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  • Microsoft Announces Two Million Xbox One Sales

    Brace yourselves, Sony.   Microsoft Announces Massive Sales Good old Microsoft announced earlier this morning that they have successfully sold two million Xbox One’s to clamoring fans. Amidst console wars and a split fandom, Microsoft seems to be doing extraordinarily well. Sony has yet to mention their good fortune, but we are fairly certain it…

  • 21 Totally Crush-Worthy Geeks of TV and Film

    If you’re having trouble finding a prospective geeky partner in real life, stop right now and turn on the TV. Fictional geeks of TV and film can help fill the void of your lonely existence, plus they’ll never hurt you—that is, until the movie ends/you run out of episodes/your parents stop subscribing to Netflix (WHY…

  • Elder Scrolls Online to Launch April 4th for PC, June for PS4, Xbox One

    The moment we have all been waiting for – Bethesda Reveals Elder Scrolls Online Launch Dates As revealed just this morning by Bethesda in the absolutely KICK ASS trailer above, it looks like we will be seeing the long awaited Elder Scrolls Online on April 4 for the PC and Mac, and later in June…

  • Underground Theme Park: Add This to Your Bucket List

    An ancient salt mine in Transylvania, Romania has been transformed into a full-fledged amusement park. This 120-meter deep salt mine is home to a Ferris wheel, mini-golf, an amphitheater, a pool table,  a bowling alley, table tennis, and a football field. It even has an underground lake for boat tours. It is about 50 degrees Fahrenheit at the…

  • Timeless Box: Give the Gift of Suspense this Christmas

    The suspense of waiting to open up gifts until Christmas morning may as well be classified as cruel and unusual punishment. Every day you wake up to that unwrapped gift and have this uncontrollable urge to tear it apart. This Christmas, creative agency Honest&Smile is giving  the opportunity to give the gift of suspense and…

  • Games That Are Better Than Their Movie Counterparts

    In the world of film, it’s widely accepted that the movie is never as good as the book. And that is probably true. You’d be hard pressed to find a book where the movie competes. There are the odd few: Die Hard, Fight Club, Jaws and The Graduate all stand up pretty well. But think…

  • Actual Animators Talk “Frozen” Design Controversy

    Frozen is Disney’s 53rd animated feature-length film and, despite a warm response from the critics, social media and animation fans alike have been giving it the cold shoulder for months, even before its release at the end of last month. When the designs for its two main characters, Princesses Anna and Elsa, were released last…

  • New Tricks: HTC’s HD2 Remains the Master of Adaptation

    It’s only been just over four years since HTC shipped the HD2, their new Windows Mobile flagship. It was received as a behemoth at the time, a great big tank of a phone ready to conquer the world and revive the fortunes of the struggling Windows Mobile platform. As such, it was desperately unfortunate for…

  • Elementary Recap: S02E10, “Tremors”

    Warning, contains spoilers for previous episodes in seasons one and two.   Elementary Recap: ‘Tremors’ We open at the precinct as a young man calling himself The Knight walks in to confess a murder to “Lord” Gregson. Apparently he murdered his Queen with a shotgun that he willingly brought to the department. All of the…

  • Gaming Brings Families Together for the Holidays

    Across the northern hemisphere the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting colder, and families are making cross-country treks by car and plane to visit relatives. The dark and the cold are held at bay by lights and warm food and gifts as we all wait for the solstice to pass, the new year…

  • Tales of an Average Online Gamer 4: Armchair Management

    I’ve spoken at length on here before of the traditional forms of multiplayer online gaming, but what if you’re more armchair general than infantry leader? Because there’s one area of online gaming I have been tangentially involved with for a few years now, and that’s sports management. Blackout Rugby is a freemium rugby management game,…

  • Win It! Hearthstone Beta Key Giveaway

    Win It! – Hearthstone Closed Beta Key Giveaway Enter now! Geek Insider is giving away one (1)  Hearthstone Closed Beta Key to a lucky winner! 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! Hearthstone Beta…

  • December Movie Preview: Deck the Halls with Bags of Popcorn

    So things get complicated in December. We have a number of highly-anticipated films of both the blockbuster and independent variety. Hollywood will be hoping big names like The Hobbit and Anchorman will bring in the big bucks. But there is also a different priority. In order to be eligible for the upcoming award season, movies…

  • 10 Reasons to Watch “Sleepy Hollow”

    If you’re not already hooked on Sleepy Hollow, you should be. The plot is a modern adaptation of Washington Irving’s 1820 short story, about the Headless Horseman rising from the grave to terrorize the people of Sleepy Hollow, beheading them as he goes. In the new twist, the story takes place in our time, and…

  • Five Console Cars That Kick Some Serious Butt

    There are hundreds of car games out there with a few franchises dominating the market, clocking up as many big bucks as they do playing time along the way. How many women can proclaim to be ‘GTA widows’? I have barely seen or spoke to my fiance since Grand Theft Auto 5 landed on my…