Bill Nye was the gentleman lucky enough to be tasked with engaging Gen Y in science. Bill Nye the Science Guy used quick cuts and silly gags to foster a love of science in young people starting in the mid-nineties. As a result, children everywhere irritated grown-ups by constantly correcting them. Bill has recently returned…
The best N64 games ever seems to be a mandatory list anyone writing about games must make. And why not? It has some great games that even beat out many modern ones today. In fact some of the games considered to be the best ever are for the N64. That being said, let’s see what…
Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned twist ending to a story? If properly executed, it can not only shock, but also force the reader or viewer to alter their understanding and evaluation of everything that’s occurred thus far. If you’re anything like me you’ll subsequently re-read or re-watch in order to scour for clues. Here…
They’re the films you may never have heard of, but once you watch them, you’re converted! You need to tell your friends about them, you scour the aisles of stores trying to find that DVD or Blu Ray edition you heard about. You search online to buy it completely legally and not Torrent it at…
While there are tons of heartbreaking moments to choose from in the Harry Potter series, we have dug up the top five. These five are the ones that when read, the book ends up flying through the air and hitting the wall because there are too many emotions keeping us from reading and our eyes…
While geek culture has historically been seen as having been the domain of men; with the mainstream-ness of geek culture women as well as men have become equal fans of this art and lifestyle. Women are a growing group in the technology fields as well as the convention circuits. But with this growing culture and…
You can boot into Windows, or you can boot into Linux. Or, you can boot into Android too! While running Android apps on your computer is easy – you need emuators like BlueStacks, running Android itself on your PC is a different case. Using some virtualization tools, you could be rocking a legal version of…
Have you ever wondered if you can use your phone to help out for once instead of just ignoring people or stalking them on Facebook? Well, now you can. The game “Sidekick Cycle” (Global Gaming Initiative) will help you do just that. The great thing about this game is that for every 387 sold, Global…
With a show like Firefly, choosing the five most memorable moments out of dozens is like deciding which of your fingers you love most. The short list was certainly over a dozen. Here we narrow down which scenes stick in our mind the most- the moments that throw you out of the journey you’d expected…
Whether you’re surfing the internet, involved in an intense online game, exclaiming the powers of geekdom on a social media site, or just enjoying Comic Con, geek etiquette is a must for every geek. Geek Insider has the knowledge you need in order to not end up branded as the rude geek or “that guy”…
Pokemon used to be one of the few good Nintendo properties left. In the first ever simultaneous worldwide release of a Pokemon game, many veterans are going to pick up the newest installments, Pokemon X & Y, on October 12. Here are five things to hate about it. Five Reasons You’re Going To Hate Pokemon…
Women are represented pretty poorly in the media. Their roles are neglected in every genre of film from comedy to action, downgraded to sexual prizes won by the male lead, or the nagging “straight-man” foil to a charismatic Adam Sandler-alike. Screenplays either completely gloss over any attempts to create depth, or get praised for having…
As we get closer to Android 4.4 KitKat’s release, fresh data from Google indicates that the problem of fragmentation on Android may be reducing in magnitude. Jellybean is apparently running on almost half of all Android devices right now. Jellybean Dominating According to Google, which maintains statistics and data of all Android devices that connect…
Following in Saudi Arabia’s footsteps, Pakistan has gone ahead and blocked access to multiple IM clients – WhatsApp, Viber, Tango, and Skype in its Sindh province. However, the government is claiming the reasons are different. 3 Month Ban Causes Outrage Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah executed the decision to block the IM clients at…
To some people, hearing “Oh my gosh, you are such a geek!” is equivalent to the entire world crashing down around them and fire raining down from the sky. However, being a geek isn’t as bad as many people are led to believe; in some ways it can be a very good thing! Geeks are…