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15 geek events that dominated pop culture in 2016

   what geek-friendly events (movies, tv, tech, and video gaming)
   dominated pop culture in 2016?
     * by victor stiff
     * jan 05, 2017

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   in 2016, warring superhero factions, a zombie apocalypse, and an epic
   space opera each took a moment to shine in pop culture's spotlight.
   every year, more and more pastimes once reserved for geeks, nerds, and
   dorks are gaining mainstream appeal. video games, gadgets, genre tv,
   and comic book characters are now the foundation of today's pop
   culture. time will tell whether geeks are becoming cool or everyone
   else is getting geekier. for now, only one thing is certain: there has
   never been a better time to publicly reveal your inner nerd.

   the following list is ranked chronologically and consists of
   geek-friendly events that dominated 2016's pop culture conversations.
   in order to qualify, each entry had to attract an exceptional amount of
   media coverage in its field or captivate an audience outside of its
   normal fan base — think politicians referencing pokémon go. whether you
   spend your free time reading tech blogs, going to movies, or binging on
   netflix, chances are your interests will converge with at least a
   couple of entries on this list. here are 15 geek events that dominated
   pop culture in 2016!

15 deadpool - february 12, 2016

   deadpool

   in early 2016, deadpool quickly went from sleeper hit to one of the
   year's biggest hits, period. fox used a clever viral marketing campaign
   that sold moviegoers on the film's unique tone. deadpool's quirky
   advertising created awareness among general audiences and generated
   buzz among hard-core fans. the marketing campaign paid off and people
   flocked to see the r-rated superhero comedy. audiences left theaters
   satisfied with deadpool's funny, irreverent, and surprisingly charming
   take on the superhero genre. the film's extraordinary word of mouth
   push helped deadpool break a few box office records.

   armed with an unfavorable february release date and a modest $58
   million budget, deadpool brought in nearly $800 million at the
   worldwide box office. deadpool exceeded expectations at every level and
   proved itself a critical, financial, and cultural success. fox
   immediately greenlit a deadpool sequel and the deadpool character is
   now one of the most recognizable superheroes in pop culture. topping
   off the film's stellar year, deadpool earned a pair of golden globe
   nominations: best musical or comedy and best actor in a musical or
   comedy for ryan reynolds.

14 batman v superman: dawn of justice - march 25, 2016

   batman v superman big fight

   batman v superman is one of 2016's most controversial blockbusters.
   batman v superman opened strong at the box office before ticket sales
   took a nosedive. bad reviews, poor word of mouth, and online fan
   backlash contributed to the film having one of the steepest box office
   declines ever. negative reactions to the film were so strong that
   rumors began circulating which claimed warner bros. had mandated that
   upcoming dc movies lighten up their tone. despite its divisive
   reception, batman v superman still pulled in nearly $900 million at the
   worldwide box office.

   whether comic book movie fans loved or hated batman v superman, the
   film was a huge deal. warner bros. used the film as a launching pad for
   their upcoming shared universe dc movies. batman v superman is the
   first live-action film to portray dc's three most iconic characters;
   batman, superman, and wonder woman. warner bros. tasked the film with
   planting the seeds for the studio's upcoming team-up movie, justice
   league, while also leading directly into suicide squad. whether people
   loved or hated batman v superman, they were certainly talking about it.

13 captain america: civil war - april 27, 2016

   chris evans as captain america mcu

   for nearly a decade, marvel's cinematic universe films (the mcu) have
   delivered hit after hit. captain america: civil war is arguably the
   studio's most successful film yet. civil war earned a staggering $1.1
   billion at the global box office, is a consensus hit with critics, and
   wowed comic book movie fans and general audiences alike.

   every marvel movie rollout is targeted at a wide audience, however,
   their team-up movies have the largest potential appeal. civil war isn't
   just a captain america movie, it's essentially avengers 2.5. civil war
   is the culmination of eight year's worth of character evolution, world
   building, and audience investment, and a can't miss entry for those
   invested in the mcu. civil war reunites most of the mcu's important
   characters, lays the foundation for the looming infinity war saga and
   introduces characters that will take center stage in their own upcoming
   films. add in a superhero battle royal set-piece for the ages plus
   spider-man's mcu debut and civil war had all the right elements to fuel
   best action movie discussions throughout 2016.

12 overwatch - may 24, 2016

   overwatch

   overwatch is one of the most impressive video games released in 2016.
   the game's developer, blizzard entertainment, is a studio with a track
   record of creating classics. overwatch's open beta drew in nearly 10
   million players who tallied over 81 million hours of play across 37
   million matches. overwatch also received overwhelming critical approval
   upon release, amassing a 91 metacritic score. additionally, overwatch's
   delicately tuned combination of gameplay balance and strategic nuance
   landed it recognition as a certified e-sport. overwatch finished the
   year strong by beating out tough competition such as uncharted 4 and
   inside for game of the year at the game awards.

   many players find overwatch's mythology as intriguing as its gameplay.
   the beautifully designed characters each received back stories which
   are hinted at in their personalities and revealed through cinematics.
   in the months since overwatch's release, some of the game's characters
   have developed their own cult followings. with its easy to pick up and
   play yet difficult to master gameplay and compelling backstory,
   overwatch has the makings of a series that people will continue
   discussing for years to come.

