On February 4th The Sims crew celebrated the franchise’s fourteenth birthday with Twitter parties, physical parties, and a free copy of the Town Life stuff pack (expires Feb. 10). With over a decade worth of llama jokes and plumbobs, The Sims has developed quite a following. The game is sold across the globe for personal computers,…
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or so goes the old adage, but what singular item can help when your Apple computer is the thing needing a doctor? If you like your electronic upkeep simple, easy, and automated, then the answer might be the FixMeStick for Mac, a bootable flash drive containing a…
It’s been 30 years since the Empire Strikes Back came out, and by now everyone knows that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father. Even those who had never seen the movie eventually found out from the hands of popular culture throwing the famous line around like a worn out football. If this is news to…
Let’s face it: many of us only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. If you’re like me, you just skipped the big game altogether and watched the ads online the next day. Super Bowl commercials are a step-up from the everyday advertisement. The exorbitant cost of airtime and massive audience creates an unofficial competition…
Well it’s official; that fat little rodent everyone calls Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and chances are that we will be stuck with another six weeks of winter. In fact, as I write this, I can see the rain transform itself into yet another snowstorm. Oh well, the best thing to do is to enjoy…
I think we can all agree that parenting is difficult at the best of times. Babies are pretty much miniature inconvenience machines, wielding powerful fluid-generating security systems with exceptionally skittish alarms. That’s why it’s always been important to get as much help as possible to keep stressed parents sane and babies’ soft fontanels intact. Offering…
Energy gauges are useful. They tell you when your phone is close to calling it quits, when you need to immediately save in order to avoid losing progress on your laptop, and how far your car can get you before you need to fuel it up. But the truth is, we humans get tired too–…
Some great geek stuff for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) fans! Actually, no; let me take that back. Anyone who’s thirsty for education should be typing the URL of Coursera right now – with bells on! You should be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about it. To demonstrate that virtual reality technology is indeed an important part of…
I saw the Adam Sandler movie ‘Click’ once. I can’t really remember why, and in hindsight it was not a justifiable move. Even so, I’d like to have a magical remote control, especially since I’d use it for much more interesting things than getting into weakly amusing escapades and causing arguments with Kate Beckinsale. Handily,…
Warning, contains spoilers for previous episodes in seasons one and two. ‘Elementary’ Recap – Dead Clade Walking Sherlock’s quirky hobby of the week is trepanning (“drilling holes into peoples’ skulls” for those who didn’t read His Dark Materials voraciously as a child), but he’s constantly and concernedly interrupted by texts from his new mentee, Randy, who’s…
This post brought to you by Fellowes. All opinions are 100% mine. Well, Geeks and Geekettes, it is that time of year. The sneezing, the coughing, the chills and sometimes even worse; that’s right, it’s cold and flu season! Try as we might, there are really only a few limited ways to stop the spread…
It was already known that Airtight Games released its ghostly action-adventure, “Murdered: Soul Suspect” to PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation. Don’t worry lonely little Xbox One users, Microsoft announced today that the game will also be released for Xbox One. The game centers around a dead Detector Ronan O’Connor who uses his DEADly powers…
With how worldly the world wide web has become, there is geek stuff on every corner. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what is the latest news and what is an actual cultural reference. When you find something that makes you legitimately laugh, maybe do a little research and find out if there is even more…
All true fans like to have action figures of their favorite characters. I, for instance, have a Peter Pan collection. I have tons of figurines: Disney’s Peter as well as more traditional Pans. I also have some Hooks, a few Tinkerbells, and one crocodile. Most of my figures are spot-on, Peter is pretty hard to…
Big news today. According to the guys and gals over at Hypable, J.K. Rowling reveals a shocking surprise in the new issue of Wonderland magazine. Rowling spills the beans to Potter star and issue editor, Emma Watson, and fans around the world took in a collective gasp. Maybe Ron and Hermione weren’t meant to be,…