I’ve been a fan of The Smashing Pumpkins ever since I first heard “Today” back in like ’95 or  96. I know it was a few years after the song was released, but that’s when I got hooked. So back off! Anyway, I’ve been a pretty die-hard fan since then, even with their new stuff. I do think Billy Corgan [...]

Amazon just fired a nuclear warhead in Apple’s direction, and today my friends, the tablet war got real. For two years now, we’ve had one major player in the tablet market: Apple. Samsung has released a few Android based tablets, there’s been a Chinese knock off or two, and somewhere a few companies flirted with tablets running a desktop version [...]

I was a massive nerd growing up. I looked forward to the school year with a maniacal glee usually not seen outside of a mad scientist’s laboratory. I adored my Catholic school jumper and Peter Pan-collared shirts. New knee socks and gym shoes, and I get to go back to school?! Don’t spoil me! But above all of these things, I [...]

Well guys it is officially the summer, and that means one thing to every PC and Mac gamer: Steam Summer Sale! Every summer Steam, the digital distribution platform developed by Valve, has an impossibly cheap sale with tons of games. Triple A titles can go for less than ten dollars and slashing the price of games by far more than [...]

As an English major, writer, and all-around book nerd, the general assumption is that I am anti-ebook. Certainly I can understand the arguments made against them. E-books have a certain sterility to them. As one of my coworkers put it: “I love the feel and smell of a book. It’s all part of the reading experience.” True. I can relate [...]

Today is an auspicious day for Amazon. The U.S. Justice Department announced yesterday that it will bring suit to Apple and a cabal of five book publishers for antitrust violations. DOJ alleges that Apple, Macmillan, Penguin, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster set up a series of secret meetings to work around Amazon’s launch of the Kindle in 2007. As it [...]

These days, most people do their music purchasing through downloads. iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, or some other website/program offer cheap, single song purchases in a convenient, immediate download. This is the future, right? Gone are the days of searching through a brick and mortar store for hours only to find they don’t have the album you’re looking for. Most would probably [...]

If you are reading this, you are rich. If you are reading this, you have at your finger tips a wealth, a treasure, a fortune greater than has been conceived in the history of human culture. If you are reading this, you are in possession of a device which will allow you access to any and all human knowledge. Philosophy, [...]

Movie ticket revenues fell in 2011. There’s no doubt that film studios will continue blaming piracy. I’m sure this will shift their support of SOPA/Protect IP into high gear. The reasons for declining movie sales can’t be blamed on just piracy, anymore. They are indicative of a larger problem for movie studios, a problem that perhaps the studios in their [...]

The end of the year is the time when everyone starts putting out lists of things that were either awesome or awful. Hey, I’m no different. Here are some of the reasons why it was great to be a geek in 2011. 5. Comic Book Movies While not all comic book titles were winners (Green Lantern, Green Hornet, Priest), others [...]

Don’t tell me. It’s Dec. 21, and you still haven’t finished your Christmas shopping? Seriously? What, are you 12? I mean, I’m not judging, here (I totally am), but you’re almost out of time for real. At this point, you’re probably going to have to sink some cash into some kind of super fast shipping option that will cost you [...]