Episode 037: I’m Into Something Good

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8BitDad.com and around the internets for the week leading up to July 17th, 2012: PQotW: At What Age Do Kids Stop Napping? / Viral Video Lightsaber Dad Brad Lewis Talks Star Wars & Fatherhood With 8BD / Dad Pissed Off At Son For Wearing Skinny Jeans / The Latest Battle In The Dad Blog War

You may have recently seen on – yawn – every other website, a video of a little girl having the cutest little lightsaber fight with her dad. It’s cute, it’s ultra cool a father is playing with Star Wars stuff with his daughter, and we love it. But we also noticed something…and when we noticed it, we nerdgasmed.

The dad in the video, Brad Lewis, is a Texas native, who grew up on a ranch and knew when he saw Star Wars that he wanted to be a part of that universe. Years later, he’s had a 15 year career in the video game industry, and currently works at BioWare, as a senior VFX artist. He and his wife Katie have one child – Samantha – the baby Jedi you’ve seen in the viral video.

That viral video and a Q&A are after the jump.

Episode 034: We’re All Out Of Bubblegum

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8BitDad.com and around the internets for the week leading up to June 26th, 2012: #GMCUpNorth / Philips Norelco New Face Of Dad Campaign / 8BD Advisory Panel: Things You Should Buy Before the Baby Arrives / 11 Inspirational Parenting Quotes: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Episode 032: Not Safe For Life

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8BitDad.com for the week leading up to June 5th, 2012: Good On You: JCPenny Features Same-Sex Fathers in Ad / Book Review: Darth Vader And Son / Deaf 2-Year-Old Boy Hears His Mother’s Voice For The Very First Time / Beta Dad – Ruining Daddy Blogging

There comes a time in every future Sith Lord’s life when the Queen wants to bang out a couple of kids before she dies. This is true for Anakin Skywalker who *spoiler alert* is bestowed the honor of “Lord Vader” by Darth Sidious. Darth Vader And Son captures the adorable reality of what life would have been like for Darth Vader as a single working father, in Episode III.V… before Episode IV: A New Hope.

Episode 025: You Can’t Always Be A Pro

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8bitdad.com for the week leading up to April 10th, 2012: PQotW: What Are Your Favorite Apps For Your Kids? / One Father’s Guide to Setting Up an iPod touch for Your Kids / Things Public School Teachers Are Afraid to Tell You / Teen Finds Dad Dabbling In Online Porn / If Darth Vader Were The Father He Could’ve Been To Luke…

Episode 022: Say It With Your Chest

This week’s episode covers the following stories on 8bitdad.com for the week leading up to March 20th, 2012: PQotW: Have You Ever Tried Your Wife’s Breastmilk? / Lysol “Healthy Families” Means Mom & Baby / Star Wars Kids Alphabet: Interview With Artists, Brandon and Emma / Fatherhood On The Go, Part 2: Taking Chaos Into Consideration / After Social Disaster, Huggies Apologizes to Fathers

If you are searching for a unique way to teach younglings the ways of the alphabet, then look no further because we have a nerdtastic treat for you!

I admittedly only recently discovered these illustrations, much later than others in internet years, through a bilingual French site, Geek-Art.net; a wonderful blog managed by Thomas Olivri, where I notably fawned over the mutual adoration of Star Wars. In Thomas’ original post, he provided a link to the source of the alphabet illustrations which lead me to a cantina where I happened to meet up with the two bounty hunters artists.