This past weekend my wife had a meeting in Astoria, Oregon, so we decided to tag along and make a short vacation. We'd never been to Astoria before and I didn't know much about it (other than that The Goonies was set and filmed there). We only spent most of ...

Pixar has been making feature-length computer-animated films since Toy Story in 1995, and all of them have been artistic and popular successes; the latest is Brave, which is notable for being both Pixar's first "fairy tale" (in other words, a magic-based story set in a mythic "once upon a time" ...

Last weekend my wife and I left our kids at their grandparents' and headed down to the South's true cultural hub, Atlanta, GA, for a night on the town. Saturday evening The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center played host to sold out performance of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of ...

This weekend is a major first for me. I'm not talking about my first trip to San Francisco, which has been awesome. I am talking about my first Maker Faire and I couldn't be more excited. It is palpable and I imagine this is what Charlie Bucket felt like before ...

Come join some of the editors and writers for GeekDad and GeekMom at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend, May 19-20, 2012, at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in the EXPO Hall! There will be giveaways, contests, experiments, toys, games, and much ...

When you hear about an institution, not least an ancient religious one, embracing new technology all sorts of alarm bells start to ring. Similarly when a community you are part of decides to experiment with new ways of doing things it can feel a little uneasy. Add video-games into this ...

Magnificent_Desolation IMAX Today I watched Magnificent Desolation: Man Walking on the Moon, which is running as part of OMSI's IMAX Film Festival. It's a film from 2005 but I hadn't seen it before, so I was glad to have the opportunity to catch it now.

Mother's Day around our place has frequently featured video gaming sessions, where my wife is given the opportunity to play a game, theoretically without interruption — anything in the Zelda series is a typical choice. This might not sound like a big deal, but since we've had kids, sitting down ...

Every year, about 20,000 young people are "emancipated" from the foster care system; what this means in plain terms is that they turn 18 years old, and their birthday present is a notice that they no longer have a home, food, education or other resources. Patrice Pinaquy decided to try ...

Considering that The Avengers has been shattering box office records right and left since it opened, and that it passed the $700 million mark worldwide yesterday, it can hardly be considered a surprise that a sequel is already in the works. Still, it’s nice to get official notice that the ...