Video games. Some teach us, some help us relax. We solve puzzles, shoot bad guys, take mushrooms to make us bigger, fall through plumbing for short cuts, break walls, and even be Batman when the time is right. The question is though, why do we play video games? Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Why Do We Play Video Games?
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Best Geeky Finds – You Must Remember This
Did you ever wonder how Howard Hughes had so many lovers at the same time while being neurotic about everything?
How about the strange public life of Madonna and Warren Beatty before her relationship with Sean Penn?
Do you know about the mysterious connections between Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon and Brandon Lee’s The Crow? Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – You Must Remember This
Best Geeky Finds – Is It Just a Story?
We’ve all heard the stories: The ghostly hitchhiker who vanishes once she’s given a ride home; the girl who is found poisoned after never leaving her home, only to discover her dress was the cause; even the mysterious call from inside the house. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Is It Just a Story?
Best Geeky Finds – Listeners Beware, There Is No Scare
When I was a kid I was not very into anything remotely scary. I stayed away from Halloween, hid whenever certain episodes of the Twilight Zone came on, and most of all judged certain books by their covers if they looked scary. I especially did this with the Goosebumps books. This is why it wasn’t until 6th grade that I even cracked a Goosebumps book, and that was the superhero book (if you’ve watched the even worse TV show you may recall this is the episode with Adam West donning his tights again) because it had a campy image on the cover instead of something scary like Slappy the dummy. Around this time the television show premiered on Fox and I enjoyed it a lot. There were some episodes I couldn’t handle, mainly because at that age I couldn’t recognize really bad CGI. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Listeners Beware, There Is No Scare
Best Geeky Finds – What Happened at Limetown?
Emergency dispatch gets a call.
“Hello, can you hear me…We need emergency services in Limetown… Ambulances… Fire….Turn it off!” The call cuts out. When reporters and emergency services arrive, the police inform everybody that there are no problems there anymore. In fact, there is nothing and nobody there anymore—all 327 people living in the small gated community have vanished. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – What Happened at Limetown?