This Week in Oddly Inappropriate Advent Calendars

Holmes over at DadCentric had me choking on my eggnog with this finely-illustrated Christmas conundrum: what the fuck do the prize-pieces in Lego’s Advent Calendar (which includes the Lego set pictured here) have to do with the holidays? With all the Kristmas Krap we’re drowning in this month, it’s always nice to see a toy company …

Auschwitz Video Game Goes Kaput!

Via Heeb: For four years, a team of programmers from around the world has been working to build a mod (or modification, for you non-nerdy “outdoor” types) of the classic 8-bit shooter, Wolfenstein 3D. Titled “Sonderkommando Revolt,” the game features a Jewish protagonist who escapes from certain death, seeking revenge by killing Nazis and rescuing …

A Week on the Wagon

Oh god, what happened this week? It was cold here in New York, and we ‘wagoneers struggled to get our normal, paid work done in addition to the truly fulfilling responsibility of posting on Dadwagon. (Never mind about actually parenting.) Now, I’m not saying we slacked off—but there were obstacles, both actual and psychological, to …

A Week on the Wagon: Musical Chairs Edition

First question: where the fuck has Nathan been? He wrote at the beginning of the week about how his child smuggled a Lego gun through a TSA checkpoint at LaGuardia, and then wasn’t heard from again. We suspect some sort of secret rendition in retribution for the gun-smuggling, and look forward to some Wikileaks photos …