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A Fantasy (Game) Is Better Than Reality (Baseball)

I recently had a conversation with a man who scoffed at gaming and fantasy. The guy was a sports fan. So was I. But we didn’t see eye to eye. “That isn’t reality,” he said of my years reading J.R.R. … Continue reading

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Five Great Cyberpunk Novels Tron Should Inspire You to Read (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

It’s not as though Tron (1982) invented virtual reality or cyberspace — the idea of humans entering into an immersive computer generated environment was around way before Flynn and his cohorts ran the grid in their light cycles. Philip K. Dick … Continue reading

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Seriously, Google: A Doodle About Ice Cream Sundaes? (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

A message to the fine folks at Google: You don’t have to greenlight every idea for a doodle that comes along. Birthdays of famous figures from history we can get behind — we’ve been known to dabble in that a … Continue reading

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