Apr 02 2012

ThinkGeek Inflatable Star Trek Chair is Real

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Geek Gold Card alert! The ThinkGeek Inflatable Star Trek Chair is real. It is not some cruel post-April-Fool’s Day joke. (I emailed their publicist and asked. Seriously.)

In the immortal words of George Takei, oh my God. Read more »


Feb 13 2012

ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty—The Future Of Retro iOS Gaming (UPDATED With Photos!)

ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty

ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty Action Shot. You know you want one.

Toy Fair is in full swing and I just received an email that made as excited as Han Solo when he learned that Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker were related. ThinkGeek, retailer of all things awesomely geeky, has announced the iCade 8-Bitty. I say this is the future of Retro iOS gaming.

The future of retro what now? Let me explain.

(Note: now updated with photos. Whoo-hoo!)

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Feb 07 2012

How To Make A Star Wars Book Even Nerdier (Geek Gold Card)

Star Wars, the Book of Sith

Star Wars, the Book of Sith! Geek Gold Card time!

I think we can all agree that Star Wars is a bit nerdy. Want to know how to make a Star Wars book even nerdier?

Put it in a box that opens to the accompaniment of “lights and Star Wars sound effects.” It is… the Book of Sith.

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Nov 07 2011

G-Man Half Price at Thwipster [DaddyDeals]

G-Man Half Price at Thwipster

Have we got a DaddyDeal for you! OK, it’s Thwipster who has the deal — G-Man by Chris Giarrusso for half the regular price. But we’re telling you about it. So we’re cool too.

Here’s the deal: Read more »


Jul 21 2011

Hugh Jackman at Comic Con Video

X-Men Origins: Wolverine DVD

Hugh Jackman showed up at Comic Con to talk about “Real Steel” and “Wolverine 2″. Here’s the video. Read more »


Jul 15 2011

Today I Vacuumed An Air Conditioner [And You Can Too!]

Add this to the list of things I never thought I would do (some of which you can find on What Dad Did Today). Today I vacuumed an air conditioner. I really did.

It’s not that easy to do. Which wasn’t a total surprise.

This was not something I did just because I had nothing else to do. I vacuumed the inside of my air conditioner in an effort to Read more »


Jun 14 2011

For Father’s Day, How About Some Dad Video Game Time?

PS 3

ZDNet has a cute list of things to give your geeky dad this Father’s Day. I definitely fall into this category. I already have the Geek Dad book (highly recommended), and most of the things I actually want either haven’t been invented yet (flying car) or are too expensive (a Sonos streaming music setup and someone to set it all up for me so I don’t have to do it). One gift that costs nothing is time. Time to do what? Play video games, of course. Read more »