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  • Win It! 6-Month Loot Crate Subscription Giveaway

    WIN IT! – 6-Month Subscription to Loot Crate Enter now! Geek Insider is giving away one (1) 6-Month Loot Crate Subscription , Courtesy of Loot Crate! Use the widget below to enter and win. Don’t forget to ‘like’ Geek Insider on Facebook and share with your friends, as it increases your chances of winning! Check out our full review of…

  • 10 Reasons Why Your Virtual Friends are Better Than Your Real Ones

    1. Clothing Optional “Frandz coming? MUST FIND PANTS” is something you will never have to say again. Even if you have desensitized your human comrades to the sight of exposed buttcheeks (they need air to feel alive OKAY), there’s something rare and precious about having a blog comments war over who is the most talented…

  • Skip Con Lines, Get Swag with Loot Crate!

    When I was a kid, my family moved halfway across the country. My parents had a weird way of dealing with the hardships and confusion that comes with transplanting yourself in a strange new place—they joined a Wine of the Month club. I didn’t get it. Once a month, a box with two bottles of…

  • Loot Crate: January Crate Review

    Guess what?…  January Loot Crate Unboxing It’s HERE! I found January’s Loot Crate  sitting on my desk this afternoon, in all of its black cardboard glory. This month’s theme is “Launch”. Why? Because Loot Crate wants to help you ‘launch’ into the new year with some pretty awesome geek swag. Also, because Loot Crate is…

  • Meet Ozobot, the Thimble-Sized Smart Robot Equipped to Follow Your Lead

    If the broad geek populace were to take an informal poll in an effort to find the most commonly-enjoyed tech-related activity, my number one pick for the winner would be “messing around with a tablet/phone.” There’s a good reason for that. Geek gadgets don’t need to fulfil a formal purpose to engage us; they just…

  • The Most Devastating Computer Viruses In History (Infographic)

    Today, many of us are pretty vigilant whenever we’re online. We’re likely to be able to spot a dodgy-looking pop-up ad or know if something’s not quite right with a website, but throughout the web, there are a significant number of viruses circulating. Supersized viruses are still common, although they were at their peak around…

  • Three Awesome Gadgets From CES 2014 Available for Purchase and Pre-Order

    Once again the Computer Electronics Show is in the past, and the new wave of personal gadgets are just starting to rush towards us. While the huge craze at CES 2014 included the extravagant 4K Flexible TVs, virtual reality gaming systems and incredible prototypes we won’t see for another year or so, many other cool…

  • You’re Invited!: PlayStation Now Sends Out The First Wave Of Beta Invites

    Starting at approximately 5:00pm Pacific Time yesterday PlayStation Now began sending out emails to the private beta. The beta includes “exclusive access to test PlayStation’s game streaming service before its full launch and the opportunity to provide your regular feedback to the PlayStation Now team.” The email suggests that participants should connect their PlayStation 3…

  • Elder Scrolls Online Pre-Order on Imperial Edition Shows Up at 20% Off

    Bethesda’s upcoming MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online pre-orders are now available and will hit the PC digital shelves on April 4th of this year. Today Bethesda announced details on an upgraded and more expensive Imperial Edition, prompting the PC digital retailer GameFly to sell both the Standard and Imperial Edition on their site. What’s notable…

  • Grip-iT: A Simple, Yet Useful Controller Modification

    You find yourself playing the Call of Duty match of your life. You are approaching a record kill/death ratio and your highest kill streak award. But as your hope for victory rises, time is running out and the pressure is on. You turn every corner with a swift, yet nervous caution. Then, in the corner…

  • Canvas Network Has the Perfect Course for Comic Fans

    In my previous not-so-viral post, I talked about Nerdist’s Math Bites and how education is constantly evolving with the rise of online videos and classes. Take a moment to let this news sink in. It is amazing, isn’t it? This is one of the things that proves the internet does indeed bring us together. Even…

  • Net Neutrality and Why We Should Care About It

    There’s quite a bit of hype going on across the internet world about internet neutrality and whether or not it will go away. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what is going on, please allow me to explain. On January 14th, a federal court of appeals struck down The Federal Communications Commision’s (FCC’s)…

  • Vimeo vs YouTube: The Battle Behind the Videos

    It feels like we’ve always had YouTube, doesn’t it? It’s been around forever; everyone knows what it is and how to use it. Forever, apparently, is only nine years. YouTube was only created in February 2005. That’s a year after Facebook made its appearance. And, even more surprisingly, it’s several months after Vimeo, the internet’s other…

  • Five Great Headphones Under $100

    Sometimes there is nothing better than a great set of headphones. Whether you are listening to music or watching an action flick with some intense surround sound, you are taken into a whole other world. However, like many other great things in life, the better the quality, the more money you’re going to have to…

  • Eat Like a Geek: Ten Delicious Geeky Recipies

    Food. It’s great, right? There’s really nothing better, unless you count sleep or maybe how it feels to beat a new video game for the first time or discover a new favorite TV show. Logically, then, food when combined with favorite video games or TV shows will be even more awesome. Here are ten recipes…