What The Geek

It’s really cool that some costume websites sell officially licensed comic book costumes, but they really don’t know how to sell them. (Particularly their X-men Emma Frost costume). Any X-Men fan could tell you that the description is WAY off… it makes it sound like Emma Frost’s power revolves around ice when everyone knows she has psychic abilities and can harden her body like a diamond. Of course when you try to tell them that no one listens… Check out the convo my girlfriend had with their CSR.

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Tags: Halloween, Marvel, X-Men

If you haven’t heard yet, it looks like Disney will be buying Marvel Entertainment. This is pretty damned scary as Disney has a long history of abusing their talent, and making all around dick moves as a company. I thought about writing a long diatribe about how this news both enrages and depresses me, but I decided instead to share with you the IM conversation a friend and I had upon hearing the sad sad news.

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Tags: :(, Disney, Marvel

You know how you go on almost any gaming forum and the topic of “which is better, xbox 360 or ps3?” always gets closed right away? Yeah, well here’s why. This video contains real quotes from various forums before the threads got shut down.

Tags: PS3, video games, xbox 360

Game Politics reported on an article on an extremely small fitness website that suggested that warning  labels linking video games to obesity be placed on each game’s packaging. I have two problems with this story.

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Tags: journalistic integrity, Obesity, video games

Sad news today…. Farrah Fawcett passed away. She will be remembered by many for her famous pin-up poster and of course as one of the original Charlie’s Angels. I will however remember her for a different reason…

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Tags: weighted companion cube

Here’s a step by step guide to getting just a little more enjoyment out of an already fun game.

Step 1: Hop on into any ranked Free for all playlist.

Step 2: Wait for someone to say “Hey guys, wanna do achievements?”

Step 3: Reply “Sure, everyone meet in the middle of the map and crouch”. Note: This works best on either Guardian or Epitaph.

Step 4: As soon as the match starts, run toward the center of the map. As soon as you see the circle of crouching douchebags, start hucking grenades into the center of said circle. Once the first grenade goes off, the jig is up – open fire with whatever gun you happen to be carrying at the time.

Step 5: Wait patiently for your rep to go down due to complaints of “unsporting conduct”.

Sure, maybe it’s griefing, but hey, those d-bags where trying to exploit the achievement system. The way I see it, I’m doing a public service to all of XBL by disrupting their efforts.

Tags: griefing, Halo, Halo 3, xbox 360

Alright Microsoft, I understand you’re proud of your new browser, and hey, IE 8 is definitely better than any other version of IE …. but that’s like saying a punch in the face is better than a punch in the junk – either way you’re still getting punched. When compared to other browsers on the market IE 8 just doesn’t measure up. Or does it….

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Tags: IE, Lies, Microsoft

No Microsoft, I’m not going to use IE. Not even for $10,000. When your browser stops trying to “fix” every webpage accessed with it, send me a check for $10K, and we’ll talk. Even then, no promises.

Tags: Microsoft, money, WTF

I was working on a faulty computer today that just wouldn’t run the DVD drive for more than a few seconds before powering it down. After some trouble shooting, and a lot of swearing under my breath I determined the problem to be a faulty IDE cable. When I removed the offending cable and examined it closer, I discovered that, along with the usual vlotage and temperature ratings, the words “Space Shuttle – C” were also stamped on the bottom of it. Is it from space? Was it meant to go into space? Should I return it to NASA? If anyone knows what this cryptic tag means please fill me in – I’m dying to know.

Tags: IDE cables, outer space, space shuttle, WTF