Tag Archives: Armchair Geek

Comics Spotlight On Prodigal: Egg of First Light

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Corrina-Lawson

Happy Comic Release Day!
I’ve been looking over my previous columns and realize that I tend to use the word “fun” when describing projects and also that I’ve focused on a lot of DC and Marvel work. This is likely because my taste tends to favor superhero and adventure stories that don’t take themselves too seriously.
But […] Continue reading →

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This Week in The Clone Wars: Mandalorians (Finally!) and Jon Favreau

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Jason-B.-Jones

Since Season Two was pitched as “Rise of the Bounty Hunters,” and since the iconic Star Wars bounty hunters are probably Jango and Boba Fett, there has been a palpable desire for Mandalorian characters. This week, with “The Mandalore Plot,” the wait is finally over, as a three-episode story reveals much more detail about […] Continue reading →

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Discover Discover the Desert

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Jenny-Williams

Our world is full of many different types of ecosystems. We tend to be very familiar with the ones in which we live, and with the ones where we spend a great deal of time. But we’re often unfamiliar with many of the others. Since the world’s deserts are only a small part of what […] Continue reading →

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Dork Tower Wednesday

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Ken-Denmead

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
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Psst … Marvel? This Name Is a Really Bad Idea

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Corrina-Lawson

It’s been a good month for female superheroes, first with the announcement of the Birds of Prey relaunch by DC and now with Marvel announcing a new comic featuring teen superheroines.
There’s one problem with the new Marvel project. The name.
Her-Oes.
First, the large “O” has an unfortunate implication all on it’s own and I don’t mean […] Continue reading →

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Geekly Reader: The Brixton Brothers Book One

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Jonathan-Liu

As a kid, I loved reading Encyclopedia Brown books, even when I was old enough that the mysteries were really simple to solve and I realized how absurd it was that Chief Brown needed his son’s help to solve cases. I didn’t read quite as much Hardy Boys, except for one summer when my younger […] Continue reading →

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Catalog Your Books Online

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Doug-Cornelius

Geeks like books and we want our kids to like books. If you are obsessive like me, you have the urge to catalog those books. Or maybe, in this age of online information consumption, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to read more books this year. Or maybe you want a place where the grandparents […] Continue reading →

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Download Kobold Quarterly #10 for Free

Posted on January 26, 2010 by John-Baichtal

Want a taste of the award-winning D&D magazine that has the gnomes scowling? Between now and the end of January 2010, you can go to the KQ Store and use the coupon code KQ10Free to score a free copy of ENnie-Award-winning zine.
Issue #10 features an interview with Paizo’s Jason Bulmahn, Ed Greenwood’s Dwarven Goddess, Ecology […] Continue reading →

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A Wall Mounted TV Is A Safe TV

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Brad-Moon

Which would you rather have fall on your kid: a 36 inch screen, 236 pound Trinitron tube TV or a 40 inch screen, 43 pound Bravia LCD TV? The correct answer, of course, is neither. Unfortunately, it seems that many people have inadvertently opted for the second choice, with the number of children injured by […] Continue reading →

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Dork Tower Monday

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Ken-Denmead

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