Features

Win a Bottle of Geeky Nail Polish from NerdLacquer!

Remember the post we had about geeky nail polish last month? Etsy shop owner Amanda Collier blends the nail polish on her own, drawing inspiration from all-time sci-fi favorites such as Dr. Who and Star Trek. You can purchase your geeky nail polish of choice from her Etsy shop NerdLacquer, or you can join our giveaway contest to win a color of your choosing! If you’re a girl, this contest is perfect. If you’re a guy, it still works. Either you give the nail polish to your girl friend for Valentine’s or you wear the polish yourself. It’s not like guys don’t do that these days, right? ;) You know Read more »


Games

Ticket to Ride Pocket is FREE. Grab it now!

Here at Forevergeek, we regularly try to paint a picture of the multitudinous aspects of geekiness. From science fiction to video gaming, from comics to cosplay. Sometimes, these different paths of geekdom coincide into a central nexus making things so much more fun to report. In this case, it’s when board games and video games come together. I’m about 95% sure you’ve heard of the classic board game Ticket to Ride. It’s an all-American best selling board game that’s easy to learn, hard to master and totally addicting to play with friends. The magic of Ticket to Ride is that it appeals to both the board game veterans and casual Read more »

Anime & Comics

The Art Of The Franchise Crossover

While there is little on this week’s shipping list that fills me with enthusiasm, this is by far made up for with the news that IDW are releasing another of their franchise crossovers. As a science fiction fan since a small child, then this is a landmark event. What are the two biggest names in science fiction? (And bear in mind that I am British as I ask this.)  One perpetuates an idealistic view of the future, where mankind can rise above its differences and work together in harmony, while the other promotes the heroism of the individual, the anti-establishment icon that can correct a society gone wrong. I speak Read more »

14 Anime for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a time for love and romance, but if you’re an anime geek and flowers and chocolates aren’t your thing, then you could consider a night of anime. Here are 14 anime that deal with love and romance. Just a warning – as with real love, not all of them have a happy ending. Kimi ni Todoke One of the sweetest high school romances in the last few years is Kimi ni Todoke. For most of her life, Sawako Kuronuma has been alone because of her looks – she so closely resembles the girl that climbs out of the well in “The Ring” that everyone calls her Sadako. Read more »

Winter 2012 Wonder Festival Highlights

The Winter 2012 Wonder Festival took place this weekend and as usual, a flood of new anime and game figure prototypes were out on display. Below are just some of the highlights from the event. Figmas Max Factory has dominated the articulated figure market with their Figma line-up, and fans of the series can expect a few goodies later this year. Two new figmas being released are Saber and Kiritsugu Emiya from Fate/Zero. Both of them are geared towards action poses, and they would look great if you had Saber’s motorbike too.      Other figmas planned for release this year include Black Rock Shooter TV Animation version, Hibiki Tachibana from Read more »

Raising Hell

Many people say, and I’m not one to argue, that what started as a brilliant franchise became watered down after a number of sequels that failed to reach the dizzy depths that were plumbed by the original Hellraiser. ‘Oh we have such sights to show you’ became a jaded phrase. Having said that, I seem to recall I really liked the eighth and final movie, and feel it was much maligned in later recollections. Or maybe it was the seventh. Anyway, moving on… We lived through Marvel’s abortive attempt at Clive Barker’s derived characters in the Razorline family of titles, which again contained a small number of gems but fell Read more »

Rest

Ramos Alarm Clock for When You Really Want to Wake Up

How difficult is it for you to wake up in the morning? If you are anything like me, you have tried all sorts of alarm clocks just to ensure that you get up in time for work every day. I even set several alarms, especially for days when I have something really important on my plate. Alas, it doesn’t always work. Enter the Ramos alarm clock, a Kickstarter project by Paul Sammut, who also seems to have his own experiences with these devices to kick you out of bed. The idea behind the Ramos alarm clock is to get you use your brain, assuming that this will help you really Read more »

Who Wants Bacon Milkshake?

We love bacon. There is no denying that. For sure, we all agree that nothing beats bacon for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Bacon is bacon, and nothing more needs to be said. I have to admit, however, that there are so many things with bacon these days that you just can’t help but wonder if the hype has gone overboard. Take this bacon milkshake from Jack in the Box. As much as I love bacon, I am not sure if I will like it. Jack in the Box is an iconic chain founded back in 1951 by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California. Today, they branches in countless states. Read more »

When Classic Art and LOLspeak Collide

Lolspeak is here, and it might be here to stay. At least for a while, until it evolves into something else. Whether that next kind of language is better or worse than lolspeak, I have no idea! If you are averse to the idea of the English language being corrupted by lolspeak, maybe it’s high time you loosen up a bit. If you use lolspeak on a regular basis, you will definitely have fun with these images. These are “portraits” which shout CLASSIC! The big difference is that lolspeak has been injected, rather blatantly, resulting in a hilarious mashup. Perhaps those who are knowledgeable about art will find the mashup Read more »