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Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Full Tilt Boogie
"...frayed nerves. Above all, though, it's manna from film geek heaven as a roster of semi-indie luminaries (in spirit..."
July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
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.
"...with the audience, not set them up as a geek show for urban hipsters' delectation. Interspersing live action at..."
July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
HavenCon Will Return for Year Five
LGBTQ geeks and gamers assemble: The convention is back
"...be the last for the state’s first and only geek and gaming convention dedicated to the LGBTQ community...."
Jan. 7, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan
Gift Guide Grab Bag
An array of extravagance to geek out on
"...King Maker Table$1,400-3,000, www.kingmakertable.com Are you the type of geek who dreams of leveling up his or her board..."
Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan
HavenCon Creates Safe Spaces for Gaymers
LGBTQ gaming culture convention returns for its third year
"...two niche groups share a love for all things geek and gay, which is how Shane Brown developed the..."
April 26, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin
Austin Mini Maker Faire Returns to Blow Your Mind This Weekend
Palmer Events Center sets the stage for techies and makers.
"...Faire returns this weekend with interactive exhibits like the Geek Bus, mobile maker space, and the Boneshaker Big Wheel...."
May 15, 2015 Design Post by Anne Harris
Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box
More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles
"...glasses and good comic timing compete for roles like Geek Girl, Weird Office Assistant, and, on a good day,..."
Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry
'Zero Charisma' Rolls a Double Six on Distribution
Nerdist and Tribeca team up for Austin role playing comedy
"...of Ultron (although that is pretty cool.) Home of geek cool Nerdist Industries and Tribeca Film are uniting to..."
July 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Felicia Day Is Coming to Austin
Also, 'Rock Jocks' is on tour, but mostly that first thing
"...You read that right: The goddess of all things geek, Felicia Day, is coming to Austin...."
June 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Leaping Wizards
'Star Trek: The Next Generation' reunited cast, CM Punk, and 'Walking Dead' fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con
"...one would have blamed him for walking away from geek culture. Instead, post-TNG, he's become one of its patron..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Everything Went Black: Live Fast Drive Faster
"Hello Kowalski..?
"...entirely from 40-odd years of filmgoing. As a film geek, the maxim that you are what you watch and..."
Oct. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Radio Radio
‘Early '70s Radio’ author Kim Simpson at Book People tonight
"...I’m a radio geek. Always have been. So I tackled Kim Simpson’s new..."
Jan. 25, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Pop Culture Pop Quiz
Can you speak geek? Define these Ready Player One references.
Aug. 19, 2011 Books Feature
Great Gifts for the Digerati
Computer Fun for Under $100
"...against other live players. So you've got a computer geek on your gift list but you don't know your..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by John Avignone
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
Technically Speaking
The Digital World Turns the Page
"...The Geek Handbook: User Guide and Documentation for the Geek in..."
June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Stuart Wade
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
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
Nerd Wars
'Zero Charisma' and the social costs of geekdom
"...one surrounding the (probably mythical) existence of the "fake geek girl." Ostensibly a creature who enjoys the trappings of..."
March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon
TV Eye
Next Wednesday, Punk'd creators Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg deliver a delicious slice of reality TV, high on guffaws, low on enduring value
"...The new show is Beauty and the Geek, and the premise is very, very simple. Seven male..."
May 27, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Camp Nowhere
"...the main character, is constantly referred to as a geek, but he hangs out with two of the “coolest”..."
Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker
Scanlines
Invasion USA
"...The Girl and the Geek..."
Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Unstrung But Not Unsung
"...pay slave in a mirror, it came from a geek, a film geek to be specific...."
Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Harry Knowles
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
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
Around the World of Weird
The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008
"...will turn the Alamo's South Lamar locale into a genre-film-geek paradise that will prove, as if proof were needed,..."
Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Geeks Get Paid
What's cool about gaming? Apparently, everything.
"...Richard Garriott and Warren Spector were geeky when geeky wasn't cool...."
March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald
Public Notice
Check out these cool opportunities to help others and beat the summer heat in this week's "Public Notice."
"...you are one, you four-eyed, pocket-protector-wearin', Unix-trash talkin' freak geek. You and your West Coast ways. You come to..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
Drop Zone
"...while the pair are escorting a criminally minded computer geek (Jeter -- who, you've got to admit, makes a..."
