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The Dark Knight Doesn’t Actually Rise (By the Core) [Review]

The Dark Knight Doesn’t Actually Rise (By the Core) [Review]

What it comes down to for me is that it’s almost impossible to fathom how the creators of The Dark Knight and Inception, two of my favorite movies in recent years (that I can watch from beginning to end at any time), managed to crank out such a boring, underwhelming, disappointing joke of a movie as Dark Knight Rises

Comic Book Men – Have You Seen It?

Comic Book Men – Have You Seen It?

I’m assuming you’re watching, if not caught up on Comic Book Men- awesome show for nerds like us, so I have to worry what it’s ratings really are and if it has a chance in hell of lasting. The good thing being, it looks like it’s shot for dirt cheap. The stuff people have come in wanting to sell has been just awesome.

Do Games Really Offer Us a Unique Experience?

Do Games Really Offer Us a Unique Experience?

I slipped. I’ll admit it, I slipped. But I’m going to make it up to you all, by exploring a particular issue I think has plagued video games long enough: Why all the brown landscapes?

Boldly Dying Out: The End of Space Adventures? (Guest Author – Joel Gonzaga)

Boldly Dying Out: The End of Space Adventures? (Guest Author – Joel Gonzaga)

Our current generation has seen one of the greatest fantasy franchises ever to come to literature, movies, and even those addictive Lego video games: Harry Potter.

Webcomics 101 – The Update Schedule

Webcomics 101 – The Update Schedule

Last time we talked about how what format your comic took could have short and long range effects on your brand new webcomic. This time we’re going to look at something just as important to the success of your work: what update schedule you decide on.

Discover your Dates Geeky Traits (Guest Author – Tonya Vrba)

Discover your Dates Geeky Traits (Guest Author – Tonya Vrba)

I certainly don’t fall under the umbrella term of a ‘typical girl.’ I’m actually a bit of a geek. When in the dating world, this has either meant that I was super awesome, or just weird.

IBM’s New CEO: A Step Forward for Women? Guest Author – Brittany Lyons

IBM’s New CEO: A Step Forward for Women? Guest Author – Brittany Lyons

Recently, Virginia Rometty was appointed as the first female CEO in IBM’s history. The IT world, especially higher up positions, has typically been a male dominated field. Very few women have made it to the upper echelon of this industry and as such, a lot of attention is being focused on this appointment. Does this represent an overall step forward for women who are working in the IT industry, or will it prove nothing more than a minor blip on the radar screen?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Geek Girl Brandilyn talks about how doing these things has made a difference in her life, and sometimes her bank account.

Youtube vs. Vimeo Showdown

Youtube vs. Vimeo Showdown

Brandilyn Drake explores two rivals of cloud-sharing video options–You Tube and Viemo.

History of Video Formats

History of Video Formats

The format in which we watch movies progressed exponentially since Thomas Edison’s first experiments with the format near the turn of the 20th century. The following is a timeline of… Read more »

The Vestige of the Carnival Geek in Modern Geekdom (Guest Author – Hat)

The Vestige of the Carnival Geek in Modern Geekdom (Guest Author – Hat)

Surprise surprise, you all get to deal with me again. This time however, I’m going to talk about a simple notion: How the old definition of geeks may yet still apply to the geeks of today.

Socialommerce and Socialnomics — Actual Words For What We All Do

Socialommerce and Socialnomics — Actual Words For What We All Do

Geek girl Brandilyn Drake explores Eric Qualman’s coined concepts, “Socialommerce” & “Socialnomics”.

Geek to Geek: Where Do Our Gaming Characters Come From?

Geek to Geek: Where Do Our Gaming Characters Come From?

This article may be dealing with some more psychological analysis rather than geekdom, but I felt it was something that could be written about nonetheless. After some heavy thinking, I began to wonder: What DOES go into creating a tabletop character, meant for a world other than ours?

The Fantasy of a Simple Life in a Complicated World – The Appeal of Medieval Fantasy Settings

The Fantasy of a Simple Life in a Complicated World – The Appeal of Medieval Fantasy Settings

We all live in an interesting time. Technological advances are common now, the pace of invention slowly overshadowing the growth of humanity itself. Strides in medicine have allowed us to cure disease, technology has improved our lives and lifespans, and our lives just seem to be made easier as time goes on. Yet if this is the case, why do we fantasize so much about the medieval periods?

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