Category: Crowdfunding
Find Fame in ‘FlipToons’
Everyone wants to be the next big breakout cartoon—assemble the best cast of characters and find fame! FlipToons is a deck-building game for 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 15–30 minutes to play. It retails for $19.95 and will be released at Gen Con 2025, with pre-orders open now that…
Click That Brick! The LEGO Icons Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook
LEGO has recently introduced a new line of sets: Book Nooks, which unfold to present scenes from the novels they are based on. The first of these is based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes books, and gives us a scene from Baker Street. The LEGO Icons Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook, set #10351, is a 1,359-piece…
Guess That Pokémon – Unova Edition!
Ultra PRO has released their latest Pokémon Electronic Guessing Game – the Unova Edition! The Electronic Guessing Game is designed for players 6-years-old and up. By now, everyone is likely very familiar with websites, apps, and games that focus on a specific fandom or theme and ask the player to “think” of a specific thing,…
Stack Overflow: Reading Grab-Bag
School is finally out for us and we’ve moved into our summer schedule, though you wouldn’t know it from the weather—we had a grey, rainy summer solstice this weekend. Today’s stack doesn’t have a specific theme; it’s primarily comic books, but I’ve also got a couple of joke books in there for good measure—just a…
Cardboard Crafting with ChompSaw
If you’ve got crafty kids and you’re looking for a fun activity for the summer, here’s a nifty tool to consider: the ChompSaw! Originally funded through Kickstarter back in 2023, the ChompSaw is like a kid-safe table saw for cardboard. My kids were working on some cardboard projects recently so I looked it up again,…
DC This Week Round-Up – Fusion and Fan-Mail
Ray: Tying in with the events of “We Are Yesterday”, the finish to this sci-fi adventure delivers some great action. Captain Atom has been captured by Inferno – but there’s a stowaway on board in the form of Ryan Choi, who has infiltrated the enemy base to try to free his subject/friend. As Ray Palmer…
10 Things Parents Should Know About Setting Up the Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo’s launch of the Switch 2 has been a real ride, due, at least in part, to these unprecedented times in which we live. (Oh, dear reader, how I long to return to precedented times!) There was a trade war and related shipping concerns. There was a rush for pre-orders… and then a number of…
Father’s Day Gift Guide 2025
Price: $69.95 Amazon Perfect for the prequel-loving dads, his 616-piece LEGO set brings Jango Fett’s iconic Mandalorian helmet to life in amazing detail. From the color-scheme to the adjustable range finder, it’s a stylish display piece that’s as fun to build as it is to show off. Whether he’s Team Fett or just a sucker…
Stack Overflow: Here We Go Again
Today’s stack is about time travel. Wait, didn’t that just happen last week? Maybe you’re stuck in a time loop. In this book, time traveling is an ability that some people just develop, usually when they enter adulthood, and they find they’re able to walk through the mists of time—though it wreaks havoc on regular…
Highway to Halloween: The Lowe’s Haunted Haunted Sea Diver Animatronic
We just passed the “Halfway to Halloween” date, which landed midway between April 30th and May 1st. And so it’s about time to start sharing with our readers some of the great ways you’ll be able to decorate for spooky season! You may recall that I reviewed a couple of Lowe’s 12-foot animatronics in 2024:…
‘A Gentle Rain’: A Relaxing Puzzle Game
Calm your brain at this quiet lake. A Gentle Rain is a tile-laying puzzle game for 1 or more players, ages 8 and up, and takes about 15 minutes to play. It retails for $22.99 and is available directly from Incredible Dream or at your local game store. There is also a Bloom Edition that…
Kawaii is Back in Style With These Two Books
I am always on the hunt for fun books to use with my kids in art class, and these two are both enchanting and have tons of practical, easy-to-follow instructions to achieve cuteness. I don’t think Dani Badani (known for her Etsy shop FunUsual Suspects) could have guessed what effect she had on the world when she first…
Stack Overflow: 6 Books for May
On this roundup list, we celebrate my usual favorites: board books, books in translation, migrant stories, and even an early reader graphic novel that I enjoyed a bit too much. Let’s start with picture books: Micaela Chirif is an award-winning Peruvian author of children’s books and poetry, and I am glad that we are finally…
Stack Overflow: Alien Intelligence
We’ve named ourselves Homo sapiens because what sets us apart—according to ourselves—is the way that we think. We are knowledgeable, wise, sentient in a way that other creatures are not… aren’t we? What happens when we encounter minds that are quite different from our own? Today’s stack includes a few stories of people encountering alien intelligences.…
Stay Hydrated With the DREO Reverse Osmosis Water Filter
There are many health benefits to drinking water…not the least of which is staying alive! But you may have heard, not all water is created equal. I was lucky enough to grow up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the water is good enough to drink straight from the tap. But having lived in…
Can You Beat the Odds and “Flip 7”?
On the front of the card box for Flip 7 is the bold statement: “The Greatest Card Game of All Time!” Naturally, that’s going to make any gamer want to put the game to the test. So let’s see how Flip 7 lives up to the promise! Flip 7 is a push your luck card game…
World Indie Games: A New Era of Crowdfunding for Independent Developers
In the ever-evolving world of game development, crowdfunding has emerged as a game-changer, enabling independent studios and solo developers to bring their creative visions to life. Traditional funding models often impose high barriers to entry, forcing developers to seek publishers or private investors, which can lead to compromises in artistic vision and project autonomy. Crowdfunding,…
New Game Card “Beat”
🎮 BEAT Party Game Card: The Game That Takes Truth to the Limit is Now on Kickstarter If you’ve ever felt that a simple “Truth or Dare” wasn’t enough, BEAT Party Game Card is here to revolutionize how we play with the truth. This bold and exciting board game, created by Monkey Republic Games, has…