11 game of thrones - april 24, 2016 ("battle of the bastards" – june 19,
2016)

   game of thrones season 8 is the last

   game of thrones is unlike any other program on television; it's a
   prestige drama with a massive budget and mainstream appeal. week after
   week, game of thrones' showrunners combine their series' unrivaled
   production values with the source material's deep mythology to craft
   epic stories with a cinematic feel. for ten episodes last spring, game
   of thrones' morally complex and emotionally gripping stories kept fans
   glued to their screens.

   during season six, game of thrones' story surpassed the source material
   it's based on — finally creating an equal level of shock and awe for
   those who have and have not read the books. season six's plotlines also
   reunited separated characters, answered long-standing mysteries, and
   provided comeuppance to some nasty villains. if there was one standout
   moment in a season loaded with them, it would be episode nine, "battle
   of the bastards". "battle of the bastards" is the rare hour of
   television that possesses enough action, intrigue, and impressive
   visual effects to rival hollywood films. shortly after airing, "battle
   of the bastards" became the highest rated episode of television ever on
   imdb. the episode currently sits at 9.9/10 based on 133,386 votes.

10 pokémon go - july 6, 2016

   pokemon go - pikachu

   few pop culture events had the broad mainstream reach of pokémon go.
   for a brief period during july and august, it was nearly impossible to
   walk through highly populated areas without seeing people on their
   phones hunting pokémon. the augmented reality app quickly became the
   talk of every game and tech blog before crossing over to local news
   broadcasts and daytime talk shows. the game's install base numbers were
   staggering: 500 million users, 20 million active daily users in the
   united states with nearly 80% of users between ages of 18-34. over 85%
   of americans between 18-65 say they’ve heard of pokémon go.

   a large part of pokémon go's appeal was that it was most user's first
   hands-on experience with augmented reality (technology that makes
   virtual objects look like they're in the user's environment). many
   players tried the app out for the novel tech experience. even though
   lots of casual gamers abandoned the game, pokémon go's user base is
   still too large to qualify as just a passing fad. factor in the recent
   addition of new pokémon to hunt as well as cross-promotional events
   with major brands and pokémon go may just be getting its second wind.

9 stranger things - july 16, 2016

   stranger things finale review lucas dustin mike eleven

   netflix sci-fi/horror series, stranger things, is the ultimate example
   of geek culture crossing over to the mainstream. the show is a love
   letter to 80's geekdom and audiences couldn't get enough of it. the
   story focuses on a trio of dungeons & dragons playing kids who stumble
   into a supernatural adventure. stranger things endeared itself to its
   audience by recreating the feeling of watching beloved films without
   being a flat-out remake. the show is reminiscent of classic movies like
   e.t., the goonies, and it, while still retaining its own distinct
   voice.

   it didn't take stranger things long to go from unheralded netflix
   original to the undisputed show of the summer. between july and
   september of 2016, theories on "the upside down" became the new
   standard for watercooler conversations and "where's barb?" memes popped
   up all over the web. netflix didn't hesitate to throw their support
   behind the show, they officially renewed stranger things before the
   summer was out. eager for any inkling of what next season will bring,
   fans have already begun studying season two's episode titles in hope of
   deciphering clues.

8 san diego comic-con - july 21-24, 2016

   san diego comic-con logo

   since its inception in 1970, san diego comic-con has highlighted geek
   culture. way before transformers, super mario bros., and iron man
   became mainstream, san diego comic-con provided an outlet for fandom to
   join together in celebration of all things nerdy: comics, anime, video
   games, cosplay, genre movies and sci-fi tv series. while it's the most
   hard core fans that make the pilgrimage to san diego every year (over
   160,000 annual attendees), the event's cultural shockwaves are felt all
   around the world.

   nowadays movie studios, television networks, and game developers often
   save major announcements for their comic-con panels. from thursday,
   july 21^st until sunday evening on the 24^th, breaking news from
   comic-con dominated television news cycles, blogs, and social media.
   whether it's oscar winner brie larson's casting as captain marvel, a
   star trek commemorative panel, new justice league footage, or luke cage
   teaser trailers, events at comic-con sent online and print media
   scrambling to stay up to date.

7 harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two - july 31, 2016

   harry potter and the cursed child albus ginny

   harry potter fans around the globe rejoiced after it was announced that
   there would be a new harry potter story. harry potter and the cursed
   child parts one and two is the "special rehearsal edition script book"
   from jack thorne, j.k. rowling, and john tiffany's play of the same
   name. the story picks up where harry potter and the deathly hallows
   leaves off, with harry all grown up, raising a family of his own, and
   sending his child off to wizarding school.

   nine years had passed since the series' final entry, and long-time fans
   were more than eager to dive back into harry potter's fantastic world.
   harry potter and the cursed child's adaptation proved to be an
   immediate success. the book sold more than 2 million print copies in
   north america in its first two days of publication. harry potter and
   the cursed child also earned the top spot on amazon's best sellers for
   2016.

6 samsung galaxy note7 - august 19, 2016

   samsung galaxy note7

   the samsung galaxy note7 made its debut in late august. upon release,
   the galaxy note7 was touted as a solid entry into samsung's
   long-running phablet series. however, shortly after entering the
   consumer marketplace, reports began surfacing of extreme hardware
   malfunctions. samsung issued recalls after numerous reports claiming
   galaxy note7s were overheating, exploding, and catching fire.

   while there was only a short window between the release of the galaxy
   note7 and its recall, the product remained out in the wild long enough
   to capture the public's imagination. it didn't take long for the
   stories of exploding note7s to gain traction. note7 warnings were all
   over the media; news channels and tech blogs released multiple alerts,
   warning consumers that the note7 was a potential exploding hazard while
   airlines issued travel bans on the device. as a result, countless memes
   and satirical takedowns flooded social media. the note7's potential
   volatility was a joke the internet simply couldn't get enough of. in
   the end, the bad pr hurt samsung's credibility, forcing them to
   reconsider how they brand future iterations of their phablet line.

