Weekly horror review: alan wake

Weekly Horror Review: Alan Wake

If Stephen King were to make a video game, I’d imagine it’d look a lot like Alan Wake. This lovely yarn has all the trademarks of the father of modern horror, with some X Files mixed in for good measure.  Set in the town of Bright Falls, Washington, Alan Wake pits the titular character against…

Under the dome episode 3: manhunt

Under the Dome Episode 3: Manhunt

I don’t think it’s a particularly good sign that the third episode of the series was easily the worst episode of the series. At this point, the writers for the show should be getting a pretty good feel for the characters and starting to write them with a little more depth. Instead this episode seemed…

Under the Dome: The Fire

I noticed that the last couple of reviews I have done for Geek Insider have come across as rather negative. Realizing this, I went into last night’s episode of Under the Dome trying my best to be positive and really enjoy the episode. That approach worked for about half of “The Fire,” until I ran…

Under the dome, episode 1: pilot

Under the Dome, Episode 1: Pilot

It’s always interesting watching a television show or a movie that is based on the book. I read Under the Dome a few years ago and when I first read the back cover, looking for the synopsis the first thing that popped into my mind was “Didn’t the Simpsons already do this?” Of course, Stephen…

Geek insiders’s non-super comic book heroes

Geek Insiders’s Non-Super Comic Book Heroes

There’s nothing super about these non-super comic book heroes Be it Superman, Spider-Man, Justice League, The Avengers, or X-Men, you’ll be hard pressed to find any modern geek who isn’t without their favorite super-powered comic book hero. The list certainly doesn’t end there, as the world of comic books offers hundreds of weird and wonderful variations of…