Today is quote day, and we are taking submissions for best sci-fi fantasy movie and best sci-fi fantasy TV show. But for literary quotes, we decided to take a slightly different track. Rather than the best literary lines, we want …
Our kooky, hair-splitting, possible skull-cracking, debate-inducing, week-long project of asking people to nominate all things best in science fiction and fantasy continues. Yesterday we asked you to nominate your favorite fantasy films. Today we’re embarking on another category — this …
The Fantasy Strike contestants are practicing for a tournament by sparring — one hit ends the round, but you have to position yourself to hit your opponent. Flash Duel has 20 unique characters to choose from and can be played …
Today we are collecting the best quotes from science-ficiton TV shows. There are a lot, and I’ve barley scratched the surface of my own favorites here, so I need to see more from our dear in the comments to this …
It’s the 7th Day of Geekmas, and the giveaways just keep getting bigger.
Google’s daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
Our kooky, hair-splitting, possible skull-cracking, debate-inducing, week-long project of asking people to nominate all things best in science fiction and fantasy continues. Yesterday we asked you to nominate your favorite sci-fi films. Today we’re embarking on another contentious category. We …
Everybody knows the classic winter holiday movies, and most of them are fine, but they get a bit repetitive. Here are some alternatives that probably weren’t on your family’s list… possibly with good reason.
I’ve seen a lot of cool things come out of NASA as they try to appeal to the next generation of scientists and engineers, but this is one of the best yet.
Here are mini-reviews of 20 picture books (call it a blogger’s dozen), from Jack Kerouac for kids and a skateboarding princess to cultural education to some books that are just plain silly.
Our 12 Days of Geekmas celebration heads into the weekend with the wind at its back and the… sun in its… eyes? Wow, I stopped just short of some functional imagery there. What I mean is it’s Saturday, and we’re …
Google’s daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
Some suggestions for parents on how to talk to your kids about the tragedy in Connecticut.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is perhaps the most expected journey audiences will go on this year. We’ve all been madly waiting to venture back to Middle-earth — back to Peter Jackson’s cinematic version of Tolkien’s world. The anticipation, and …
28 people, including 18 children, killed in shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
The new Hobbit production video is up!
Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower website: www.dorktower.com.
Someone has sent a replica of the journal in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” to the University of Chicago.
In just a few hours, Jeff McCord will be hosting his second Kick-a-thon, a celebration of cool Kickstarter projects (with a focus on gaming). If you like Kickstarter and gaming, tune in anytime between 9am and midnight (Pacific) today or …
The 1977 animated television adaptation of The Hobbit – like its title character, perhaps – holds up far better than expected, 35 years later.
While the story has been compressed to a TV-friendly 77 minutes and there are some visual and …
Annie Bellet’s Avarice gives the police procedural a twist when she adds it to a fantasy world. The result is a surprisingly good hybrid.
I had a Google Hangout with Bradley Cummings (iOS Board Games) and John Meindersee II (Campfire Creations) to talk about games, game design, and designing for the iPhone vs. iPad.
I’ve been careless about choosing monitors for the desktop PCs in my house. Partially, this is because the monitors are for the kids and my kids aren’t always kind to technical equipment, so much so that I often buy monitors …
Our crazy, argument-inducing, week-long project of asking people to nominate all things best in science fiction and fantasy continues. Today we embarking on a more contentious category. We seek nominations for the top science fiction movies.
Made in Me brings its BAFTA nominated educational game, The Land of Me, to the iPad with three apps, one based around storytelling, one dealing with songs and rhyming and the third adding a little dose of physics fun into …
As we near the halfway point of this year’s 12 Days of Geekmas Ken and I are parched, restless and mildly delusional. Giving away stuff is hard work, people, but we endure. For you!
Google’s daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
We have to post this because io9 has finally stated for the record what we’ve knowa all along: Geek Dads are sexy. Yes, the truth is out there at last. And even better, they’ve recognized one of our own: Senior …
A review of a fantastic new app that allows children to tell stories with friends and families over vast distances.
My precioussssss …. Lego. Iain Heath, a software engineer and dad from Seattle, sculpted this pair of Lego figures depicting the pivotal encounter between Bilbo and Gollum. Pretty sweet.