5 westworld - october 2, 2016

   westworld robot

   one look at westworld's credentials and it's no surprise that the
   series was the fall season's hit show. westworld's home, hbo, is one of
   television's prestige networks and they backed westworld with an
   extensive marketing campaign worthy of a flagship series. westworld's
   $100 million budget, all-star cast (anthony hopkins, thandie newton)
   and top-tier creative team (executive produced by j.j. abrams)
   delivered an entertaining show that audiences couldn't get enough of.
   westworld's premiere was hbo's strongest debut since true detective in
   2014. westworld also has the dubious honor of being one of 2016's most
   pirated series.

   based on the 1973 film, westworld, the show took its predecessor's
   campy premise and expanded it. the show crafted a richer and more
   textured serialized story that hooked viewers right from the first
   episode. westworld offered a series of unfolding mysteries that left
   audiences hungry for answers week after week. the show's ambiguous
   style drove fans online in search of clues that might reveal future
   plots. fans also flocked to social media looking for the missing pieces
   of the series' storytelling puzzle. with season one's final
   revelations, the showrunners have opened the door to countless
   storytelling possibilities. westworld's popularity should only continue
   to grow.

4 black mirror - oct 21, 2016

   mackenzie davis and gugu mbatha-raw in black mirror san junipero

   black mirror is a sci-fi/thriller tv series created by charlie brooker.
   the series made its debut in 2011 and the show has grown in popularity
   as its commentaries on our relationship with technology becomes less of
   a fantasy. brooker teamed up with netflix to drop his mind-bending
   third season on the public, just in time for halloween. on october 21,
   2016, black mirror released a binge-worthy six-episode season on
   netflix and immediately sparked philosophical dialogues among the
   show's expanding audience.

   whether viewers applauded the series' nihilistic vision or thought each
   episode's message was too on the nose, two things were certain: people
   were watching the show and they were making their thoughts about black
   mirror known. countless blogs produced black mirror think pieces and
   social media was flooded with debates inspired by the show. much of the
   public conversation focused on the third season's fourth episode, "san
   junipero." while most black mirror episodes end with a dark twilight
   zone-esque twist, "san junipero" presented the series' most optimistic
   outlook yet. "san junipero" showed black mirror's audience that they
   can never be certain of what the show may do next.

3 the walking dead: season six cliff-hanger/season seven opener - october 23,
2016

   the walking dead deserves a place on this list just based on its rating
   dominance – the walking dead is the first cable series to beat out its
   broadcast competition in key demographics (adults 18-49). in addition
   to its zombie-slaying action, the walking dead remains popular for its
   heightened, comic book style drama. the show's treacherous villains,
   love affairs, and pulpy who-done-it plots hook a large number of
   viewers that would normally avoid the horror genre.

   the walking dead's biggest pop culture moment in 2016, was season six's
   shocking cliff-hanger ending. the walking dead promised viewer's that
   when season seven kicked off in the fall, iconic series villain, negan
   (played by jeffrey dean morgan), would kill off a major cast member.
   fans endured several months of waiting before the show answered the
   painful question, "who will negan kill?" the conversation surrounding
   which cast member would die kept the walking dead in the public
   conversation during the show's off months. when the series resumed, the
   final reveal proved so controversial that the show underwent a rating
   slide afterwards, with many long-time fans announcing they have
   officially jumped ship.

2 arrow-verse crossover event - november 28 – december 01, 2016

   supergirl, flash, arrow and legends of tomorrow

   dc's cinematic extended universe may just be gaining traction but
   that's not the case for their tv shows. for the past couple seasons,
   the cw's arrow and the flash programs have made their cross-over
   episodes an annual tradition. now, with the addition of legends of
   tomorrow and supergirl to the cw roster, the possibilities for shared
   universe stories have expanded. beginning on november 28, all four
   show's storylines intersected to create a four-episode television event
   that paid homage to each series' comic book roots.

   right from the start of the fall season, fans could hardly withhold
   their excitement for the "the arrow-verse" crossover. titled,
   "invasion!", the mid-season crossover event was a flat-out hit; the cw
   posted their highest week of ratings in six years. while superhero
   crossovers wreak havoc on a show's budget, the level of fan excitement
   and increased ratings guarantee that mid-season, multi-show arcs are a
   here to stay.

1 rogue one - december 16, 2016

   darth vader in rogue one a star wars story

   last year, the box office smash, star wars: the force
   awakens, re-established star wars' cultural dominance. the force
   awakens wiped away lingering ill-will from the prequel trilogy,
   rekindled interest in the casual fan base, and left audiences hungry
   for more star wars stories. just as the force awakens' hype finally
   started fading, rogue one stepped in with some buzz-worthy trailers and
   ratcheted excitement for star wars all the way back up.

   rogue one is the first live-action star wars movie spin-off. even
   though the film's plot doesn't focus on the skywalker clan, audiences
   were still excited to get a fresh story from star wars' universe.
   leading up to rogue one's release, demand for advance tickets ran so
   high that it crashed online ticket retailer, fandango. disney also
   blitzed the public with an extensive promotional campaign, going as far
   as to park an x-wing fighter in the downtown los angeles. the film
   didn't disappoint upon its release either. critics and fans applauded
   rogue one's diverse cast, gritty war story, and top-notch special
   effects. by the end of 2016 and after just two weeks in theaters, rogue
   one took in nearly $1 billion at the global box office.
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   campaigners in sweden are trying to force a dictionary to change its
   definition of "nerd". but after two decades of "reappropriation" has
   "nerd" - and its sister word "geek" - now completely lost its
   derogatory connotations?

