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Our Geek Future: Mind-controlled technology

12/31/2012 12:00 PM

The future of mankind is bright, and technology is leaping in advancement every year. 100 years ago, we were riding around in Model T cars along dirt and early concrete ...

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Michael Dambold
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Memes of the internets: New Charlie the Unicorn video released

12/29/2012 12:00 PM

Memes are an amazing part of the emerging collective consciousness of the internet. They're videos or photos of everyday events or hilarious situations and stories that ...

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Michael Dambold
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Looking back at 2012 in indie music favorites: 12 tracks, 6 albums

12/28/2012 4:58 PM

These are the kinds of songs you'll like when you hear then in a commercial or on a TV/film soundtrack. You may have never heard of the band, but that doesn't mean they're ...

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Anna Codutti
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It's Stan Lee's 90th birthday, true believers!

12/28/2012 10:00 AM

Stan Lee turns 90 today, marking decades of amazing contribution to the comic industry. His characters are mentioned in pop songs, are displayed in every toy store, and ...

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Michael Dambold
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Declutter with digital comics

12/27/2012 1:00 PM

So if you're a pretty big geek like me, you have boxes and drawers full of comic issues. Some vintage, some new. However as we accumulate greater amounts of these issues, ...

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Michael Dambold
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"Doctor Who" Christmas special goes old school with new TARDIS and new title sequence.

12/26/2012 10:32 AM

The opening titles for 'Doctor Who' have always been a popular trademark of the show. Every Whovian's hearts skip a beat when that familiar time tunnel shows ...

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Jason Powers
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Everything wrong with Everything Wrong with "The Avengers"

12/23/2012 6:00 AM

We here all pretty much loved 'The Avengers.' It was the geek movie that was set up for years finally coming to fruition. However in all its glory, there are apparently ...

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Chris Moore
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Geek Review: All-New X-Men #1-5

12/21/2012 4:00 PM

We've seen the first 5 issues of All-New X-Men. Does it live up to the hype?

Brian Michael Bendis took the reigns of this new X-title a few months ago, and I've ...

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Michael Dambold
Scene Writer

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X-Men video by OKC director goes viral

12/21/2012 1:00 PM

Oklahoma City filmmaker Kyle Roberts has put together another video that nerds will love – a stop-motion animation of the intro to the classic 1990s X-Men cartoon.

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James Royal
Staff Writer

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Google's Santa Tracker now lets you visit Santa's village!

12/21/2012 10:15 AM

Since 2004, we've been watching Google track Santa as he makes his deliveries to each city on Christmas Eve. Previously, this required using Google Earth, but this year ...

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Micah Choquette
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Nerd roundtable: We're looking forward to some great things in 2013

12/21/2012 9:12 AM

This week, our roundtable discussion turns to what we’re looking forward to in 2013. There are a lot of options here with so many great movies, tv shows and other things ...

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Matt Clayton
Staff Writer

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Where do I start? The 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' edition

12/20/2012 7:00 AM

There are two kinds of nerds in the world: those who love Joss Whedon and appreciate everything he does, and those who’ve never seen anything from the writer-director. ...

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Anna Codutti
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Matt Clayton floats between being a nerd, geek or a dork. Has an extensive collection of toys, comics and video games that would make any adult feel ashamed to call themselves a parent. Unlike most nerds, he does enjoy sports, but his favorite sport is soccer, so that really doesn't count as a sport anyway. Can quote "Clerks" at the drop of a hat and owns a soft-coated Wheaten Terrier named Will Wheaton. And no, Ewoks could not have possibly taken down the Empire with just sticks and rocks.

Nerd strengths: Zombies, Star Wars, Video games, Game of Thrones, Tech, cars, British soccer.

Micah Choquette is a self-proclaimed web geek who generally despises the term "nerd." He can hold his own in a conversation about comics or movies with the other Prairie Nerds, but his heart belongs to the internet and his soul was sold long ago to Apple. He routinely follows many of the design and development gurus of the day, soaking in their ideas and putting them to work for the 'World. He's also an avid user and abuser of Social Media, and can be found on Twitter, Facebook and yes, even Google+.

Nerd Strengths: Apple, Coffee, Google, Coffee, Code, Coffee. In that order.

Anna Codutti has been a card-carrying nerd since high school and the beloved academic team. Now merely a pub-trivia ringer, her refined nerd tastes have focused on Buffy (yep, she's still going!), Doctor Who and anything Felicia Day does. Her childhood crush was "TNG's" Wesley Crusher, but now she wants to marry "The Big Bang Theory's" evil Wil Wheaton.

Nerd Strengths: Music blog snobbery, tabletop/party game dominance, and ability to read supernatural young adult novels at lightning speed.

Michael Dambold is a comic fanatic who has been reading Marvel Comics since he was 11. He's read almost every X-Title book in existence. He thinks Jean Grey needs to stay dead. He also has an obsession with Star Trek, Stargate and MST3k. He's a literary nerd, obsessed with works by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Jules Verne.

Nerd strengths: Coffee chugging, X-Men & Marvel Comics, Star Trek, Stargate, X-Files, paranormal mysteries (Bigfoot, etc.), classic sci-fi TV, movies and books.

Chris Moore is not ashamed to be called a Geek. It is who he is first and foremost. While some out there hide from others that they play video games, he proudly displays his love and knowledge of the pastime. He hopes one day to have a collection of games which rivals that of a city library. To this day one of his greatest moments is that he was able to watch and record the original three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies by sheer luck.

Nerd strengths: Video games and TV.

Jason Powers is the resident geek dad. He is trying hard to raise his kids to be smart, thoughtful nerds just like his Dad raised him. He was brought up on a steady diet of Doctor Who, JRR Tolkien, Douglass Adams, Sherlock Holmes, Vertigo Comics and vintage pulp noir novels. He's been watching shows made by the BBC for so long, he sometimes has a hard time grasping American television. He still enjoys Legos a great deal.

Nerd strengths: British Science Fiction, Star Wars, Sherlock Holmes, X-files, Coffee, Zombies, Space.

James Royal can tell you what Kirby crackle is. His favorite X-Man is Nightcrawler. He owns more than two dozen Star Wars novels. He knows how much damage a magic missile does. His favorite T-shirt features the insignia of Cobra, the ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world. He liked the Walking Dead before the Walking Dead was cool.

Nerd strengths: Comic books (especially Marvel), movies, Star Wars, fantasy novels, pro wrestling (does that count), 1980s cartoons and television shows, video games.

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