“This is the story of my life, or rather, that part of it that seems to me to be important.”
Gideon Prosper, "The Tempest"
Christy
That time of chalky delicious conversation hearts is upon us. Hold up! They used to be delicious, but Necco decided to introduce new flavors for 2010. No sooner did they touch my tongue than I had to spit them out. I may be forced to make my own conversation circles from a roll of Necco Wafers. In spite of my conversation heart woes I have compiled a Valentine’s Day gift guide for the geek girl in your ..read more
Christy
I quite often defend my geek passion as the equivalent of sports fanatics. I like conventions, comics, movies and such for the same reasons people are fanatical about sports. Not only am I interested in the subject matter but I love the camaraderie of being surrounded by others that share my similar interests. This comparison was most clearly illustrated at DragonCon a few years back. There was a pivotal college football game scheduled in Atlanta the same weekend as DragonCon. While there was some hostility from the geeks when the football fans got a hold of the DragonCon hotel rates and booked out the rooms in record time, ..read more
Christy
A father of two was trapped in the rubble from his hotel after the earthquake in Haiti. Wounded and bleeding, he remembered that he had an application on his iphone from the American Heart Association that contained instructions for first aid and CPR. He was able to attend to his wounds until rescue workers were able to reach him. Have I mentioned that I love technology?
Click here to check out first aid application for your ..read more
Josh
As you may be aware, Geek6 readers voted that I had to attend the midnight launch of Mass Effect 2 at my local Gamestop.
Gamestop’s press release promised a fun evening of “a tank building challenge, grenade launching (real grenades?), a commando dress up contest and more.”
However, I was treated to no grenade building. Instead, I got a sociologically fascinating, but otherwise dull evening.
They turned out by the dozen: IT managers, grocery baggers and holders of business degrees. All were there to pick up Mass Effect 2 and get a few hours — or more — of gametime in before the sun comes up.
“I’m SO calling in ..read more
Jason
Moving into a new house is a daunting task. Getting through unpacking the boxes, even bigger. But the biggest to date? What in tarnation do we to decorate the walls?
To be honest, in the rentals we had had before now, we really did not put a lot of thought into it. Every once in a while, a framed poster would make it up on the wall. Probably the fanciest we got was a photo collage of the missions in San Antonio. Those were some pretty cool pictures I would admit. Oh wait, we had a couple of pieces of art from Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.
So when we started looking at ..read more
Josh
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Well, according to your votes in the poll, I’m going to be at the local Gamestop before 11 tonight (mountain time) to liveblog the Mass Effect 2 launch pre-sale. Check back here throughout the evening for time-stamped updates as soon as I can key them in!
2:23 p.m.: Created the liveblog. Remembered that polls are a bad idea.
2:25 p.m.: Figuring I’ll have to don a geeky shirt, of which I only have a few. My old Atari shirt has bleach on it, my Transformers shirt is way too populist, my retro Transformers logo ..read more
Josh
My wife, in an awesome moment of geekiness, went down to the local Gamestop and preordered Mass Effect 2 for me over Christmas.
Yesterday, she got a voice mail from Gamestop explaining that the local store would be part of a nationwide release party starting at 10 p.m. and culminating in midnight sales.
According to the press release, the event will feature “tank building, grenade launching contests, a commando dress up contest and more.”
This set in motion a bevy of feelings.
At this point, I should tell you that I’m really weird and overly analytical about these types of geek gatherings. I’ve only been to one midnight screening in my life (”Serenity,” of ..read more
Jason
Hello all. I am lazy. And I have neglected my duties here at Geek6. The other day Josh turned a hose on me in an effort to get me off of the couch. Didn’t work. So then he brought in honey, dumped it on me and turned over the office ant farm. Eh. But something in the end shook me from my slumber and I am here once again.
So over the past two weeks, through the rest of vacation and getting back to work (only to have yet another day off Monday), I have been thinking to myself, I need to set some really good New Year’s resolutions.
I have never ..read more
Autumn
My awesome friend Cori made our wedding cake for us.
After much debating (we decided that Caprica Six and Helo would make to bizarre of a couple, for one) we settled on having Richard and Kahlan from Legend of the Seeker to be our cake topper. But there are no LOTS action figures to be found! What’s a girl to do? Why, have the same magic friend make some custom fondant figures! And so she did!
Details are as follows: the sword that Drew is holding is painted with real edible silver, edible 14K Gold, and is adorned with a real Swarovski crystal. Ever the attention to detail Cori also made the ..read more
Jason
Christmas has come and sort of gone, and I stand here looking at my spoils. And all I can really think of right now is that I make it much too easy to shop for me.
Really, if it screams geek (or the sports teams I like) you know I will like it no matter what. And I will embrace it. I will wear it and smile at the confusing looks on the faces of those around me.
So its about the point where you are asking yourself what’s all the nonsense about a penis? I know, I know. But patience.
So I just wanted to share with you the highlights.
Two copies of ..read more
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