Tag Archives: Electronic Geek
Aion MMO Is More Than WoW With Wings
Chances are you’ve already heard of Aion. Released back in September, it was touted as the biggest massively multiplayer online game launch of the year. At nearly 450,000 preorders, it started off a little rocky (what MMO doesn’t?) and publisher NCsoft had to employ a 16,000-player ban-fest back in November. With upgrades to the game’s […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged computer games, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Electronic Geek, Games, Massively multiplayer online game, MMOG, RPGs, Videogames, Wizards of the Coast, World of Warcraft
Comments Off on Aion MMO Is More Than WoW With Wings
Jonas Brothers and A Christmas Carol: Two Disney DS Games Both Earn A “Meh”
As we work through the last of the 2009 game review pile, my kids gave a pair of Disney Interactive DS titles a whirl: A Christmas Carol and JONAS. Both are based on Disney properties, one the recently released Disney adaptation of a classic Christmas movie and the other a Disney Channel show. Neither offers […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged christmas, christmas carol, Disney Channel, Electronic Geek, Everything Else, Hannah Montana, Holiday, Jonas Brother, Nintendo DS, rock band, Toys and Technology
Comments Off on Jonas Brothers and A Christmas Carol: Two Disney DS Games Both Earn A “Meh”
Geek Kid to the Rescue!
I had a perfect storm of difficulties last week, which included but were not confined to a old kitty finally passing away, a sick child in the middle of the night, and a writing deadline nearly destroyed by a problem with MS Word 07.
There wasn’t much to be done about the first two items but […] Continue reading
Ringling Bros. for the Wii is Far From the Greatest Show on Earth
I had some hopes for this game, but both the kids and I had a hard time playing enough of it to actually give it a full review. Each kid tried the single player first and managed three or four mini-games before getting bored and turning it off. Tonight I sat down and tried about […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged Electronic Geek
Comments Off on Ringling Bros. for the Wii is Far From the Greatest Show on Earth
7 Questions With GamersGate CEO Theo Bergquist
For all the hype around console games, the many awesome games for home computers often get overlooked by everyone but the hardcore players. This is somewhat ironic, considering how easy it’s become of late to get such games, due to the advent of legal game download sites.
The biggest player in this market is Steam, to […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged Digital distribution, Electronic Geek, Gamersgate, Games, Paradox Interactive, The Internet
Comments Off on 7 Questions With GamersGate CEO Theo Bergquist
Up Steps a New Family R/C Contender
After the great response to my Tamiya Sand Viper review I thought it would be worth looking at what the other R/C brands offered the budding radio controlled car geek. Step Up have been working on a series directly aimed at newcomers. I took the Stinger EB-1 from CML Distribution out for a spin and […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged Cars, Electronic Geek, outdoors, radio-controlled
Comments Off on Up Steps a New Family R/C Contender
TrueHDR Brings High Dynamic Range Photography to Your iPhone
As phone cams go, the iPhone’s is nothing special. It’s not particularly worse than the rest of the crowd (even other phones with higher pixel counts and flashes don’t necessarily get better images), but no one expects to get any really artistic results out of it either. One of the biggest drawbacks of such a […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged Electronic Geek
Comments Off on TrueHDR Brings High Dynamic Range Photography to Your iPhone
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure: DS Gateway to Pixie Hollow MMOG
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is a Nintendo DS game from Disney Interactive, released to coincide with October’s straight to DVD Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. Aimed squarely at tween girls (all the fairies are female), the DS game is a harmless enough distraction until you realize its true purpose as […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged animation, Arts, dvd, Electronic Geek, Lost Treasure, Movies, Pixie Hollow, The Internet, The Walt Disney Company, Tinker Bell
Comments Off on Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure: DS Gateway to Pixie Hollow MMOG
A Visit to Adafruit Industries: the Model for Fab-it-Yourself Gone Pro
On my way to GeekDad Day at the Wired Holiday Store this weekend, I had the chance to drop in on Limor Fried (aka @ladyada) and Phil Torrone (@ptorrone) at the downtown New York (and I MEAN downtown – three blocks from the WTC) headquarters of Adafruit Industries. A lot of us GeekDads are aware […] Continue reading
Posted in GeekDad
Tagged Adafruit, drawdio, Electronic Geek, epilog laser, fabrication
Comments Off on A Visit to Adafruit Industries: the Model for Fab-it-Yourself Gone Pro
No Place Like Hyrule
I know a lot of people bash Nintendo for courting the casual game market, but they still seem pretty special to me – and not just because a write a few casual game reviews. I love the fact that their game worlds go right back to the days of Game and Watch and the NES. […] Continue reading
