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• Win Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 Blu-ray
  Tell us how the animated series fits into George Lucas' sprawling sci-fi universe and you could win one of five free Blu-ray copies. Plus: See a preview of one of the featurettes from Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three.
  10.21.11

• Tom & Jerry Golden Collection Comes Out on Blu-ray Next Week
  My youngest son, spurred by the viewing of some fan-edited Star Wars films, has recently become obsessed with edited versus unedited versions of popular anime and American cartoons. He's the one who urged me to get a review copy of the Blu-ray high definition Tom & Jerry: The Golden Collection, Volume One, which is due out ...
  10.21.11

• Dork Tower Friday
  Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
  10.21.11

• 4 New Features Shine in FIFA Soccer 12 on Xbox 360 and iPad
  FIFA Soccer 12 is a must for fans of soccer, or "football" as this fine sport is known in the rest of the world. That's because this video game is not just for for video game enthusiasts, but also for aficionados of this great sport the world over because of what it has to offer. ...
  10.21.11

• Eric Carle's Book Inspires the Blue Horse Auction
  Eric Carle, the man behind The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a host of other colorful, immediately recognizable books, has a new book out this month: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse. It's inspired by the German Expressionist painter Franz Marc, whose paintings (including blue horses) were banned by the Nazis as "degenerate." When Carle ...
  10.21.11

• Who Ya' Gonna Call? InSpectres! An In-Depth RPG Review
  Up for review this time and just in time for Halloween is an independently published RPG that is a great fit for both adults and kids: InSpectres is a game about supernatural investigation and elimination. It is by Jared Sorensen and published by Momento Mori Theatricks. In it, players adopt the role of members of ...
  10.21.11

• Cellphones Totally Don't Cause Cancer, Says Danish Study
  For those who dismiss mobile phone radiation studies because the sample groups are too small, prepare for some good news. New research says that cellphones don't cause cancer. The sample size? All of Denmark. Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen studies the entire adult population of Denmark (people 30 and over), going back ...
  10.21.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Oct. 21
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  10.21.11

• You Are Not Your Name and Photo: A Call to Re-Imagine Identity
  The real power of Christopher "moot" Poole's message about reclaiming identity is that it's not just about fighting what doesn't work; it's about building and supporting what does.
  10.20.11

• Piece Me Puzzles iOS App: Art for Kids
  I recently had the chance to try out two apps from Fashionbuddha, in their new Piece Me Puzzle line of apps. The first is Piece Me Birds and the second is Piece Me Circus, and each features seven simple puzzles. One thing that sets these apart from other puzzle apps I've seen is the focus ...
  10.20.11

• Create Your Own Member of the Lego Hero Recon Team
  Lego has a lot to offer kids and grown-ups in the put-stuff-together genre of toys. Kits, models, playsets, and even interchangeable minifig parts have wide appeal. For kids who like playing with things like action figures, however, there is a relatively new toy available: The Lego Hero Recon Team. The Lego Hero Recon Team is a ...
  10.20.11

• Wordstock Interview: Ryan Alexander-Tanner
  I came across Ryan Alexander-Tanner at Wordstock, where he had copies of his book To Teach: The Journey, in Comics. It's one that I haven't read myself, but had heard of, so I stopped to chat with him. Alexander-Tanner works with kids and comics, leading comics-making workshops and using comics to teach writing and literacy. GeekDad: ...
  10.20.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Thursday, Oct. 20 by Joe Jonas
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  10.20.11

• Gallery: Dark Lord Conquers Earth in Star Wars: The Complete Vader
  How strong is Darth Vader's grip on humanity? A new book charts the Dark Lord's utter domination of Earth's imagination, showing off rarely seen variations on George Lucas' antihero, from international movie posters to an Oklahoma butter sculpture. Plus: Enter to win a copy of The Complete Vader.
  10.19.11

• Why Google Doesn't (and Shouldn't) Care About Tablets Yet
  Why isn't Google racing to get out ahead of the tablet market, pushing the envelope on pricing and capabilities, and generally looking to disrupt the whole show?
  10.19.11

• Dork Tower Wednesday
  Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
  10.19.11

• Tough and Lovely: The Tuff-Luv In-Genius Case for iPhone 4S
  After damaging the screens of my trusty iPod Touch and my iPhone within the span of a single week, I began to realize that I may be the kind of user who requires a bit more coverage from a device case. Sure, the shells I had in place on both units did a fine job ...
  10.19.11

• GeekDad Batman: Arkham City Swag Review
  October 18 has finally hit; and you undoubtedly have in your grubby little gamer mitts your very own copy of Batman: Arkham City. It's the game you've been dreaming of since before you even finished the first Rocksteady and Warner Brothers Batman masterpiece. According to professional forecasting algorithms, the midnight release of the game was ...
  10.19.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Wednesday, Oct. 19
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  10.19.11

• With He Thinks He's People, Rob Crow Returns to Smart Indie Pop
  The founder of Pinback, Goblin Cock and other rock bands cranks out a new solo album filled with pop-culture apocrypha. Crow chats about his latest record and his varied responses to the latest geek entertainment offerings, from DC Comics "New 52" to arty TV show American Horror Story.
  10.18.11

• Winged Robot Is Time Machine to Origins of Flight
  A new study provides some fresh data for what primitive wings were used for before bird ancestors could fly — and not from fossils, but from a winged robot.
  10.18.11

• The Looney Tunes Show Comes to DVD
  Unlike a lot of other parents and friends I've talked to, I am not enraged by the very existence of new Warner Bros. Animation property The Looney Tunes Show. I get it; it's an animated sitcom. It's The Odd Couple, except with Bugs and Daffy in the all-important dual roles of best friends and constant ...
  10.18.11

• Unleash Your Creativity With The Lego Ideas Book
  There seems to be an involuntary reaction when you are introduced to a pile of Lego bricks. You can't help but pick them up and start clicking them together; this tactile experience is only enhanced by the creativity that you involuntarily show when building with bricks. Ask six people to build a simple car or ...
  10.18.11

• Free Your Toys and Join #OccupyLegoLand
  As the #OccupyWallStreet protests spread around the globe this weekend, intensifying in some places into open conflict with authorities, it was inevitable that the movement would strike at the heart of GeekDad's cultural landscape: LEGO. #OccupyLegoLand is an (affectionate) parody page that gives voice to LEGO minifigs, working in horribly exploitative conditions, even as billions of ...
  10.18.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Tuesday, Oct. 18
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  10.18.11

• Dork Tower Monday
  Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
  10.17.11

• GeekDad Exclusive: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Giveaways
  Disney is releasing Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on Blu-ray 3D & Blu-ray Hi-Def Combo Pack tomorrow (Tuesday 10/18). This fourth installment of the Pirates series follows Jack Sparrow and Barbossa as they embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are ...
  10.17.11