   in the 1984 film revenge of the nerds the rousing final speech of one
   of the protagonists starts with the statement: "i'm a nerd."

   its plot may be cartoonish but the film reveals a certain cultural
   backdrop - to be a nerd was to be socially awkward, even socially
   inferior. jocks, those who were good at sport, or other socially
   successful groups, usually ended up winning. to turn that on its head
   could form the basis for comedy.

   things have changed.

nerds: the origin of the species

     * used to describe one of the creatures in the 1950 dr seuss book if
       i ran the zoo
     * first recorded reference in newsweek, in 1951
     * commonly used by late 1970s, coinciding with boom in computer use

   the social network in 2010 came in a very different social milieu. now
   a nerd, or a "geek", can be a driven machiavellian bent on success -
   gordon gekko in a zip-up hoodie.

   today when people think of "geeks" and "nerds" they might very well
   name the likes of bill gates, steve jobs and mark zuckerberg - people
   whose imagination and grasp of the technical made them billions.

   historic geeks are celebrated, with alan turing and nikola tesla's
   legacies provoking great passions. new york times blogger and geeky
   statistician nate silver has been hailed as an unexpected star of the
   us presidential election after correctly predicting the outcome. "memo
   to wannabe presidents: hire geeks, not pundits," advises this week's
   new scientist magazine.

   even sportsmen unabashedly refer to themselves as "nerds". chris kluwe
   of the minnesota vikings, who has just been voted "sexiest man of the
   year", said of the honour: "it's a little weird because i'm a nerd
   video game player."

   singles on dating websites define themselves in their profiles as
   "nerds" and "geeks" - in a positive way - and there is no end of blogs
   listing stars like natalie portman as geeks or listing "nerdy power
   couples" (like tim burton and helena bonham carter).

   a slew of comedies over the past few years have had geeks as heroes,
   such as tim bisley - the comics, video game and star wars-obsessive of
   spaced - and sheldon cooper, the precocious physicist of the big bang
   theory.

mark zuckerberg: uber-nerd?

   the facebook creator has come to embody the rise of the nerd.

   his path from computer-obsessed teenager to one of the world's most
   influential people was charted by jose antonio vargas in the new
   yorker, who meets the "same awkward person" as his public persona would
   suggest.

   the creation of facebook may have inspired the 2010 oscar-winning film
   the social network. but, as the daily telegraph's melissa whitworth
   suggested, zuckerberg's personality didn't "come out of the process all
   that well".

   zuckerberg said the film accurately reflected his dress-sense but not
   his motives. however, derek thompson, of the atlantic, says he
   nonetheless emerged as a "boy-king of new capitalism", despite being
   portrayed as ruthless and calculating.

   whatever people think, there is little doubt that what zuckerberg says
   matters. shares in facebook bounced 8% on the back of his first public
   interview since their flotation, and businessweek found the ceo
   targeting his next billion active users.

   who is the real mark zuckerberg?

   in skyfall, bond's gadget guru q has evolved into a slick computer
   geek.

   there's been a long period of "reappropriation" of the words "geek" and
   "nerd".

   the very first depiction of a "nerd" is believed to have been a hairy,
   critter created by children's author-illustrator dr seuss.

   merriam-webster dictionary mentions the 1950 book if i ran the zoo in
   its etymology as the leading contender as source for the term.

   "the first written reference was in 1951, which lends credence to the
   dr seuss theory," says associate editor kory stamper.

   that year, this definition was published in newsweek: "in detroit,
   someone who once would be called a drip or a square is now,
   regrettably, a nerd."

   according to stamper, the word nerd was "pretty much under the radar"
   until the late 1970s when the computer boom prompted a rise.

   the revenge of the nerd films cemented in people's minds the image of a
   socially awkward, brainy group that particularly dealt with technology.

   "there was a dip in its usage for a while before becoming more popular
   as more people started learning html and building their own websites,"
   says stamper. "it came back in the mid-1990s, when it was still being
   used disparagingly. there was a slow shift and by the 2000s, it began
   to register a neutral sense."

   the word "geek" is older, starting out in the early 1900s to refer to a
   carnival performer (see box) whose only skill was the ability to bite
   the heads off chickens.

   it's easy to argue that "nerd" and "geek", with their very different
   roots, retain different meanings, arguably with the former still more
   derogatory than the latter. and some see a transatlantic divide, with
   "geek" used in us and uk, but "nerd" somehow feeling less british.

   stamper argues "nerd" now denotes a depth of knowledge in a particular
   area, while "geek" appears to have taken on the more technical
   overtones that "nerd" once had.

