Last week, BioWare and Dark Horse Comics announced Mass Effect: Redemption, a comic series set in the universe of BioWare’s epic 2007 RPG, Mass Effect. Although I’m not much of a comic reader, I’m really excited for this.
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Geek Culture! Summer Movie Suggestions
I hope that your summer is going well and you are enjoying your sunny vacations on the beach, tanning by the pool, or in the fine air conditioning of your own home. Perhaps you are reading one of the books I suggested last time? I just had to ask.
Now, there are some obvious ones…..Star Trek [...]
Geek Culture! Summer Reading Recommendations
With vacation season upon us, many of you are preparing to go to destinations where it may a little cumbersome to lug around that PS3 on the beach or don’t want to get sand on your DSi. So, the perfect substitution is a book, which offers you a different kind of adventure and helps you [...]
Geek Culture! Why We Love Music
I have to say that Google was sort of pissing me off while I was doing some research for this article by asking me if I wanted Greek music. No. I want to search geek music, dang it!
Once I got past that, I began to realize that geeks are widely diverse in their tastes of [...]
Geek Culture! Why We Love Memes
Even if you aren’t quite sure what a meme is I’m sure you have encountered them. They are the funny videos, web sites, and e-mails that are passed around from person to person that causes us to laugh our asses off at work and make our co-workers wonder if we have gone off our rocker.
To [...]
Geek Culture! Why We Love Caffeine
It’s the component in many of our favorite sodas. It makes our coffee worth it in the morning. You can get in mints, gum, and now even sunflower seeds (I am not making this up.). I am talking about caffeine and in all its stimulating and wonderful glory.
I know many of you would not be [...]
Geek Culture! Why We Love Star Trek
With the new Star Trek movie set to be released in the next two weeks, I know many people, including myself are waiting with great anticipation. We have all watched the trailers, read about it online, and some of us are even planning on waiting in line for a midnight release. It will be glorious.
For over forty years now, Star Trek has been very much a huge part of geek culture and that is why I’m writing my first column about it. Star Trek has spawned numerous shows, a cartoon, movies, and has become a big part of pop culture in of itself. It is a franchise that is known worldwide.
