Meet Kristin and Zachary. They're a geeky couple who love each other and geeky things so it was fitting that they decided to have the geekiest wedding ever. How geeky? How about Nintendo cartridge invitations. Doctor Who shoes. A Star Wars guestbook. A Lego cake. Butterbeer. An Xbox achievement for the first kiss. And…
Quiddich is great, but I've always wanted to follow at least one sport that exists in real life. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Which sports are most likely to work for a person who loves science fiction and fantasy? Where is a nice geek supposed to start?
Cats have ruled the internet since its earliest days, just the way they already ruled musty bookstores and comic book shops. It's true that many people love cats, but there are a few basic reasons why these small, furry mammals are especially relevant to geek interests.
I think we've talked ad nauseam about how ambivalent we all feel about the "geek humor" in The Big Bang Theory. It's a show that laughs at geeks, but not with them. But are there any comedies that get it right when it comes to geeks, and can get us all laughing along with the heroes?
An oversized belt buckle seems like an obnoxious accessory, even if you raise cattle for a living. But when that belt buckle is custom sculpted to look exactly like Krang from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, suddenly dropping $190 for a functional fashion accessory seems like a steal.
Periodically you have to ask this question again. Geeks aren't just running some of the world's biggest companies — they're also the heroes of mega-hit TV series like Big Bang Theory; and, in the post-Snowden world, they're international political subversives. So what the hell is a geek anymore?
How do you revive the Shit Girls Say meme that's dead not only because we all grew tired of it but because YouTube productivity assassins (aka movie makers) simply ran out of different types of people to make fun of? You reverse it and switch it into shit people would NEVER say. Like nerds thinking comic books and…
The never ending argument on what defines a geek and what constitutes a nerd has seen graphs, rules and now a rap battle. Yes, a rap battle.
San Diego Comic Con has wrapped up and E3 has been long over, which means two of the biggest "nerd" conventions are gone until next year. That's okay! If you've ever been to a convention like that, no matter how much fun you have or think it will be you'd know that going too often will take years off your life. But…
Geeks come in all shapes, sizes, forms, kinds, heights, hair colors, ethnicities and yes, even gender. This lovely little music video by The Doubleclicks shows off geek girls who have "Nothing to Prove" about their geekiness. Geek girls are constantly and wrongfully tested about their geekiness because us dimwitted…
In this week’s “Postal Apocalypse,” you guys ask the tough questions about Game of Thrones, Avengers and cybernetic hand replacements, and I give you the hard answers, mostly because giving you soft answers sounds even dirtier. The mailbag is running low, so please don’t forget to send your questions to postman@io9.com
As an experiment, New York Times media columnist David Carr decided to gather a bunch of geeks at SXSW and ask them to tell jokes. This video is the result. It's left to you to decide how funny it is. [Vimeo via BoingBoing]
Oh man. I have a new addiction. Or guilty pleasure. Or whatever you call it when you watch shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians because you love how the family sticks together. It's called Geek Love and it's amazing. An online reality TV show, the series focuses on geeks who are looking for, well, love.
Sure you could buy an SSD or an iPad mini or a Samsung Galaxy S III but where's the fun in that? Those gifts would be great and if they're a self-respecting geek, they should get that themselves. These made up gag gifts by Joy of Tech though? Torturous comedic gold.
Like a lot of geeks, I spent several years in social hell as a kid. You know the routine. They passed mean notes about me in class. They got together in big groups at lunchtime, surrounded me, and asked me weird, sneering questions. They punched me, insulted me, crank called my house at 3 AM, and smeared pizza sauce…
Every subculture has its own permutations of sexual fetishism, and geek culture is no different. There are certain kinks you see again and again among nerds. Cosplay, obviously. Furries. But also things like bondage and corsetry, especially among goths. And of course there are a lot of geeks who are turned on by…
Over the past few months, three of the most influential conventions in geekdom — Readercon (for science fiction writers), The Amazing Meeting (for skeptics), and DefCon (for hackers) — have been at the center of very public discussions about sexism and sexual harassment in their communities. After all three…
There's a hoary old truism that says geeks never date, and get laid even less than that. But at least two generations have grown up knowing that is a lie. After all, Mark Zuckerberg's courtship and marriage made headlines, while gamer geek Felicia Day is an internet pinup (in armor of course). We live in a golden age…
Skinny jeans have been mocked in song, and at least one unfortunate guy has been roughed up for wearing them. Yet the skinny denim style is not waning. Quite the contrary!
No one wears ties anymore. Even fewer people wear bow ties. They're really freaking hard to tie, for one. And the resulting aesthetic is, shall we say, unusual.
