Geek because its Chic

I've got to get this off my chest because it drives me absolutely insane. The girls who say they're geeky and know nothing about said subject past the movie they saw a week ago.
Here's a story to better illustrate my point.
Last year I was washing my hands in a school bathroom when another girl comes up wearing a Spock shirt from the new Star Trek movie.  She starts washing her hands as well and I was surprised that she of all people wore a Spock shirt. She was more in the clique of being green by flaunting your relatively high economic status. But if she liked Star Trek, who was I to judge? Anyways, as we washed our hands, a girl came from the hallway. She spotted Spock girl and they squealed then hugged. Then this "Oh my gosh! I love Star Wars!" "Me  too!" they were talking about her Spock shirt. So I did the only thing any reasonable person would dohttp://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net/photos/images/original/000/175/315/PicardDoubleFacepalm-1.jpg?1316330080
So that's what I mean, the people that wear the glasses they got at Hot Topic and saw a gateway nerd movie (recent Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of The Rings, Batman etc.) and thinking they now deserve the label of nerd.

There's a reason that a lot of nerds don't like these "nerds". Its a little offensive that something you were originally ostracized for is now celebrated by the people who ostracized you. But here's the stinger, you're still an outcast. Just because its cool to be geeky doesn't make geeks cool.
So that's why I love idiot nerd girl. In someways we all start off as idiot nerd girl. The difference is that most nerds look back and laugh at their n00bish ways of old. This new culture does not.

And I have nothing against the movie adaptations of Marvel comic books, Batman, Lord of the Rings, and the Star Trek reboot. But its also fine to like the movie without having to claim nerddom. In this day and age you can like it with the only criticism being of whether the other person liked it or not.

Post-Christmas gaming

So nerds of all types I bring you belated seasons greetings and a happy new year. So I got a lot of nerdy gifts and besides bragging, if anyone that's watching is going on sale shopping here are some ideas if you don't have it and see anything you like.

Video Games


The Binding of Isaac- I got this a few days before Christmas but I say it counts. The plot is that Isaac's mom has heard God, and she must kill her son in God's will (this is before the game even starts, I'm not spoiling anything,) and Isaac finds a small hatch under the rug in his room that goes into the basement. Seeing no other way out, he jumps into it. And thus the story begins. It plays kind of like the original Legend of Zelda. The each level is randomly generated so there is no real predictable way to go through. Its a lot of fun if you like your share of bloody/creepy/I'm-going-to-hell-for-finding some-of-the-items-he-found-funny style.
The game is only on computer systems and steam is where you would get said game
The makers infact, made a demo on newgrounds, so I recommend you check it out first
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/581168
And oh God its addicting, I lost sleep on this game, and that's rare for me. I value sleep as a college student.

Kirby's Epic Yarn-  I've wanted this for a while but haven't been able to get it, financially speaking, until now. There isn't too much to say, its a simple platformer that's cute and fun. Its just incredibly cute. Nothing bad, but it's somewhat repetitive but easy for someone to just pick up and play. That's all I can really say about it.

Rayman Origins- A new game when it can still be called new. That's rare for me. And its a lot of fun, its spaztic and in someways a twist on the platformer, while still staying true to the platformer. Its gorgeous, it is brilliantly drawn and the music is awesome. Only two things bother me.
1.

picture from newgameblog.com

The busty fairies, on one hand they're cute and I want a sticker of a couple of them on my laptop. On the other, super sexualized so I shouldn't like them and they have very little point in the story past 'I give you the power of...' HEART!...Wait, this isn't Captain Planet, never mind. Anyways, they're not much besides, eye candy, damsel in distress, and plot device. But dammit, they're cute.

2. You die a lot. Its not too bad, but when trying to get certain goals, it starts getting old to die and re-spawn over and over again. When doing a quick play through its not too bad though.

Non-Video Games

Lord of the Rings book collection with The Hobbit- I know, I have failed as a nerd by not reading the series earlier, its not for lack of trying, its because the copies at my house were literally falling apart. So now I'm reading them, and so far I'm liking The Hobbit, but more reading is needed for real opinion to be given.

Wonder Woman lunch box and DVD- this was not an official set but its still awesome. The lunch box is just  awesome, I plan to use it in the upcoming semester for lunch. The Wonder Woman DVD that I got with it was the 2009 straight to DVD, not the old tv series. And I was pleasantly surprised with it. It was well written, it had great notes of feminism, and the voice of Wonder Woman was what I would think of her voice. Unlike DC universe, but that's for another blog post.

Only one downside I could see with it, Tara Strong's voice as Alexa was too close not only as voice similarity, but personality, as Twilight Sparkle in the recent My Little Pony series. Even for the small part it was distracting.

The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick- so this book mainly talks about how you can make your nerdy brain work for you. I haven't read very far in it, but it is well written and its by nerds for nerds. 

So I think that's it in the way of nerdy Christmas presents. So happy new year and similar cliches. 

Halfy on deviantART

Halfy on deviantART:
Public health campaign and Super Women. I had a nerdgasm. Its simple, gets its point across and doesn't sexualize the women, it shows the importance of checking for cancer.
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I lolled.

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Just in case I needed another reason to love Tetris

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This is too amazing for words.