I was not a winner.

Breaking Bad, Lego Style

May 3, 2013December 16, 2017Kris Bordessa

What if there was a Breaking Bad Lego video game? It might look like this.

Late to the Game: The Settlers of Catan

April 26, 2013November 24, 2017Sarah Pinault9

GeekMom Sarah was recently exposed to the wonderful world that is The Settlers of Catan. If you are unfamiliar with the game, join her in her discovery.

International TableTop Day © Geek & Sundry

Was International TableTop Day Really Worthwhile?

April 6, 2013November 24, 2017Sophie Brown6

Last Saturday was the first International Tabletop Day, organised by Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton and the lovely folks over at the Geek & Sundry YouTube channel. Over 2,000 events were held across 50 countries and six continents making the day an incredible success for all involved. But was it really?

How Was Your Tabletop Day?

March 31, 2013November 25, 2017Ruth Suehle

How was your International Tabletop Day? Check out a few pictures from how the GeekMoms spent theirs and calculate your Tabletop Score!

International TableTop Day: Creating New Gamers

March 30, 2013November 25, 2017Sarah Pinault4

Today has been a momentous day. The first International TableTop day, and the day my son became a Gamer. He has been playing board games for a while now but this was his first event, and his first independent purchase.

Reduce Eye Fatigue With Gunnar Optiks Computer Eyewear

November 6, 2012Nicole Wakelin

As hopeful as I was that these would help, I was also very, very skeptical. I couldn’t imagine how just a pair of glasses would make a difference. What I didn’t know was that Gunnar Optiks are more than just a pair of pretty glasses and that they pack some impressive technology.

The GeekMoms Podcast #33 Video Games and Kids

October 26, 2012December 15, 2017Nicole Wakelin

It’s all Nicole, all the time as GeekMom Nicole Wakelin is joined by the fabulous Nicole Spagnuolo of the Ladies of Leet podcast.

This Week With the GeekMoms

June 22, 2012Ruth Suehle

This week, vacation is the theme–a lot of the GeekMoms have been on the road, or are headed out!

Tabletop Forge Will Make Google+ Hangouts Awesome

June 11, 2012Marziah Karch

I used to tabletop game many years ago. And then I had kids, and all my games got shoved into the back of the closet and away from swallowing and scattering little hands. These days, there are many things that prevent me from doing it, including time, messy living room, storage space, childcare arrangements, and geographic proximity to other players. Tabletop Forge doesn’t have any time travel technology to give me a couple extra hours for gaming, but it can help with the other problems.

Get Your Girls Into Game Design

March 29, 2012December 15, 2017Marziah Karch

Let your girls play more video games. That is, if you want them to grow up to be rock star game designers like Jane McGonigal. Yes, we can enjoy games like Half Life and Angry Birds Space, but Games and gaming techniques can go beyond the entertaining app or console title and be used to educate ourselves and influence real world behaviors. Besides, there’s good money in a career in game design.

The Commodore 64 Turns 30

January 4, 2012Kelly Knox6

The Commodore 64 turns 30 this month! In January 1982, a state-of-the-art home computer made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show – the Commodore 64. The C64 housed less than a megabyte of memory, but boasted color graphics, perfect for little kids making their first journeys into computer gaming. My twin sister and I […]