A Little More Nerd Music

One reason I know I’m not a true nerd is that a) I don’t think I’ve ever actually enjoyed a piece of machinima, and b) I don’t see the point of large orchestras performing music from video games. That said — and maybe I’ve said too much already — I’m going to “embed” below a [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Trailering

The Grand Theft Auto IV trailer is here.

The Potter Ultimatum

Just a note to point Potteristas to a very useful post at the Leaky Cauldron summarizing some of the speculation (500+ posts as of this morning) going on over there about the Deathly Hallows covers.

Hugo Nominees Announced

I’ll paste in the Novels and the Short Stories below, since those are the categories that usually get the most interest:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Cover Art!

I won’t insult you by compressing it down to the width of this column: click here for the full experience.

A Little Nerd Music: The All-Time Top 10 Nerd Songs

In the absence of any serious nerd news, I was going to post about how I’ve been blissing out on mc chris’s latest album “dungeon master of ceremonies.” But then I recalled a dream I had in which Joan of Arc told me I’d never be one of the Elect if I didn’t post more [...]

Those Top 10 Video Games Again

I’m going to — as we say here in corporate America — “circle back” to a post from last week about that list of the 10 most important video games that came out last week.

The Year of Nerd Cinema?

Earlier this year I was lamenting the pathetic state of nerd movies in 2006, and wondering why we weren’t getting more of a bounce out of the runaway box office successes of LOTR, Spider-Man, the Matrix, etc., in terms of studios greenlighting geek flix. Now I’m thinking maybe we’re seeing that bounce. This morning we [...]

Just Got My Copy of Wired

See you all on Monday

This Weekend in Geek Cinema

A regular roundup of geek-flick openings, judged irresponsibly by their trailers alone:

Now Available In Paper-Vision: Webcomics

I’ve done a couple-three blog entries on webcomics, which I managed to roll up into a piece in this week’s issue of Time. Some DVD-extra-type addenda here: