Tag Archives: Armchair Geek
Radical Publishing Raises the Bar on Comics
Radical Publishing is a relatively new company offering comics, graphic novels and art books. In their first two years they’ve recruited a host of great comics creators (including one of my personal favorites, Warren Ellis), and their offerings are decidely different from most of what you’ll find from Marvel or DC. Radical’s universe covers a […] Continue reading
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Baseball Blast! For Wii Lives Up To Its Name
I know it’s America’s national pastime, but I’m going to come right out and say it: I don’t like baseball. I played for fun when I was younger, but the game ended up being the end to my amateur athletic antics when I tore an ACL playing for a work league softball team. I’ve since […] Continue reading
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Tagged 2K Sports, Armchair Geek, Bob Uecker, Electronic Geek, Major League Baseball, Rob Dibble, sport, Toys and Technology, United States, wii
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Aren’t We All Looking for Calvin and Hobbes?
A couple of decades ago, most people probably read Calvin and Hobbes, holding the daily newspaper over a bowl of cereal or a plate of toast. I know I did. It was one of the few comic strips that was actually funny or interesting. By the time Calvin and Hobbes started running in 1985, most […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Bill Watterson, Bloom County, Calvin And Hobbes, comic strip, Comics, Far Side, People
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Review and Giveaway: Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Win a Copy, You Can!
The Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series is by most accounts much better than it has any right to be, considering the lousy live-action trilogy and animated movie on which it’s based. One of its better characteristics is the high quality of the art and animation, and if your kids are anything like mine, […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, clone wars, drawing, giveaway, klutz, review, Star Wars
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Open Letter to Hollywood: Stop Ruining Our Childhood Memories!
An Open Letter to Hollywood to stop ripping apart the staples of childhood entertainment by making terrible movies based on the cartoons, toys & video games that my generation grew up with. Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Everything Else, GI Joe, He-Man, Hollywood, Movies, Scooby-Doo, Super Mario Bros, Thundercats, TMNT, Transformers
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WGBH Is Helping Girls Discover The Joy Of Engineering
WGBH with the National National Academy of Engineering has launched a program to get more girls interested in engineering through a website called Engineer Your Life. With the President’s recent STEM initiative, this web site is exactly what we need to show high school aged girls why engineering is a cool, creative and rewarding career.
It’s […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Engineering, Girls, Science and Education, Web Sites
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Puzzle of the Week: How Many Dinner Guests — Solution
I gave you all an easy puzzle for Thanksgiving and you responded well. We received over 250 responses! Congratulations to Dan for having his answer randomly chosen from among all the correct answers! He’ll receive a $50 gift certificate from ThinkGeek! Puzzle and solution follow.
Puzzle
While we were preparing the menu for our upcoming feast, my […] Continue reading
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Take a Goofy Nostalgia Trip With ’60s Marvel Comics TV Themes
If you watched cartoons growing up, and possibly even if you didn’t, you probably know the theme to the old Spider-Man TV show: “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can.” But did you know there were also shows built around Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Sub-Mariner? Even if you knew that, I’m […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, cartoons, Marvel, Nostalgia, theme songs, TV
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7 Things Parents Should Know about Fantastic Mr. Fox
This one was the choice of the younger GeekTeen, or as we like to call him, Roger Ebert Jr. As a film buff with an interest in contemporary directors, he wanted to compare it to the other Wes Anderson film he’s seen so far, The Darjeeling Limited. Of course, Fantastic Mr. Fox gets bonus points […] Continue reading
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Review: Harry Potter Spells iPhone App Is Magical, If Imperfect
I doubt there’s a single person of any age who, on reading the Harry Potter books or watching the movies, has failed to consider how useful it would be to have a magic wand. Now, for iPhone and iPod Touch users, if you want to pretend to be a Hogwarts student, there’s an app for […] Continue reading
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