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The Top 10 Worst Portrayals of Gamers on Television

Television has long pushed the worst kind of gamer stereotypes into the pop culture limelight. There’s been a lot said recently about the ...
By Bob ChipmanNovember 10, 2014
Science and Tech Features

Alternate Reality: The Science Behind the Fiction

Writers love to explore “what if” scenarios based on the idea of alternate realities. Alan Moore’s Watchmen depicts an alternate reality in which ...
By CJ Miozzi Legacy AuthorFebruary 26, 2014
MovieBob - Intermission

On Geek Privilege

I’d like you to take a moment (preferably before reading the rest of this column, but it’s not like I can control your ...
By Bob ChipmanJanuary 31, 2014
Geek Culture

Silver Screen Button Mashing

Back in 1989, a fat-cat Hollywood producer (or so I picture) had a revelation: Those videogame things he’d seen around were gaining a ...
By Stephen Colfer Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2008
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