May 23, 2013 | Forbes
Leonard Nimoy didn’t know why the creators of the recent Star Trek-based Audi commercial had asked him to sing a few bars of his hilariously campy song from 1967, “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.” “I said, if you want me to do it, I’ll do...
May 22, 2013 | Forbes
Reading and writing fan fiction is a pastime I’ve enjoyed for years, and I’m not the only one: Fanfiction.net, a clearinghouse of fan fiction from across dozens of television shows, movies, and books, has millions of stories in its ever-growing repository....
May 22, 2013 | Forbes
Microsoft has sold 76 million units of the Xbox 360 since its release in 2005. Or shall I say, a mere 76 million units. That’s because over 96% of Americans homes have a television while only 49% of U.S. households own a game console. From where I’m...
May 21, 2013 | Forbes
Halo is a much-loved franchise that leapt from the computer screen to books, comic books, and even a successful web series, Forward Unto Dawn. But now it’s going to be a television series, one produced by multi-award-winning (and Forbes-listed...
May 21, 2013 | Forbes
A PlayStation fangirl admits it: Today’s reveal of the Xbox One kind of blew the PlayStation 4 reveal out of the water. Even the name, Xbox One, rather than the casually monikered Xbox 720, is surprising and different. The PS4 reveal was centered on the games...
May 14, 2013 | Forbes
Nothing shows your alliance to your favorite geek pastime like, say, a Batman t-shirt. But not everyone works in Silicon Valley, where employees can roll in to the office in streetwear. And although dress has become more casual since the Mad Men era (ties for men,...
