http://www.wired.com/geekdad Parents, Kids and the Stuff We Obsess About Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:31:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/tech-that-helps-me-with-healthy-living/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/tech-that-helps-me-with-healthy-living/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:00:27 +0000 Ryan Carlson http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167765 Living a healthy and active life takes a lot of extra work as a parent. But with the help of an arsenal of gadgets and apps I've found it's possible to gain an advantage in this daily battle. Learn about ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/tech-that-helps-me-with-healthy-living/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/overwinding-the-short-forever-excerpt-from-douglas-rushkoffs-present-shock/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/overwinding-the-short-forever-excerpt-from-douglas-rushkoffs-present-shock/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:10:59 +0000 Jason CranfordTeague http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=166864 Yesterday: Apocalypto Chapter 5 — Overwinding: The Short Forever What’s it like to envision the ten-thousand-year environmental impact of tossing a plastic bottle into the trash bin, all in the single second it takes to actually toss it? Or the ten-thousand-year history ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/overwinding-the-short-forever-excerpt-from-douglas-rushkoffs-present-shock/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/alan-tudyk-wreck-it-ralph/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/alan-tudyk-wreck-it-ralph/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:18 +0000 Tony Sims http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167725 Well today we have a geekdom favorite, Alan Tudyk! This actor has been in almost every serious geek franchise there is - Transformers, Alphas, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and V. Just check his IMDb profile for the rest, it ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/alan-tudyk-wreck-it-ralph/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/30-classic-games-for-simple-outdoor-play/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/30-classic-games-for-simple-outdoor-play/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:00:36 +0000 Jenny Williams http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167753 When I was a kid, we played outside with the other kids in the neighborhood with most of our free time. We also made the most of recess at school. We kept ourselves quite occupied without any of today's modern ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/30-classic-games-for-simple-outdoor-play/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/apocalypto-rushkoff-present-shock/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/apocalypto-rushkoff-present-shock/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:00:41 +0000 Jason CranfordTeague http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=166874 Last week, I reviewed Douglas Rushkoff's excellent new book Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now. This week, GeekDad is excited to present 5 exclusive excerpts from the book.]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/apocalypto-rushkoff-present-shock/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/top-10-punishments-for-geeks/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/top-10-punishments-for-geeks/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:00:02 +0000 Matt Blum http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167750 Evil overlords have a tough time when it comes to punishing geeks. Here, then, are ten strategies for doing just that, for all those evil overlords -- or those who'd like to become one -- who could use a little ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/top-10-punishments-for-geeks/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/agad032913/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/agad032913/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:01:16 +0000 Ken Denmead http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167261 Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills. ]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/agad032913/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/my-pax-east-2013-tabletop-game-highlight-reel/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/my-pax-east-2013-tabletop-game-highlight-reel/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:43:34 +0000 Ryan Carlson http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167658 While at Pax East 2013 I had the opportunity to play a lot of games, observe some games, and add some new games to my games-to-play list.]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/my-pax-east-2013-tabletop-game-highlight-reel/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/dork-tower-thursday-37/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/dork-tower-thursday-37/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:00:20 +0000 John Kovalic http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167664 Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower website: www.dorktower.com.]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/dork-tower-thursday-37/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/interview-jack-mcbrayer-from-wreck-it-ralph/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/interview-jack-mcbrayer-from-wreck-it-ralph/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:00:04 +0000 Tony Sims http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167629 Forget candy for Easter this year - be sure to pick up Sugar Rush for Easter! Sugar Rush of course is the video game world of our favorite brat racer in the movie Wreck-it Ralph. Seriously, what kid (or adult) ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/interview-jack-mcbrayer-from-wreck-it-ralph/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/unexploded-cow/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/unexploded-cow/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:45:19 +0000 Erik Wecks http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167599 Mad cow disease in Britain and old bombs in French fields… What to do? What to do? Oh, I know!]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/unexploded-cow/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/ipad-soundbender/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/ipad-soundbender/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:30:14 +0000 Nathan Barry http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167612 The SoundBender is a simple way to improve the quality of the audio coming from your iPad]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/ipad-soundbender/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/deadwood-kickstarter-ends/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/deadwood-kickstarter-ends/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:15:57 +0000 Erik Wecks http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167604 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/deadwood-kickstarter-ends/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/trajan-strategy-gamers/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/trajan-strategy-gamers/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:44 +0000 Erik Wecks http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167403 Trajan is a solid game with much to offer the serious gamer.]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/trajan-strategy-gamers/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/agad032813/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/agad032813/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:01:54 +0000 Ken Denmead http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167259 Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills. ]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/agad032813/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/fractalnoia-excerpt-from-douglas-rushkoffs-present-shock/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/fractalnoia-excerpt-from-douglas-rushkoffs-present-shock/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:15:05 +0000 Jason CranfordTeague http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=166872 Yesterday: Digiphrenia. Chapter 3 — Fractalnoia They matter less for the solutions they come up with or the accusations they make than for the underlying need driving them all: to make sense of the world in the present tense. When ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/fractalnoia-excerpt-from-douglas-rushkoffs-present-shock/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/myth-a-fully-cooperative-dungeon-crawl-board-game-kickstarter/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/myth-a-fully-cooperative-dungeon-crawl-board-game-kickstarter/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:45:34 +0000 Ryan Carlson http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167439 It's difficult to find a cooperative dungeon crawl adventure that doesn't require one of the players to play against their friends as the dungeon master, crypt keeper, or overlord. I'm very excited to see that MERCS Miniatures is Kickstarting a ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/myth-a-fully-cooperative-dungeon-crawl-board-game-kickstarter/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/cut-the-rope-toys-and-games/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/cut-the-rope-toys-and-games/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:30:22 +0000 Anton Olsen http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=165072 Zeptolab, the people behind the hit mobile games, Cut The Rope, and Pudding Monsters are branching into the physical realm with a line of Cut The Rope themed toys. I met up with them at Toy Fair for a tour ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/cut-the-rope-toys-and-games/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/wordburglar/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/wordburglar/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:15:51 +0000 Z http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167550 Prepare yourself for Wordburglar's G.I. Joe-inspired hip-hop masterpiece Welcome to Cobra Island!]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/wordburglar/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/digital-storm-bolt-review/ http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/digital-storm-bolt-review/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:00:05 +0000 Anton Olsen http://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167521 The Digital Storm Bolt arrived in a surprisingly small box but its weight quickly dispelled the notion that this wasn't a serious gaming machine. The case is solid and powder coated a nice shiny white with a cool black interior. ...]]> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/digital-storm-bolt-review/feed/ 0