Youtube user HarryPotterHimself wants to win Moviefone’s “America’s Biggest Harry Potter Fan” contest, so he submitted his entry in the form of a Youtube video, which is embedded below. “I’ve read each of them over 100 times, I know the stories inside and out. And for the last 12 years I’ve been the biggest, most […]
The holidays are quickly and inexorably approaching. And if you’re like me, you’re likely to find a few hilarious (and well-intended) presents under the old Christmas tree, or your celebratory equivalent. Because, try as our families might, sometimes it’s just plain impossible to find a good gift for a geek without some really good direction. […]
My Little Star Wars: a totally epic set of modified My Little Pony dolls by Flickr user Mari Kasurinen. Enjoy!
The story of a man’s life told through the facebook’s interface. [Via Vimeo]
Beautiful. Just beautiful. [Via Buzzfeed]
Lewis Wilson (Batman, 1943) Robert Lowery (Batman & Robin, 1949) Adam West (Batman, 1966-1968) Michael Keaton (Batman, Batman Returns, 1989 – 1992) Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm, Justice League, Batman Beyond & Batman video game series 1992 – Current) Val Kilmer (Batman Forever, 1995) George Clooney (Batman & Robin, […]
With the penultimate Harry Potter film looming just around the corner, I am yet again reminded of the degrees of fandom in our community. While I’d like to say that geeks are entirely welcoming to all stripes of fans, over the years I’ve detected certain fandom hierarchies within geekery. And perhaps no fandom has stirred […]
Did you hear the one about the computer virus that was part of an Opus Dei plot? It’s no joke for a New York couple who appear to have been scammed out of $6 million after falling for the ultimate tall tale, which all began in 2004 when they took a computer to a repair […]
These days there are more nerd rock bands than you can shake an Atari joystick at. From nerdcore to geek rock, it’s clear that the geek vibe has infiltrated the music scene as well as the movie and literary scenes. But it wasn’t always that way. When I was in high school in the mid-90s, […]
My post from a few weeks ago, detailing why I’d decided to switch to a PC from a Mac, really got some of your blood boiling. While there were a few folks utterly aghast at my decision to nix the shiny world of Apple for the starker, more sterile world of Microsoft, on the whole, […]