It’s March, the month of college basketball brackets and St. Patrick’s Day. But don’t worry: While the rest of your office is busy throwing money away pretending to care about college hoops and drinking shitty green beer, there’s plenty of great geek fun to be had. March’s ten best geek…
There are some things you never forget — your first kiss, your first car accident, the first time you saw Ghostbusters. Me, I was eleven (we’re talking Ghostbusters here, just so we’re clear), and I was lucky enough to see it in a theater, during its original theatrical run. I…
Don’t let the name fool you: Animeland Wasabi isn’t just about Japan’s finest pop-culture export. “Anime is the base component,” explains Gregory Richardson of the convention, which opens at noon today. “The staples of the anime con are here, from the maid cafe to our video room.” But there’s much…
Earlier this week, Ken Levine announced he was moving on from Irrational Games after almost twenty years. In his time at the studio, Levine helped shepherd into being a number of games, from the groundbreaking System Shock to cult favorite Freedom Force. Those games had their fans, but it was…
In this age of digital video, on-demand entertainment and HD picture, it’s easy to forget how revolutionary the VHS era really was. Not only could you watch movies at home, but you could make your own, even if you had no training, budget or discernible skill. Those movies live on,…
When The Wind Rises opens February 28 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, it will be the last new film from anime legend Hiyao Miyazaki, who is retiring. In honor of that auspicious occasion, the Alamo is paying tribute to the master with Miyazaki Madness, a series of seven of his…
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and love is in the air. Lists of romantic movies. Articles on romantic date ideas. Five easy tips to please your lover. Love here, love there, love fucking everywhere. It gets a little tiresome, honestly, especially if you’re one of those people who isn’t…
It shouldn’t be hard to convince the geek in your life to go see Knights of Badassdom, an action-comedy movie about LARP (live action role-playing) enthusiasts who accidentally summon a real demon. If you’re not already sold on the description alone, get this: It stars a rogue’s gallery of nerd-dom’s…
If you’re looking to break free of the dinner-and-a-movie date clichés for Valentine’s Day, how about a candlelit evening spent with a murderous lunatic in a bear costume? After all, if you can’t charm the pants off your date, why not scare them off? Step into 13th Floor Haunted House’s…
Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, and love is in the air. Everywhere you look, people are planning fancy dates or at least renting their favorite romantic movies for a night of couch-snuggling with their beloved. Contrary to the stereotypes, geeks are no different. Well, maybe a little different –…
The Internet, as ubiquitous as it is, has yet to make much of an impact on the art world. Two works by digital artist Conor McGarrigle explore the art inherent to the ‘net in unique and intriguing ways. The first, the BitTorrent Trilogy, consists of three incomplete downloads of popular…
If you want to know what a geek is passionate about, look at their chest. Chances are good that whatever their passion is, it will be emblazoned across the front of their shirt in some form or other. With the possible exception of hipsters — and there’s a fair amount…
Ubiquitous as it already is, the Internet is only beginning to make a major impact on the art world. An exhibit opening tonight at Counterpath features two works by digital video artist Conor McGarrigle, who explores the art inherent to the Net in unique and intriguing ways. The first, the…
For a certain subset of people, skateboarding is more than a hobby; it’s a way of life. When photographer Matt Alberts was looking for a worthy subject for an art project using an archaic, labor-intensive photographic technique known as the wet collodion process, he found that these “lifers” made a…
When a blind assassin with a flying guillotine faces off against a one-armed boxer, there’s no doubt who’ll win: everyone who loves a great kung fu movie. Once you’ve seen Master of the Flying Guillotine, one of the greatest — and most influential — kung-fu flicks ever made, you, too,…
February is almost here, which means a lot of things: the shortest month of the year, Valentine’s Day, and another roundup of the best geek events that our fair city has to offer. For being such a short month, there’s sure a lot going on, including multiple cons, a celebration…
It’s Super Bowl time! That’s always exciting. The Broncos are playing! That’s even more exciting. Unless, of course, you don’t give a single fuck about football. Typically — stereotypically, at least — geeks aren’t supposed to, just like we’re not supposed to be able to get girls/guys, dress ourselves stylishly,…
Improv and geek culture collides in Geek Out, a show that uses the obsessive nature of fandom as inspiration and fuel for improv. “It’s a combination of all the things we love. We’re an improv theater. We’re a bunch of geeks,” explains Denise Maes, the show’s executive producer. “We thought,…
Look closely and you’ll find things hidden within Denver’s architecture. Local author Kitty Migaki’s Alphabet Denver reveals where kids can discover every letter from A to Z concealed in the city’s landmarks and buildings. Using poetry, photographs and the GPS on your phone (or the addresses in the back, if…
When Lamberto Bava’s splatter classic Demons screens this Saturday, January 25 at the Alamo Drafthouse, it isn’t just a rare chance to see this obscure gem on the big screen. The film also marks the debut of Channel Z, Keith Garcia’s new cult-film series that picks up where his excellent…
For the most part, geeks are a friendly and welcoming bunch. When we meet new people who share one or more of our geeky obsessions, we welcome them into the clan with open arms. Lately, though, as typically geeky things have become more and more accepted by mainstream society, there’s…
People go to horror movies to enjoy the mayhem on screen without ever experiencing any real danger. That makes Lamberto Bava’s splatter classic Demons, which features a group of horror devotees whose trip to the movies becomes an all-too-real fight for survival, the perfect cautionary tale. “It’s a fun little…
