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She Geek Critique – Being Excellent

There are times when you decide to watch a movie you saw years earlier and end up disappointed because it really doesn’t hold up well. Then there are times when you’re surprised just how enjoyable a movie still is after all these years. Well, I had just such an experience with a movie I haven’t watched in at least a decade: Bill & Ted’s Excellent AdventureContinue reading She Geek Critique – Being Excellent

Best Geeky Finds – Marketing the Console Wars

bestgeekyfindsIt’s Black Friday weekend, which means video game sales are rolling out (if they haven’t already where you live). The PS4 and Xbox One are in high demand, and we’re getting games like Star Wars: Battlefront, Lego Dimensions, and Fallout 4. The amazing thing is, I don’t see commercials on television for many of these games anymore. This may be due to changes in how gamers get their news, so most of these ads are limited to the Internet.

Thinking about this, I turned to the Internet to see how games were advertised in the past for systems I played as a kid (I’m still behind the times with a PS2 and Wii, but even those aren’t for the games I turn on to relax). Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Marketing the Console Wars