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Geek In A ChinaShop Geek Girl Traveler: EMP Museum, Seattle

February 13, 2012 - 10:52 am

I touched on it in my piece “Top 5 Reasons Why Seattle is Geektopia,” but the EMP Museum is so awesome it deserves its own post. If you are a geek traveling through the Pacific Northwest, you would be remiss in your nerdly duties if you didn’t stop and pay homage at one of the country’s best and most comprehensive museums devoted to science-fiction, fantasy, music, and pop culture. No matter what your brand of geekery, the EMP Museum, located on the grounds of the Seattle Center, has something for you.

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Geek In A ChinaShop Get Schooled With Geek Crash Course!

by Teresa Jusino

November 7, 2011 - 10:31 am

You’re a geek, and you know everything there is to know about everything that is sci-fi, fantasy, comics, or horror.

Except Doctor Who.

Never fear! Geek Crash Course is here to help brighten your geek blind spots! Love anime, but know nothing about comics? Are you a gamer who’s never read the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Diana Dekajlo and Michael Nixon host a web show designed to cater to geeks looking to improve their geek cred as well as non-geeks looking to learn about all these comics, shows, and films that seem to be getting a lot of attention lately. Each episode is devoted to a single character, show, book series, film, or comic, and gives you a basic 101 lesson in what it’s all about. They introduce each topic as if the audience has never heard of it before, and explain the premise or basics of the topic, while including some insider references for fans. Since shows like Doctor Who or Star Trek, as well as long-running comic books can have such an epic history, it can be really intimidating for a first-time watcher or reader to get into them. Geek Crash Course makes these properties more accessible to someone just starting out.

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Geek In A ChinaShop Hughes the Force – Where the Rebel Alliance Meets The Breakfast Club

by Teresa Jusino and Emily Heyer

October 26, 2011 - 10:11 am

The sweltering heat didn’t stop members of the 501st Legion from donning their stormtrooper armor in support of the world premiere of Hughes the Force, a new short film from director J.C. Reifenberg and writer Stephen J. Koistinen Jr. that combines a love of Star Wars with a love of the films of John Hughes.

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Featured Geek In A ChinaShop Geek Drinking in Brooklyn Borough

by Teresa Jusino

July 28, 2011 - 10:56 am

Visiting New York and getting your geek on? Wondering where to go for a post-outing nightcap? Brooklyn is the NYC borough to beat when it comes to geektastic drinking establishments, boasting two locales that appeal to lovers of genre fiction, gaming, and good beer.

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Geek In A ChinaShop The Geekiest Stay in New York: The Library Hotel

by Teresa Jusino

July 6, 2011 - 12:42 pm

It doesn’t get much geekier than hotel rooms organized by the Dewey Decimal System. Yet this is exactly what you’ll find at The Library Hotel in New York City, a swank, yet cozy boutique hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

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Featured Geek In A ChinaShop Simon Pegg Talks Life As a Nerd Do Well

by Teresa Jusino

June 29, 2011 - 10:34 am

New York City geeks were recently lined up around the block for five hours in anticipation of one of Geek Culture’s patron saints. Simon Pegg, star of fan-favorite films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, the J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek, and the cult-hit television show, Spaced, made an appearance at the Strand Bookstore as part of his U.S. tour to promote the American release of his new book, Nerd Do Well.

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Geek In A ChinaShop Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Review)

by Teresa Jusino

June 21, 2011 - 8:06 am

Even if you’ve never picked up a comic in your life, it’s likely that you’ve heard of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Most Expensive Broadway Show Ever! All those injuries! And when will it get out of previews and actually open? After much brouhaha, lots of money, and big changes in the creative team (namely, the dismissing of Julie Taymor and the hiring of Marvel writer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, to remedy a flawed book), Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has finally officially opened on Broadway!

And?

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