Geekend

Archive: 11-2012

• December 2012 Geekend movie rundown

  The four sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and generally geek-related flicks that will hit U.S. cinemas in December of 2012.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | November 29, 2012, 1:06 PM PST

• Kurzweil: Your brain will connect directly to the cloud within 30 years

  By the 2030s or 2040s, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil envisions micro-computers embedded non-invasively in the brain that will act as an interface to a “cloud” of storage and...

  Posted by Ken Hardin | November 27, 2012, 8:50 AM PST

• Review: LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts game

  LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts building set and board game teaches logic, problem solving, and engineering skills. Find out whether Donovan Colbert thinks the gameplay makes it worth the price.

  Posted by Donovan Colbert | November 24, 2012, 3:24 PM PST

• See the LEGO Architecture exhibit at The Henry Ford museum

  Find out which model in the LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition exhibit took 280 hours to design, 340 hours to build, and used 450,300 LEGO pieces. Also, get more details about the exhibition.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | November 21, 2012, 5:02 PM PST

• Geek Trivia: What is the 'real' reason Atari developed the original Pong?

  When Atari first developed Pong — the first commercially successful video arcade game ever — it was never even intended to be sold.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | November 21, 2012, 6:45 AM PST

• Geek Gift Guide: Find the best of the best

  Choosing the perfect geek-friendly gift for your perfect geek requires some research, let us help.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | November 19, 2012, 8:14 AM PST

• George R.R. Martin, please commit to a release date for book six

  Fans of the “great bearded glacier’s” A Song of Ice and Fire series and/or HBO’s Game of Thrones will appreciate the Paul & Storm song “Write Like the Wind...

  Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 16, 2012, 8:10 AM PST

• Five projects the Lucasfilm+Disney+Marvel megastudio needs to make right now

  The top five geek-favorite projects that can and should emerge from the Disney-Lucasfilm-Marvel conglomerate.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | November 15, 2012, 7:07 PM PST

• Geek Trivia: What's the 'real' reason James Bond's gadget-maker is codenamed Q?

  James Bond’s gadgeteer Q is often assumed to be shorthand for Quartermaster, but the Q codename is actually a reference to real-life (and historically significant) spycraft.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | November 9, 2012, 4:00 AM PST

• The Hobbit trilogy effect: More kids' books that should be made into three movies

  Ken Hardin offers a tongue-and-cheek look at three classic children’s books that Peter Jackson or a like-minded filmmaker could make into three movies.

  Posted by Ken Hardin | November 8, 2012, 1:40 PM PST