   "we have evidence of people particularly taking the word 'geek' and
   using it proudly to reclaim the best elements," says stamper.

   this process of reappropriation is common. take, for example, the way
   many gay people have altered the meaning of the word "queer".

geeks

   the oed suggests the term may have originated in the north of england.

   in the us, "geek" was first used in the early 1900s to refer to a
   carnival performer. at roughly the same time, it became a general
   synonym of "fool".

   by the 1950s, "geek" started referring to a person who was unsociable
   and freakishly devoted to something, usually intellectual. by the late
   1950s, the "intellectual" connotation had solidified, and we gained the
   second sense below, "a person often of an intellectual bent who is
   disliked."

   in the 1980s, it was sometimes derisively applied to people who had
   deep knowledge of computers or related technology.

   source: kory stamper, merriam-webster, and oed

   the classic current use of "geek" as a self-description is typically
   accompanied by something else - "stats geek", "physics geek", "history
   geek" and even "cocktail geek" all being standard usages.

   some lexicographers have been slow to reflect the new status of "nerd"
   and "geek".

   in sweden, an online petition to change the dictionary definition of
   "nerd" - a "simple-minded and laughable person" - has gathered almost
   4,000 signatures.

   according to reports, the swedish academy says it might change the
   definition to something more neutral in the future.

   english writer neil gaiman - author of the sandman comic book series,
   stardust and coraline novels - says he is fascinated by how "incredibly
   quickly" both words took off in the uk after the 1980s.

   "i remember interviewing william gibson - who posited a world in which
   people sitting in front of their computers were cool - for time out in
   the mid-to-late 1980s," says gaiman. "gibson described himself as the
   geek who couldn't play baseball. someone at time out changed this to
   'greek' because they said they hadn't come across the word.

   "nerd became popular with the revenge of the nerds. but it was terribly
   prescient given what followed in the next 30 years - the people who
   were good at football didn't have the jobs, while the ones who weren't
   good at football and might have had trouble picking up girls in their
   teens were more than making money, they were changing the world."

   surely the apotheosis for those dubbed "geek" came with world wide web
   inventor sir tim berners-lee being cheered at the london 2012 opening
   ceremony.

   and the appropriation of the word "nerd" was a "battle that got won",
   says gaiman. "it's like many terms that were originally intended to
   offend, the team that was offended took it as its own as a badge of
   honour.

   "it's part of a cycle, that terms of abuse are turned around - in this
   case it has been socially turned around."

   so as more and more people become enthusiasts, traditional "nerd" and
   "geek" interests - star trek, comic books, anime, video games - are
   moving into the mainstream. the record for biggest us movie opening
   weekend is held by a movie based on comics.

   but has anything been lost by this shift?

   some of those who self-identify as nerds and geeks look back
   nostalgically on the time their status felt rebellious, says benjamin
   nugent, author of american nerd: the story of my people. "this didn't
   come until the late 1980s and 1990s with hollywood depictions of
   hackers taking on nefarious government corporations. they were turning
   into outlaws - pallid versions of jesse james."

   the addition of women into what was traditionally a male-orientated and
   male-dominated sub-culture has been a significant development, says
   nugent.

   but the hardcore take to forums like reddit to deride those who think
   they are nerds and geeks but are perceived as lacking the right
   credentials.

   one writes: "in my mind, a nerd is someone who is passionate about (and
   very good at) something - be it math, irish literature, d&d, botany,
   whatever. somewhere along the line, this changed to being part of a
   certain culture, watching this tv show and wearing that type of
   clothing. and that's such a different concept. many think it devalues
   the word."

   with the words "geek" and "nerd" primarily self-descriptions now, says
   blogger and game designer jr blackwell, there are many different
   interpretations.

   and as gaiman says: "nowadays, people own their nerd-dom."

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   olde trip to jerusalem nottingham tabletop gaming image caption "for a
   few hours you can become a completely different person living a
   completely different life"

   the world of tabletop gaming was once the preserve of nervous teenage
   boys holed up in dark basements and bedrooms. but as shows like
   stranger things tap into the rose-tinted nostalgia of afternoons spent
   playing dungeons & dragons, could it be that the geeks have inherited
   more than middle earth?

   in a craft beer bar lit with bare bulbs, a cluster of tattooed and
   bearded punters gather.

   on first glance this branch of brewdog in nottingham might seem like
   your typical hipster hangout, but one thing gives it a slightly
   different air: numerous hand-drawn maps, some character sheets, and
   voluminous bags of 20-sided dice.

   it's the bar's monthly tabletop gaming night - and regulars love it.

   "i think the escapism is the best bit," says 27-year-old gamer hannah
   yeates.

   "for a few hours you can become a completely different person living a
   completely different life, making decisions you'd never make and
   forgetting what's happening in the real world.

   "it's liberating."
   image copyright alamy image caption dungeons & dragons has enjoyed
   something of a revival in recent years

   the likes of dungeons & dragons - in which players devise characters
   such as elves, wizards and warlocks through role play - have long been
   thought of as niche, nostalgic, nerdy, or a combination of all three.

   but in recent years, tabletop gaming has enjoyed something of a revival
   - in part due to the popularity of fantasy shows like game of thrones
   and stranger things, where the child heroes are seen playing the game
   in the show's first episode.

   and with celebrities like drew barrymore, vin diesel and dwayne "the
   rock" johnson coming out as fans, it seems so-called geek culture has
   come from behind closed doors and into the open.

   brewdog's duty manager jacob soppelsa says it was a no-brainer to mix
   the once-maligned storytelling adventures with the popular world of
   ipas and imperial stouts.

   "i discovered [dungeons & dragons] when i was old enough to drink, so
   i've always associated the two," says the 24-year-old.

   "i think it's quite well-suited to playing in bars and pubs; it's all
   about hanging out with your friends and telling stories.

   "it's especially good doing it in places that have beer - people tend
   to loosen up a lot. it's super-social, not anti-social.

   "when you have been in a story with people you've never met before you
   feel like you're old friends, because you're all working together."
   image caption unusually-shaped dice are a recognised feature of
   tabletop gaming

   it's not just brewdog jumping on the board game bandwagon.

   across the uk, dedicated games cafes are popping up, while at other
   establishments, themed nights bring old and new fans together.

