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 Archive for the 'Lists' Category10 iPod games for those who don’t have the TouchJuly 9th, 2009, 11:33 am by Jayson Peters
I am still toiling in the dark ages with my 30GB iPod Classic — what we used to call a “video iPod” Back in the Day. I even installed a new battery rather than upgrade when the shiny new iPhone and iPod Touch came on the scene. Don’t ask me why. Paul’s post describes being pleasantly surprised at Texas Hold’em Poker. I considered simply mentioning it and linking to his story, but then I decided to take it a step further and highlight a bunch of additional iPod Click Wheel games for luddites like me. Each costs $4.99. Here are 10 that caught my eye. Read the rest of this entry » @nerdvana in ‘100 Geeks You Should Be Following On Twitter’May 13th, 2009, 8:21 am by Jayson Peters
So being a geek and a dad, I regularly read GeekDad, a blog at Wired.com dedicated to “raising geek generation 2.0.” The editors and many contributors maintain a tone and style that have influenced me as I ventured into the world of blogging about things like video games and science fiction. (And there’s plenty for you GeekMoms and Geeklets, too.) They were such an inspiration, in fact, that last month when they sought volunteer writers to round out their ranks I considered throwing my hat into the ring. But they got such an overwhelming response that the call for applications was closed before I had a chance to submit mine! Today they have an article by head GeekDad Ken Denmead entitled “100 Geeks You Should Be Following On Twitter.” Intrigued, I clicked through to read more, and discovered that I was already following many of them, with surprising exceptions like Bill Amend of Foxtrot fame and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. These oversights were immediately corrected. But I was delightfully surprised to see my own name (Jayson Peters, “Geek blogger”) and this blog, Nerdvana, sandwiched between Geek Girl Diva (”Geeky blogger and affiliates manager for Entertainment Earth”) and Alison Lunde (”Code monkey and sarcastageek”). Thanks, GeekDads! So there you have it — all the cool people follow Nerdvana on Twitter. And so should you! 3 things I want from ‘Doctor Who’ in 2010April 11th, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
“Planet of the Dead,” the second of four Doctor Who specials planned for 2009, airs today on BBC One in the U.K. Who knows when it will air here in the States? One thing we do know: Change is coming. Last year David Tennant announced he will be leaving the long-running sci-fi drama, to be replaced in 2010 by young actor Matt Smith, the 11th incarnation of the Time Lord. Russell T. Davies, the man who brought Doctor Who back after a hiatus of 16 years, also is leaving as producer, turning the reins over to writer Steven Moffat. Both of these changes will have far-reaching effects on the franchise, including but not limited to a switch to HD filming and a redesign of the TARDIS interior. Beyond the cosmetic, here are a few more substantial changes I hope we’ll see. More of the TARDIS’ innards Ever since Doctor Who relaunched in 2005, all we’ve seen of the TARDIS interior is the Console Room and, briefly, the wardrobe. In the old days we saw corridors, personnel quarters, the sensory-depriving Zero Room, the tranquil Cloister Room — even a swimming pool and the rarely-sighted Secondary Console Room. ‘Frell,’ ‘Frak’ and beyond — the dirty words of other worldsMarch 20th, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
Frak! Battlestar Galactica’s much-hyped final episode airs tonight. To mark this bittersweet occasion, I give you a list of 10 fake swear words that have each, to some extent, bled into the fan vernacular from science fiction. Feel free to employ any or all as the show’s grand finale can’t possibly live up to your expectations. Warning! Fake profanity and the use of people’s imagination follow! Read on at your own risk. And they are:
Sunday Top 10: Archaeologists in sci-fiJanuary 18th, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
They poke about in places where no one has trod for thousands of years, sticking their noses in where they are least welcome. Often they cause more problems than they solve — but it’s all in a day’s work when you’re delving into the distant past of things that don’t exist! Continuing a new Nerdvana tradition of Sunday lists, we present our picks for the top 10 archaeologists in sci-fi. READ THE STORY >>
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