Category: Geeky Stuff

Science Kombat!

Now this is a fantastic 8-bit game idea! A Mortal Kombat-style fighting game with legendary scientists and inventors duking it out with superhuman powers and abilities reflecting their most famous discoveries. The game features an evolving Charles Darwin, a space-warping Albert Einstein, a lightning-throwing Nikola Tesla, a spectrum-blasting Isaac Newton, a black...

X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

The new X-Men: Apocalypse trailer is out, and it looks epic. Check it out! Let’s just up the actual movie holds up to the hype (like, you know, Deadpool did).

Latest Batman vs Superman Trailer

The latest, and apparent final, trailer for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice has just been released. Judging from this trailer, it certainly looks like it will be good, but, of course, we never know until we see it.

DIY Gaming Table

Here’s a DIY video for making your own gaming table. It’s pretty sweet! I just wish I had more skills. And a workshop.  

Captain America: Civil War

The first trailer for Captain America: Civil War is out, and it’s looking pretty good! Starring all your favorite Avengers heroes: Captain America (of course), Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Black Panther, and more, all duking it out over the Superhero Registration Act.

New Force Awakens Trailer

A new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has just come out, and it’s a doozy! This is the first real trailer, as opposed to a mere teaser, and it shows more of the characters and reveals more of what the story is about. Once you’ve watched the trailer,...

New Battletech PC Game

Battletech is back! There’s a Kickstarter campaign for a new Battletech game, by the same folks who successful ran the Shadowrun Kickstarter campaign. It looks like the campaign has already grown to five times over its original goal, and with 30 days to go no less. That’s pretty good sign! I...

The Martian, A Self-Publishing Dream

Based on the best selling book by Andy Weir, the upcoming movie The Martian, directed by Riddle Scott, promises to be the latest sci-fi thriller in the growing list of near-future hard sci-fi. If I were to give it a short synopsis, I would say it’s a bit like MacGyver in...

Dragon*Con 2015

We just got back from Dragon*Con 2015, and it was as fantastic as usual this year. I got to see some good friends, some good panels, and some really cool people. Although I did spend most of my time in the Space Track and Writer’s Track, I did get out...

Steampunk Tesla Watch

Take a look at this cool steampunk Tesla watch from ThinkGeek. And it’s actually affordable. I’m not sure if the vacuum tubes really do anything other than light up, but it’s a nice effect. My only fear would be loosing the key used to actually wind the watch…