   "one of the interesting things about tabletop games and other 'analogue
   games' is they've always been popular, but they're definitely more
   visible in popular culture today," says prof james newman, film
   lecturer at bath spa university.

   "there are board game groups that meet to play and discuss games like a
   book group would, and board game cafes which, again, are highly social
   as well as functioning like libraries where people can try out new
   games.

   "and that's an important point. there is potentially something
   appealing about the limitations of board games. their altogether more
   symbolic and iconic pieces and counters mean you have to imaginatively
   fill in the gaps."
   image copyright netflix image caption the child heroes of cult netflix
   series stranger things were fans of dungeons & dragons

   the social and creative aspect brings one group together at ye olde
   trip to jerusalem in nottingham every wednesday to play a variety of
   games, such as fantasy-flavoured dark heresy, tongue-in-cheek dead
   teenagers, and achtung! cthulhu, a tabletop game mixing world war two
   history with the lurid lore and gore of science fiction writer hp
   lovecraft.

   for kendra hourd, it has been a way back into the games she used to
   play in her teens.

   "everybody kind of got married and had kids, so i was left without a
   group for some years," says the 46-year-old.

   "but then i found other people and got a group again [and it was] easy
   to bring people in and get them involved.

   "one of the things i love about it is i can have very geeky
   conversations with my friends about anything."

   "i'm not a geek, i'm a nerd," interjects sean colluney, 53, the games
   master for the evening, who directs the adventurers along their quest.
   image caption the combination of beer and fantasy is a winning formula
   for some tabletop gamers

   a veteran dungeons & dragons player, he pores over world war two trivia
   to give his achtung! cthulhu scenarios a sound historical basis.

   "sooner or later with cthulhu everyone knows their character will go
   insane or die," he explains.

   "in dungeons & dragons, your character can go on and on for years, but
   it's a similar principle: you develop your characters and help each
   other.

   "i like being the games master - i like running it, i like watching
   people react and seeing their thought processes; it's fun to see people
   talk among themselves [as they're] working out what's going on."
   image caption themed games nights have popped up in bars and cafes
   across the country

   relatively new to tabletop gaming is mario civico, who "fell in love"
   with dungeons & dragons after learning about it through a colleague.

   at brewdog, the 27-year-old is revelling in his role as regular dungeon
   master (dm) - the person in charge of the rules and narrative of each
   campaign.

   "storytelling is a massive thing for me, and when i started as a dm i
   realised i was more creative than i thought," he says.

   "i like building a whole world and watching it play out - i like seeing
   how people interact with it."
   [p0686svf.jpg]
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   media captiontabletop gaming is on a revival and is especially popular
   in nottingham but why?

   gaming's new cachet is not all in the minds of its fans. games workshop
   - the high street shop that makes miniature figures and sells games -
   reported that its shares rocketed last year.

   ian livingstone, co-founder of the company, says the rise in popularity
   of video games from niche pastime to central family entertainment has
   had a knock-on effect for the world of tabletop gaming.

   "video games used to be seen as the preserve of teenage boys in their
   bedrooms. but games consoles have come into the living room, mobile
   phones all have games, and it's become a lot more socially acceptable
   to play games [generally].

   "they are compelling because they're interactive - they put you in
   charge of the action. tv and film are passive, but with games you're in
   charge of what happens.

   "they resonate with a lot of people because they enjoy making the
   decisions."
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   media captionhow two friends started a gaming legacy that still shapes
   the industry

   there's no denying that tabletop gaming has lifelong fans eager to tap
   into their childhood memories. but has it truly shed its terminally
   uncool image and attracted a new wave of gamers?

   former sceptic ms yeates admits she was eventually coaxed in by its
   fantastical charms after watching critical role - an online programme
   following voice actors as they play dungeons & dragons.

   "i had the same idea that everyone else did and thought that it was
   just incredibly weird people wearing wizard's hats," she says.

   "but it's not as nerdy as i thought. and now, being nerdy and being
   into board games or fantasy isn't a bad thing.

   "it might still be perceived as weird, but i don't care."
     __________________________________________________________________

the 'lead belt'

   image copyright david pimborough / alamy stock photo

   bulwell-based mantic games uses lead alloys to make the figurines.

   it is mere miles from games workshop's headquarters in the lenton area
   of nottingham, which moved to the city from london in 1997 and boasts a
   dedicated gaming room and warhammer-themed pub, while others such as
   foundry, perry miniatures, theme 17 and warlord are all nestled in and
   around robin hood's home turf.

   their close proximity has earned the area a nickname - the lead belt -
   and become something of a destination for tourists and gamers alike.

   "we had a bloke from america who was going to india with work, and when
   he was offered a stopover he said he wanted to go to london," says rob
   burman, sales and social media manager for mantic.

   "they said to him 'oh, are you going to see st paul's cathedral or
   buckingham palace?' and he said 'no, i'm going to nottingham'.

   "his mates thought he was mad, but we were happy to give him the tour
   and show him how it's all made."
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the new nerds: how avengers and game of thrones made everyone geek out

   fans have followed – and pored over – the incredibly long, detailed and
   complicated narratives of the marvel universe and the westeros saga for
   a decade. will we ever scale such heights of geekdom again?

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   the 70th hour ... game of thrones’ daenerys and jorah mormont.

