This is Part II of the interviews my son (John Luke) and I conducted at 343 Industries with Frank O’Connor, Franchise Development Director; Dan Ayoub, Executive Producer of Publishing; and Josh Holmes, Studio Creative Director and Creative Director, Halo 4. For Part I, click here. GeekDad: The Halo community is very ...

My son John Luke and I had the opportunity to visit with the main dudes who have taken over the development and care of the Halo franchise at 343 Industries. Fair warning, though — the studio head honcha is Bonnie Ross, who graciously brought me a cup of coffee before ...

Father and son Halo fans get to visit 343 Industries (the current Halo developer), and relive a decade of FPS family fun.

A new game makes the Disneyland park an open world you can fly through, and the Kinect a must-have family-gaming accessory.

This week, November 7th through the 10th, Microsoft hosted educators all over the world in Washington, D.C. for the annual Partners in Learning Global Forum event. Educators got the opportunity to network, attend keynote speeches from educational leaders and present their own innovative projects that leverage technology in the classroom. ...

William Henry Gates, III was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Like him or loathe him, Mr. Gates possesses all of the qualifications needed for birthday well-wishes on this blog: He is a Dad (a father of three) and he is definitely a Geek. Gates founded "Micro-soft" with Paul ...

October 22nd marked the 10th birthday of Microsoft XP and the operating system is spending the special occasion by slipping quietly into retirement. As the first major change in Microsoft’s operating system platforms, it was not well perceived in the beginning. XP was bashed by many major IT magazines who said ...

I’m part of the Windows Champions program so I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the ten year anniversary of Windows XP and Office.  I could not get through my day without Windows and Office – and I’ll fully admit it my main PC is still running XP Pro.  I’d love ...

Cookie Monster isn’t just googly-eyed, fuzzy, blue, and a lover of his namesake food item. He’s also a responsible, upstanding citizen who recorded a public service announcement (PSA) with Microsoft, to make sure people are aware of what would happen if there were a global cookie shortage. Oh, and also how ...

While hunting through the release lists for my Hot 3DS Christmas Games, I stumbled upon quite a few interesting Kinect games. These titles are being called Kinect’s second wave because they each extend the use of the controller in some way — or fix issues they had at launch… Dance Central ...