With the news of the new Peanuts movie comes the follow-up news of a tie-in video game. When I first heard it, I was pretty shocked. I will admit, I never thought I would get a Peanuts game where I would be playing as Charlie Brown or Snoopy. But in all honestly, this game looks […]
As much as we would all love to pretend that our toys and collectibles are slowly growing in worth, there are some that are just plain awful and actually depreciate over time. Yup, not all your collectibles are collectible, my friend. I09 has more: G.I. Joe Extreme Back in the day, G.I. Joe figures were […]
The problem non-gamers have with gamers is that they assume all and know so very little. We are not some archetype of geek, and just the simple fact that we game does not, alone, make us geeks. There is much about gamers that non-gamers don’t know, but rather, assume. I believe this list will help […]
Beyond the Brick is the kind of movie fans of Lego have been waiting for their whole lives. While Lego Movie was a wonderful and fun experience, this is different entirely. This movie chooses to focus on the makers, lovers and believers in Lego. Whereas Lego Movie was great fun, Beyond the Brick looks like […]
Maybe you would never think of what it would be like if Robocop ended up in The Hunger Games. Luckily, the people over at HowItShouldHaveEnded have speculated with this movie mash, and it’s a thing of beauty. You have to have seen the original Robocop to know how awesome it is they reference the “I’d […]
From Gamergate to the toxicity of our game heroes, Topless Robot has some interesting thoughts on why nerd culture may need to step back and take a good, long look at itself if it intends to evolve as a movement. The last half year has not been the brightest hour for nerds and nerd culture. […]
When people think geeks and gaming, they often associate the name with video games. But what a great many onlookers don’t realize is that many board games also have factored into our utter geek fandom. In other words, when not controlling pixels or polygons, these games are the next place you were likely to find […]
A great many people think geekdom itself was spawned directly from science fiction films and comic books, but believe it or not, the true roots of geekdom go deeper and further than that. There were often indie ‘zines’ put out by local writers and artists to try and get their work featured and exposed to […]
Want a girlfriend or boyfriend, but don’t want to put in the time or effort or actually have a living person in your life? We have an app for that! It is called Invisible Girlfriend and Invisible Boyfriend and it does exactly what the name seems to imply. It creates a virtual partner for you to […]
Empire Robotics have built a pretty impressive robot in the form of the Versaball. It is a simple robot arm that can do some really cool, simple things that would make your own life immeasurably easier (to help you change light bulbs and such). But apparently, while sitting around the lab figuring out other uses […]