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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 Girl Traveler Top 5 Reasons Why Seattle is Geektopia!

by Teresa Jusino

November 10, 2011 - 10:26 am

So, I live in Los Angeles, and I moved here in part because of the geek community, which seems more unified here than it does in my native New York City. I figured I’d moved to the Geekiest Place on Earth!

Aaaaand then I visited Seattle, where geekery isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle! Here are the Top 5 Reasons Why Seattle is Geektopia!

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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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Geek The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store – Helping Young Writers One Cape At a Time

by Teresa Jusino

September 26, 2011 - 11:19 am

Have you been wondering where to get you or your sidekick a quality cape? Have a hankering for a new secret identity? Are you an invisible superhero who needs an invisible mp3 player so you can remain undetected? Or are you a villain in need of some de-villainizing? If you’re visiting New York City, head on over to the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store, where you can satisfy all of your superhero needs!

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Geek Geek Girl Traveler: Best Destinations For Geek Kids (and Their Parents!) in NYC

by Teresa Jusino

September 21, 2011 - 9:46 am

Calling geek parents! Traveling to the Big Apple? Want to know how to spend your time in the city before leaving them back at the hotel with a sitter so that you can go out and enjoy New York’s fine, geek drinking establishments? Wondering if there are places you can take your kids during the day that both you and they can enjoy? I know what you’re thinking. The only time any place is “fun for the whole family” is if the “whole family” is under ten years old. Well, I promise that these are places where you might find yourself having just as much fun as your kid! Here are Geek Girl Traveler’s Top Destinations for Geek Kids (and their parents) in New York City!

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Geek Geeks and Sex and Kink! Oh, My!

by Teresa Jusino

September 14, 2011 - 8:26 am

As Margaret Cho asked in her special, Notorious CHO, “What’s this weird connection between fans of Star Trek, S&M, and the Renaissance Faire?”

She is certainly not the first to make the connection between geeks and kink, nor does that connection seem to be without merit. Indeed, it seems that the more into Klingon weaponry you are, the more likely it is that you attend the Folsom Street Fair every year. Like Wonder Woman comics? You may also a submissive man who enjoys bondage. The same people that go to San Diego Comic Con are often the same people that go to Shibaricon. But why? Are geeks kinkier than most people? Or are they just more honest about it?

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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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