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Aug. 19, 2011 Books Feature by James Renovitch
Pop Culture Pop Quiz
Can you speak geek? Define these Ready Player One references.
Aug. 19, 2011 Books Feature
Girls Gone Geek
Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective
"...Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all thinks geeky. In any given week, there will be new entries..."
May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Answer is ... Geek Bowl VI!
Ah, what is "A Night of Competitive Trivia & Brewskis," Alex?
"...See, it's a part of that whole Geeks Who Drink pub-quiz phenomenon, where geeks who drink gather..."
Jan. 26, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Geek Confidential: Echoes From the 21st Century
A stellar tour of cultural ephemera from Rick Klaw
"...American, and indeed global, culture is awash these days in a tsunami of pop..."
Sept. 5, 2003 Books Review by Marc Savlov
The Madness of King Geek
Harry Jay Knowles' Cool Movie News
"...well on his way to becoming a celebrated pop culture figure...."
June 6, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Austin Gets the Geek Stamp of Approval
Wizard World Comic Con brings Lando, Lee, and the Centipede three to town
"...genre-friendly TV and movie stars, comic book artists, and pop-culture innovators is the brainchild of Gareb Shamus, founder of..."
Nov. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Pop Culture That's a Keeper
Browsing the collectibles at Guzu Gallery
"...Pop culture is currently undergoing one of its periodic highbrow vs...."
May 18, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Geek Shall Inherit the Fests
Austin becomes ground zero for the new cool
"...The Austin leg of the touring nerd culture magnet is already loaded up with heavy hitters. It's..."
July 4, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Geek Out!
This set is the perfect gift for that certain someone on your holiday list who likes his shows novelistic and his humor black
"...In these meager times, when our entire culture is on a mission to convince itself that the..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Geek Out!
When Star Trek ended its three-season run in 1969, it almost immediately began a wildly successful syndicated existence
"...original series, 10 motion pictures, and an abundance of pop-culture paraphernalia, becoming the most successful television franchise of all..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Rick Klaw
Geek Out!
This set from the National Film Preservation Foundation includes upward of 40 films, among them newsreels, animation, and educationals.
"..."how films can participate in larger conversations between popular culture and political life," as she puts it during 1912's..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley
Leaping Wizards
'Star Trek: The Next Generation' reunited cast, CM Punk, and 'Walking Dead' fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con
"...(Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man), but the show is a nerd culture marathon, drawing in stars from the cast of Star..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin
Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering
"...Wizard World, the traveling celebration of all things geek, wondrous, collectible and nerdy, arrives in Austin today. But..."
Oct. 2, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker
Illuminating The Magic Lantern
The Austin film podcast conjures British ghosts for AFS
"...the sense of cynicism that so often pervades film culture...."
Nov. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
13 Reasons to Love Wizard World
Where else could Big Bird rub feathers with The Crow?
"...be Wizard World, the travelling circus of comics, pop culture, and fandom. But aside from the wallet-emptying trade show..."
Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
All Your Plate Are Belong to Us
Chris-Rachael Oseland seeks world domination, one geeky recipe at a time
"...– white chocolate-dipped strawberries, caprese salad, pretzels – into geek-themed edible art projects. In her hands, the strawberries turn..."
Oct. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt
Savlov's Criticism Multifaceted
"...Savlov for his insightful, evenhanded reviews of comic-book-related and geek-culture-related films. Some geek-culture fans have a rather immature sense..."
July 26, 2008 Postmarks
Rise of the Valkyrie
Kate Leth talks women in comics and fake geek girl phobia
"...through the Valkyrie of the Fortnight column at Austin-based geek web site weird-girls.com (read more about them in this..."
May 26, 2014 Books Post
Nerd Ascending
Simon Pegg's star trajectory
"...Overflowing with alarmingly bang-on analyses of geek/nerd iconography from the Enterprise to the Death Star to..."
June 10, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Trivia Pursuit
Competing in Geek Bowl is no trivial matter
"...Austin that hosts regular trivia contests put together by Geeks Who Drink. The Denver-based company, which holds events at..."
Jan. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by R.U. Steinberg
One for All
Brian Salisbury talks about his new, post-Spill site, One of Us
"...all nerds. That's the thinking behind OneofUs.net, the newest geek-friendly website based out of Austin. But if you're expecting..."
July 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Ready Player One
Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment
"...it's easy to forget that Steven Spielberg made pop culture history cool. He revived the moribund monster movie with..."
March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Puttin' on the Ikkicon
Cosplay at the anime gathering
"...Oswalt's editorial for Wired, mourning the death of Western geek. He compares old-school geekery to Otaku: The Japanese term..."
Jan. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Hands on a Hard Body
Unpretentious insight into the nature of human aspiration can be found in Bindler's documentary about the yearly contest in which Jack Long Nissan of Longview, Texas, gives a new hard body pickup to whomever can keep his or her hands on it the longest.
"...had his fill of specious, smirking “tributes” to down-home culture, I found this premise depressing as hell: a bunch..."
July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
High Tech Hijinks
SXSW Interactive features two contests to determine the geekiest of them all: The Iron Webmaster Showdown and the Sexiest Geek Alive.
"...is put to the test at the 2002 Sexiest Geek Alive Pageant finals at SXSW. The pageant is now..."
March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Game On
Welcome to the golden age of tabletop gaming
"...It’s one of a handful of shows on the geek culture channel, Geek & Sundry, which also touts Felicia..."
March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno
SXSW Gaming Events
The little brother of the Fest grows up
"...celebrates video and board gaming as well as wider geek culture, with no shortage of game demos, panel discussions..."
March 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley
LoneStarCon 3: Lessons From My First Worldcon
Oh, the mistakes I’ve made in my first gathering of the genre faithful
"...science fiction world – make that universe – fandom culture is not second nature to me. When I hit..."
Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry
Wizard World: Wil Wheaton Versus the Burrito
'ST:TNG' star explains how Twitter helps bind the geekverse
"...jealously. Wheaton, as one of the godfathers of nerd culture, is a little more open. Sure, he wants his..."
