Tag Archives: Armchair Geek
“No, I Don’t Have a Landing Permit” – The SARLACC Charity Pin
Looking for a stocking stuffer? SARLACC, the Seattle ARea Lucasfilm Artifact Collectors Club, has commissioned a limited-edition cloissoné lapel pin. In addition to the clever shoutout to The Empire Strikes Back, proceeds from the pin go to support Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. And because their entire operating expenses have […] Continue reading
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How to Make GeekKids Watch Sports
How do free-style skiers manage to twist their bodies while flying through the air? What’s it feel like going into a curve inside a speeding bobsled? If the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat isn’t enough to convince your progeny to join you on the couch for the Olympic Game telecast this winter, […] Continue reading
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Comic Spotlight on Caliber
Happy Comic Release Day!
Today’s spotlight is on Caliber. I received the trade paperback as part of a review packet that Radical Publishing sent out, as Geek Dad Jonathan detailed last week.
Summary:
Caliber revisits the myth of King Arthur, this time setting it in the American West, specifically the Pacific Northwest.
Arthur is the one chosen to […] Continue reading
What Will Happen When Astronauts No Longer Fly On The Space Shuttle?
There are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining flights have all been focused on adding to and upgrading the International Space Station. However, as […] Continue reading
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Review: The Day-Glo Brothers Really Shines
Everyone knows the story of the invention of the airplane, the telephone and the light bulb. But there are a million little things around us that we never even notice which didn’t exist until somebody thought them up. Take Day-Glo colors. We see them every day on Blaze Orange traffic cones and hunter’s […] Continue reading
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We’re All Gleeks — 10 Questions for Glee Co-Creator Brad Falchuk
In high school we all felt the crunch of growing up lost and seeking acceptance. We’re all gleeks in some sense of the word. Check out the GeekDad interview with Glee creator Brad Falchuk! Continue reading
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Puzzle of the Week: Who Ate the Most Fudge?
This week, we have a group of geeks playing D&D and eating fudge. We need to know who ate how much. E-mail your answer to us by Thursday 10 PM EST for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek!
Four geeks and super-logicians were playing their regular D&D Saturday night game at the […] Continue reading
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Atari’s Site Refresh Features Playable Classic Arcade Games
One of my fondest childhood memories is of dropping a token in the Battlezone machine in the side room of the pizza restaurant near our house, stepping up to the simulated periscope, grasping the joysticks and moving my green wireframe tank across the moonscape in search of other tanks, the random cubes they hid behind […] Continue reading
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Tagged Arcade game, Armchair Geek, Atari, Battlezone, Coin-Op, Crystal Castles, Games, Lunar Lander, Video game
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