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Want To Help Build A ‘Periodic Table Of Awesome’?

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2:30PM September 24, 2010 | Seamus Byrne

Some of the people behind the great Supanova pop culture expo are now working on producing a web series about the wonders of geek culture. And you can help them get it off the ground through a crowd funding effort they’ve got up online (complete with trinkets and prizes for those who help). Just watch out for the odd accidental hadouken. More »


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25 Years Later, Goonies Still Never Say Die

12:30PM June 8, 2010 | Owen Good

With no sequel, no reboot, no spinoffs – just one movie and one video gameThe Goonies is a rarity, a phenomenon supported by two decades of nearly unexploited nostalgia. The film’s 25th anniversary of its release is today. More »


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Nintendo’s Fischer Apologises For Geeks And Otaku Comment

3:20AM June 14, 2008 | Mike Fahey

It almost goes without saying, but Nintendo of Europe’s managing director Laurent Fischer deeply regrets stating that “geeks and otaku” were the only people concerned about running out of space on their Nintendo Wii due to WiiWare and Virtual Console titles, comments that ticked off gamers and developers alike. Speaking to videogaming247, Fischer offered the following by way of apology.

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