Incantor, a smartphone-based augmented reality game currently in the works by developer MoveableCode, hopes to offer geeks like me a way to wizard-duel in the real world. With a Bluetooth-enabled wand and a smartphone app, I'll cast spells, battle my friends, and complete quests, all in my own backyard. It's ...

Okay, I'm not a huge fan of Facebook games. I never played Farmville or Mafia Wars, and since I spend less and less time on Facebook every passing month, I'm not usually on the lookout for games there. However, one of my favorite iOS games has made the jump to ...

GeekDad's own Andy Robertson gives a wonderful talk at TEDxExeter on exploring new ways to think about videogames.

Having whittled my thoughts down to a ten minute talk for TEDx last week (see the above video, which we played earlier this week), I've gone back to my notes to piece together a long-form rendering of these ideas. What I discovered was a lot more background on how I ...

GeekDad's own Andy Robertson gives a wonderful talk at TEDxExeter on exploring new ways to think about videogames.

Now spanning two coasts, west and east, the annual PAX conventions in Seattle (PAX Prime) and in Boston (PAX East) have become the two largest gaming events in North America. With PAX East only in its third year, organizers are predicting the "biggest PAX yet." More than 70,000 attendees will ...