There’s a bit of an unwritten law among Lego geeks that gluing a kit together is taboo —unless you’re creating something for use in Legoland, where presumably, large scale models that could be pulled apart would pose a danger to visitors, not to mention a lot of maintenance work and ...

Imagine being at a social gathering and someone asks you, “So, what do you do for a living?” How cool would it be to answer, in all honesty, “I’m a Lego Master Builder.” That’s what Steve Gerling gets to say. And, according to him, the looks of shock and awe ...

This past weekend, American Mensa held their annual Mind Games, a gathering of board game lovers who are also Mensa members. They spend all weekend playing games, quickly and furiously, and rating the games based on a variety of criteria. At the end of the weekend, the ratings are tallied, ...

You may have already heard this story, but an innovative young geek named Greyson Maclean has developed reusable LEGO decals. Only 11 years-old and with the help of his family he has created a product and company called Brixstix and they have become a hit. In recent times, I’ve been playing ...

We're a board game family. There, I admit it. In an age of family Wii games and the internet, there is something soothing about turning off the electrical hum that surrounds most of the day and playing a game (one with physical pieces, no less!). With ...

Games Pitches is a repository for video game pitches and design documents. (It also happens to hold the original pitch document for The Wire as well). The site looks rather new, but the concept is an excellent one and fascinating for any GeekDad readers interested in how their favourite game ...

Ok, so you're going to see some of the snark that I mentioned earlier pop on out (later on in the post). I actually got theMy Take Along Puppet Theater before I got the Dragon Castle. There are a lot of wonderful things about this toy and at least one ...

I'm back – which means I've got a lot of reviews in me and, boy, has the snark really built up. Just kidding...kind of. I'm starting out with a few good products, hoping they will ease the sleeping snark-dragon back into hibernation. Speaking of drag...

Around our house, we are very fond of Gamewright games. With titles like Slamwich, Rat-a-tat Cat and Loot in its catalog, this company consistently churns out winners – and not just fun games, either. A good number of Gamewright games are award winning funfests. So when they asked me if ...

In my house we have a spot for errant Lego called “The Lego Lost and Found box”. In that box there are leftover Technic Pieces, Gears, Bricks and those little translucent caps. Recently I’ve tossed in a handful of Erector Set pieces and some LED’s will soon follow. The ...