Here are the games that are coming up in 2012 that I’m most looking forward to, in no particular order. Mass Effect 3 Bioware’s action RPG Mass Effect 3 is the newest in the Mass Effect series, bringing improved game-play: a retooled combat system, cover scenarios and the addition of ...

We’ve all seen the ornaments Hallmark comes out with every year, and to be fair, some of them are excellent. There are a few Star Trek ones each year, and Star Wars ones, and other somewhat geeky ones, but they’re mainstream — and while there’s nothing inherently wrong with mainstream ...

Just the fact that you’re reading this means that, if we’re serious about it, you have things to be thankful for — to whatever higher power you believe in or simply to the universe in general. But you probably didn’t come here wanting to be serious, so we’ll let you ...

Just because today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., when family and food dominate our focus, doesn’t mean we need to stop being geeks. With a little effort, we can work our geekiness into the holiday. To that end, we at GeekDad thought we could help out with some suggestions for ...

Sometimes it can be hard to see the messages a movie teaches, especially if they’re unintentional. The best way to see a movie’s messages, the bad ones in particular, is to be a parent watching the movie with your kids. Suddenly you find yourself talking to your kids after you ...

It ain't easy for a vamp out there, and here's 10 reasons why.

With the popularity of zombies approaching bacon-like proportions, and with Halloween upon us, we at GeekDad were concerned that some folks might be considering actually becoming zombies. Hey, in a world where Justin Bieber has over 14 million Facebook fans, anything is possible. So, as a public service announcement of ...

It’s easy to find a list of horror movies to watch for Halloween. They run the gamut from good to bad to so-bad-it’s-good to funny. But for parents of pre-teens, it can be hard to find something to watch that’s in the proper Halloween spirit, but won’t induce a month ...

Geeks love to argue, particularly with other geeks. We don’t just argue about whether Kirk or Picard is the better captain because we have deeply-held opinions on the subject — though some of us certainly do — but because, well, it’s fun. Even knowing intellectually that there isn’t any definitive ...

Ten ten TEN. Poorly veiled corporate hell-spawn keep sending Da-da Top 10 lists selling this and that. Manipulation aside, why does the Western world auto-code its point-blank zeitgeist with TEN? Is it from the french verb, tenet, which is where we get the word, tennis, french obloquy for, "Here it ...