   [ ] the 70th hour ... game of thrones’ daenerys and jorah mormont.
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   in our speeded-up world, last weekend could be considered uneventful,
   but in one respect it will go down in human history. this was peak-geek
   weekend – a moment of unprecedented, unrepeatable pop-cultural
   excitement – that was global in scale. never, in the field of human
   geekdom, has so much geeking out been done by so many, over the
   long-awaited climaxes of two of the most supremely geeky properties
   ever made.

   at the cinema, avengers: endgame set itself up to become the biggest
   film of all time, smashing box-office records like hulk with a
   headache. it took more than $1.2bn (£920m) in its first five days: the
   biggest movie opening in history by some margin, and the fastest any
   movie has ever passed the $1bn mark. meanwhile, the long night, episode
   three of season eight of game of thrones, took small-screen tv to
   movie-theatre dimensions: the most expensive single episode ever
   filmed, of one of the most watched, streamed and pirated series ever.

   it’s not just the numbers that single out avengers and game of thrones;
   it is the fact that both are incredibly long, complex, detailed
   narratives that fans have been following for about a decade. avengers:
   endgame is the culmination of a multi-stranded, fiendishly
   interconnected superhero saga that has played out over 21 marvel
   movies, beginning in 2008. and that’s not including the myriad marvel
   tv series. to be fully prepared for endgame, fans will need to have
   watched an estimated 122 hours of marvel content. it is a similar story
   with game of thrones: last sunday’s episode was the 70th instalment of
   the epic saga. so far, its followers have consumed about 70 hours of
   violent, labyrinthine westerosian power-politics, and have just three
   episodes left. while we’re at it, let’s not forget another colossal,
   geek-friendly saga is coming to a climax this year, with star wars
   episode ix: the rise of skywalker – the finale to a triple trilogy that
   began more than 40 years ago. will we ever scale such heights of
   geekdom again?

   this is not the first time in modern history a hit movie or tv show has
   monopolised the conversation, of course. yet there is an extra
   dimension to this nerdy focus. dallas, for example, had far higher
   viewing figures than game of thrones, and half the western world might
   have asked: “who shot jr?” but that was about the extent of audience
   curiosity. few fans were interested in poring over the ewing family
   tree, or scrutinising the wording of cliff barnes’s contract with jock.
   we have devoured long-form shows like the sopranos and the wire and
   admired the scope and depth of the stories. we’ve happily traipsed to
   james bond films for half a century. but there was little urge to
   discuss their finer plot points, ponder their mysteries and catalogue,
   cross-reference and analyse their stories as there seems to be now.
   titles like avengers, game of thrones and star wars are firmly in the
   realm of sci-fi and fantasy, which lend themselves to that level of
   detail.

   karen gillan as nebula in avengers: endgame.

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   geek status used to connote a small subsection of society who took an
   obsessive interest in stuff the mainstream didn’t and invariably paid
   the price in terms of social exclusion. now you’re an outcast if you’re
   not into stuff like avengers or game of thrones. everyone wants to talk
   about this stuff – with friends, on social media, in online forums,
   with colleagues, with complete strangers. either that or they are
   actively avoiding talking or reading about this stuff because they are
   not yet up to speed and must preserve their spoiler-free purity at all
   costs – which is harder than ever now everybody’s talking about it. on
   monday, child actor jacob tremblay said that children shouting
   avengers: endgame spoilers at other kids amounted to “bullying”. and
   finally, there are the people who take pride in not engaging with any
   of this stuff and have no idea who thanos or daenerys targaryen are –
   so they talk about that instead.

   where once speculation on the nuanced points of such programmes was
   limited to online backwaters, now it’s all over the place. media
   outlets, this one included, run thinkpieces that ponder them from every
   conceivable angle. from thor and fat-shaming, to arya stark and gender
   issues, from 20-minute youtube dissections of endgame’s ending to the
   new yorker’s recent contribution, an art-historical analysis of cersei
   lannister sipping wine.

   politicians and pundits even feel obliged to pepper their
   communications with references to them. “if we don’t vote for the
   brexit deal tonight, in the words of jon snow, ‘winter is coming,’”
   warned michael “relatable” gove this year. donald trump is also fond of
   tweeting wearisome thrones-styled memes, with slogans such as:
   “sanctions are coming” or: “the wall is coming”. he has done it so
   much, hbo asked him to stop. to be fair, thrones’ creator, george rr
   martin, responded to trump’s election victory in 2016 with his own
   “winter is coming” prophesy, but he’s allowed to.

   we have been scaling this nerd mountain for some time now, steadily
   placing geekier personalities at the helm of the movie industry (steven
   spielberg is still at it, alongside upstarts such as jj abrams, edgar
   wright, phil lord and chris miller) and the tech industry (mark
   zuckerberg, bill gates, steve jobs). as well as superheroes and fantasy
   dynasties, this trend has made modern heroes of geeky outsiders such
   as, say, the stranger things posse, the it crowd, the big bang theory
   team, hacker-with-dragon-tattoo lisbeth salander, or unthreatening
   beta-males such as seth rogen, jesse eisenberg, michael cera and simon
   pegg. not to mention donald glover, who once joked: “i’m a black nerd,
   and that shit was illegal until, like 2003.” apple product launches are
   now cultural events and comic-con is as cool as coachella.

   now that geeks have inherited the earth – or pop culture at least – do
   terms like “nerd” hold any meaning any more? outsider status used to be
   part of what it meant to be a geek or nerd, but that’s difficult to
   claim now that everyone’s in on it. when the president of the us is
   referencing game of thrones to gloat at his adversaries, and kids who
   would have been bullied for their geeky interests are now themselves
   accused of being bullies, we appear to have come full circle. abrams, a
   self-identified geek, acknowledged that the meaning has changed. “when
   i started, a geek was an undeniable loser,” he told the guardian in
   2011. “long-necked, trips over his own feet, a complete outcast. and
   now geek means someone who likes science fiction. when i was a kid, it
   was a huge insult to be a geek. now it’s a point of pride.”

