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Best geek games and gaming experiences that the virtual world has to offer.
Video Games of the 80s
The eighties were totally awesome. Everything about them was great. The clothes, the hairstyles, the music-it was all good and uncomplicated. Truth is, any time period before everyone had their heads in their phones was a good time. There was no texting-there was talking. People had to look you in the eye; What a concept! If there was a boy you liked, you would call him and then hang up when he would answer the phone and no one would know it was you. The television shows taught you life lessons and the movies had incredible soundtracks. You would listen to your tapes on a walkman and if you were really cool, the walkman had a buckle attachment-the first hands-free technology; And then there were the video games...kids today would look at those games and scoff at them, but they were so radical, dude. What was cooler than being able to type your initials into the game when you got the high score? It was so awesome! Let's take a look down memory lane at some of the great video games of the 80s...
By Banji Ganchrow9 years ago in Geeks
History of Monopoly
Did you know that the game Monopoly was supposed to show players the negative aspects of private monopolies? With topics such as the stock exchange, bankruptcy, mortgaging, and jail, we probably should have seen how realistic this game is. A while back, comedian Louis C.K. explained what generally happened every time he and his daughters played the game together: “My six-year-old totally understands Monopoly but she isn’t quite ready for the emotional trauma of her inevitable loss. I look her dead in the face and say, ‘You see all your properties and houses and all your money? That’s mine now. Oh no, no, no, you can’t play any more because even with all your stuff, it doesn’t come close to what you owe me.’” Obviously children cannot grasp the full meaning of Monopoly, but that’s because they were not the target audience at first.
By Geeks Staff9 years ago in Geeks
Greatest Video Game Soundtracks
Video game soundtracks are perhaps the most underrated part of any video game. Usually, critical criteria will venture far more towards the gameplay or presentation, but rarely an in depth dissection of the soundtrack. Soundtracks not only are key to creating a mood in video games, but they are usually excellent pieces of music in their own right. This is a flaw we seek to reprimand with our list of greatest video game soundtracks.
By Patricia Sarkar9 years ago in Geeks
Scariest Video Game Monsters
What goes bump in the night? Probably the scariest video game monsters. Warning! These horrifying monsters may cause you to sleep with your nightlight on for the next week or so. Creators have imagined the creepiest, crawliest monsters to scare players since video game inception. Everybody has their own idea of what is scary. Mutated humans? You got it. Aggressive ghosts? Got that too. Some of the most vicious and terrifyingly grotesque monsters in all of gaming will haunt your nightmares for days. From various horror games throughout the years, proceed with caution while reading about the scariest video game monsters!
By Emily McCay9 years ago in Geeks
Best PS4 Video Games
The PS4 has been out for some time now, and if it wasn’t clear upon its launch, it’s certainly evident now that it has completely dominated the console market. Outselling the Xbox One month by month, the PS4 has become the face of console gaming, and that means that some great games have come out for it over the past few years. It's no wonder why the PS4 has becoming the system of choice for the gaming connoisseur. It's support of Indie games and cross play and advanced streaming functions has given it one of the largest library of any game console ever conceived. It's a difficult task picking out the best of the best with so much excellence to choose from, but after clocking in thousands of hours of gameplay we've created our definitive list for the best PS4 video games.
By Geeks Staff9 years ago in Geeks
How 'Dungeons & Dragons' Influenced 'Stranger Things'
It’s no secret that Stranger Things is full of throwback references to 80s horror films and nerd culture, but Dungeons & Dragons seems to have had the biggest influence on the show of all. From the terrifying Demogorgon to the Upside Down to each of the characters and their personalities: All of it conforms to the rules of Dungeons & Dragons. Stranger Things reinforces the characters as being part of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign in subtle ways that you might have missed if you aren’t a gamer.
By Stephen Hamilton9 years ago in Geeks
Dave Barrett Exclusive Interview for 'It's All Fun And Games'
When six friends accidentally cross into a dangerous (and very real) fantasy world, how will they make it back alive? This is the question Dave Barrett pursues in his debut novel It's All Fun And Games, published by Nerdist as an Inkshares Collection. When Allison, the novel's strawberry-blond heroine, reluctantly agrees to hang out with her geeky friend TJ, he exposes her to the world of LARPing (live-action role playing). Whip out your dictionaries, because LARPing is a term you'll want to remember, as the fantasy-sport's popularity has grown significantly in recent years.
By Natasha Sydor10 years ago in Geeks
History of Nintendo
The Jackie Robinson of baseball. The Shakespeare of literature. The Beethoven of music. Nintendo’s impact on the gaming industry has been nothing short of revolutionary. The first to perfect the 3D gaming experience, the first to have successful wireless controllers for their consoles, and the first to allow users to save their files within a game, Nintendo's innovative creations continue to entertain even the realest of gamers.
By Matt Schkolnick10 years ago in Geeks
Why Pokémon Go is the Best Thing that Ever Happened
It’s 7:42 AM and I am running towards the canal near my house, draped in polka dot pajamas and gym trainers. There is a Dragonair somewhere in the area, greyed out in my list of nearby Pokémon, and I’m going to find the damn thing. Lifting my eyes from the phone screen on this warm Sunday morning, I notice four or five people ranging from early teens to should-definitely-know-better adults... Each with his or her phone out, walking in circles around one small patch of grass. As I approach, they look up at me expectantly. Did you catch it? No one had located the elegant, eel-like dragon Pokémon that was a favorite of mine so many years ago. I join the huddle and we continue the hunt.
By Samantha Bentley10 years ago in Geeks
Amazing Superhero Games
Because of their charismatic nature, superheroes are characters that often translate to many art forms such as film, TV—or in this case—video games. In fact, it’s pretty typical to want to take on the role of your favorite superhero, and video games give you the explicit tools to do so. However, superhero games have a reputation for being generally terrible. Therefore we have filtered through all the usual dreck and pulled out some of the best so that you may live out your hero fantasies in the digital realm.
By Patricia Sarkar10 years ago in Geeks
Why Women Game Developers Matter
If you take a look at the top five games of 2015 according to MetaCritic, you’ll be pressed to find a female name among the credits. You may find names that sound like they should belong to women (here’s looking at you Leslie Benzies), but unfortunately the presence of women is nonexistent with the exception of Undertale’s Temmie Chang and Journey’s Robine Hunicke.
By Patricia Sarkar10 years ago in Geeks
