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The Post About the Relaunch

Dear Nerd World Reader,

This post is to inform you that next Monday, November 16th, Nerd World as you know it will cease to exist. The sparkling nerd-humor, topical nerd wit and incisive nerd commentary that are the only things that make your lives on this bleak orb we know as Earth worth living will no longer appear in the format to which you are accustomed.

Yes. It is a shattering blow.

But even as the end of the Nerd World approaches, a bright spark of hope is kindled in the firmament. The name of this spark is Techland.

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Every 33 Minutes

I finally broke down and watched the first episode of BSG last night. It sucked.

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I've been a flighty gamer this fall. Like a wee little faun hopping from glen to glen. After my passionate -- and I'm talkin' Twilight passionate -- obsession with Halo: ODST, I briefly, sluttily hooked up with a whole series of games. Like:

A creepy dude from Borderlands

A creepy dude from Borderlands

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Motorola DROID review (Verizon Wireless)

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By now you've seen Verizon's iDon't/DROID Does campaign on TV or on the streets. The first commercial can be found here. It's a bit tongue-in-cheek and Verizon has admitted this, but it does highlight a handful of things that the iPhone clearly cannot do. It should also serve as a clear indication that any rumor of the iPhone moving to the network is now squashed. Or they're confident enough that Apple won't hold a grudge. The former scenario is more likely. (See the best travel gadgets of 2009.)

Motorola's DROID has a very industrial look and feel to it. Gone are the days of lightweight and dainty devices. You don't have to coddle the DROID or shell out an extra $30 for a case. Wrapped mostly in metal, the DROID is chock-full of features that have become standard on ‘smartphones' or whatever else you want to call these mini computers. Here's a quick rundown on features and specs:

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Raise your hand if the original BioShock title from 2K gave you the heebie-jeebies. It's okay, no one can see how much of a weenie you are on the Internets if you raise your hand. I promise. Just the thought of certain splicers gives me goosebumps. So you can imagine my apprehension at the prospect of reentering Rapture at any point in the near future.

But the perils of this position require me to do such things whether I want to or not. Luckily for me, Lev was there to hold my hand as we both entered a newer, creepier and mind-blowingly awesome Rapture.

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The Prince of Persia Movie Trailer

Only by taking ... this dagger ... to the secret guardian temple ... can you make me stop breathlessly uttering exposition ...


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I will love my daughter whatever and whoever she becomes. But yeah, I'm not going to lie to you, it would be cool if she turned out nerdy like her dad.

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

The secret wellspring of most of my subconscious

Sadly, neuroscience has not progressed to the point where I can literally force Lily, through a nightmarish barrage of drugs, neurosurgery and post-hypnotic commands, to behave in a nerdy fashion. So I'm just going to supply her with some of the key nerdy artifacts of my own childhood and see if they contribute to the natural emergence of nerdy behavior.

On days when I have nothing more important to blog about, I will catalog these items here.

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American McGee's Return of Alice Trailer

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Lev and I are both big fans of McGee's original Alice and over the weekend a trailer for the sequel hit the Web. It looks absolutely batsh*t crazy. The Return of Alice is slated for a 2011 launch on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Let's talk about what happened...

Update: It turns out that this is a fan made trailer that American and Spicy Horse liked and "does not represent any story or art direction for Alice 2."

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True of False: Is This the Worst Ever?

I just received my review copy of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra on Blu-ray and I realize we're not all coded the same way, but I thought this movie was horrible. In fact, I would love it if Hollywood would stop killing what fond memories of my youth I still possess. The video game was horrible, BTW.

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Drunk Ewoks

Presented without comment.

(via Geekadelphia)