Today marks Harry Potter’s 34th birthday, not the story but the character himself. It also marks creator JK Rowling’s 49th. Now, what’s look at what these two are up too. Harry Potter After a pretty rough childhood and teenage years, life has turned out pretty well for Harry James Potter. He remained very close with…
Lord of the Rings fans will be excited to hear that a trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has finally been released. The final film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy will premiere on December 17, and the new trailer promises that it will deliver the epic conclusion we’ve all been…
The video gaming industry was in a golden era of peace. Until, one day, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. And Then There Was Fire Avatar: The Last Airbender quickly became one of the most amazing shows of all time. And deservedly so – despite the few fluff episodes they had (yes, fanboys, they…
With battle-rousing songs and planned combat strategies, there comes a time when the video game geek has to come out of the solitary video game world and enter a larger world. But the gamer is not leaving the house just yet — there is a world of video game players that are competing against each…
Geek Insider recently had the unique opportunity to interview Wood-Splitter Lee, an artist who originally hails from Alaska. Why is her art so unique? She hand creates fantasy creatures like you’ve never seen before. Fire Foxes, Baby Unicorns and Moon Dust Wolves grace her Deviant Art profile page. Check out what she had to say…
What do your Dothraki partners mean when they ask you to go watch the athdrivar shekhi with them? Is it an execution? A belly dance performance? The glorious hair of Daenerys Targaryen? WHAT?! Well, come October you will no longer have to face such frustrating communication gaps. David J. Peterson, the official linguist behind HBO’s adaptation…
The execs over at Disney and Marvel can let go of that breath of air now. With Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy just days away from the big debut, it seems that the hotly anticipated fresh summer blockbuster has been promoted to franchise. If you couldn’t wait till August 1, 2014, then July 28, 2017…
Recently, Geek Insider discussed the reason why everyone should be saying ‘yes’ to net neutrality. Now, another company has come forward publicly to denounce the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to allow internet service providers (Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner) to offer different speeds at a price for different online services. A Major Contender Against Internet Fast…
If I had a dollar for every time I locked myself out of a hotel room, or lost an electronic key card, I would be driving around in a Tesla Model S, just not very fast. The folks at Hilton Worldwide want to make lost key cards a thing of the past, by introducing a…
Introduction We live in an age where the internet has slowly become a dominant force for how people obtain news, socialize with friends, and entertain themselves during their downtime. For the gaming culture, it has helped to serve as a voice or a way for gamers to reach out and share their opinions by either…
The first teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1 has finally been released, much to the excitement of fans. While two videos—addresses from President Snow—for the film were previously uploaded to The Hunger Games YouTube channel, this is the first official teaser. Watch “Our Leader the Mockingjay” below: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzcYyzCZdiM] While the one minute…
This summer, FX brings Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain to TV for some creepily delicious vampire horror. We’re here to bring you our weekly take on just how well the adaptation holds up. Time to Choose With the first two episodes of The Strain, I was patiently waiting for the hook to sink in much like Game of…
Some will say that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s contribution to film is much like giving certain franchises a testosterone supplement as they hit a mid-life crisis. He’s the People’s Champ and as his well-deserved title implies his name alone draws a crowd at theatres everywhere. This past weekend, however, the people sided with a new…
With all the Google products out there, from Gmail to Google’s search bar and Google Hangouts, Google seems to bare it all for the wide world to see. However, Google isn’t transparent about everything it does. It isn’t only government workers with high-level security clearances that have to be careful about what they say. Google…
The recent change in the name policy for Google+ has sparked a great deal of controversy in relation to trolls and anonymity. According to Google’s announcement from July 15th of the changes, they took place because of all of the feedback they have received about how unclear and disliked the previous name policies have been,…