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   yet that pride can be corrosive. along with the general rise of online
   bigotry and incivility, we have seen uglier extremes of geek culture
   entering the mainstream in recent years. there was gamergate, for
   example, in which female game developers and critics of video game
   sexism were subjected to abuse, death threats, rape threats and doxxing
   (discovery and revelation of personal information such as home address,
   phone numbers and bank details) by a vengeful, anonymous online
   community. a similar hate campaign – comicsgate – was directed at comic
   book creators deemed to have embraced progressive, feminist or leftwing
   values, on the part of what could be seen as a far-right geek fringe.
   one comic’s artist claimed they were “standing up against what they see
   as a hard push by social justice warriors into their hobby”. the hatred
   has also been directed at movies, such as 2017’s the last jedi and
   black panther, whose foregrounding of women and people of colour
   prompted similar coordinated attacks to to manipulate their ratings on
   the reviews website rotten tomatoes.these contingents no longer
   represent modern pop culture, says michi trota, a chicago-based writer
   and editor of the sci-fi/fantasy magazine uncanny. “there’s still a
   common misperception that nerds are primarily cisgender, heterosexual,
   able-bodied white men who are socially awkward and/or not good at
   sports,” she says. “it’s incredibly frustrating how this misperception
   persists, because it’s such a narrow view of who geeks are and can be,
   and it contributes to a lot of problems with things like misogyny,
   racism, ableism, cissexism and heterosexism in geek culture.”

   these elements reveal how geek culture can be policed from within as
   well as without. it is no longer a matter of the mainstream rejecting
   sci-fi nerds and comic-book fans; now it is the other way around. the
   “outsider” status can lead to claims of victimisation, and an impulse
   to attack and exclude others. a 2012 essay by the academics kom
   kunyosying and carter soles refers to geek status as a “simulated
   ethnicity” – a term they use “to describe the way geeks
   melodramatically cast themselves as members of a marginalised identity
   to foreground their validity and authenticity”. portrayals of non-alpha
   white males, in particular, in popular culture, have cast geekdom as “a
   put-upon status equivalent to the markedness of a marginalised identity
   such as that of a person of colour”.

   as a filipino-american woman who has seen every marvel movie at least
   once, trota says she finds the whole “oppressed for being nerds”
   narrative extremely frustrating. “not only have marginalised people
   experienced actual oppression in the form of systemic barriers,
   state-sponsored hate and attempts to curtail or outright remove our
   civil and basic human rights, we’ve also had to deal with those same
   white male nerds telling us we had to ‘prove’ we were ‘real nerds’
   according to their narrow, arbitrary standards … or [deciding] they
   were going to harass us right out of what they considered their
   exclusive clubhouse.”

   in that sense, at least, the mainstreaming of geek culture has removed
   these gatekeepers. there are no longer “real” geeks and “fake” geeks
   any more. we are all on a spectrum that permits varying levels of
   engagement. as the sci-fi writer and geek champion john scalzi put it:
   “geekdom is a nation with open borders. there are many affiliations and
   many doors into it … many people believe geekdom is defined by a love
   of a thing, but i think – and my experience of geekdom bears on this
   thinking – that the true sign of a geek is a delight in sharing a
   thing.”

   a cosplaying gamora from guardians of the galaxy.

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   blake/reuters

   which is not to say that there are no issues of representation in
   mainstream geek culture, looking at, say, the lingering orientalism in
   the marvel universe (tilda swinton’s ancient one makes a return in
   avengers) or its representation of women of colour (you can count them
   on one hand, and they’re all secondary characters). or the levels of
   female nudity and sexual violence directed against women in game of
   thrones. there’s certainly room for improvement but, as martin luther
   king wouldn’t have said, the arc of nerdery is bending towards justice.

   perhaps the question now is, how much more do we need? rest assured,
   plenty is available. marvel and dc have movies mapped out for the next
   decade and beyond. star wars has its spin-off tv series, the
   mandalorian, teed up for next year. hbo is mulling over game of thrones
   spin-offs. and that’s before we even get to avatar sequels, the lord of
   the rings tv series, harry potter movies and so forth. how much is
   enough? will we ever be inclined or able to invest so much time and
   devotion into such epic series again? and if we do, what will we get
   out of it?

   when reaching for epically long texts that have undergone as much
   analysis and discussion and devotion as our current pop culture
   properties, the only ready comparisons are religious ones: the bible,
   the koran or the talmud. sci-fi and fantasy are like a secular religion
   now. we congregate in large numbers to watch them, we devote hours of
   study to them, we support them financially, we adorn ourselves with
   their merchandise and we get very angry when others speak against them.
   clearly these worlds must give us more than just popcorn escapism. but
   what? spiritual guidance? transcendence? the illusion of control in a
   chaotic world? perhaps it is simply connectedness. outside the
   pop-culture bubble, religious and political hatred divide us; by
   comparison, stories such as avengers and game of thrones unite us on a
   planetary level. that might not solve any real world problems, but more
   than ever it is something to value.

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   darth vader and mimosas are a much better pairing than you may think.

   at least that’s what nerd culture lovers at geek girl brunch denton
   believe.

   ggb denton is an organization of women who geek out and fangirl
   together, typically when alcohol and food are involved. every month,
   the members of ggb denton meet up for brunch, usually an official
   yet casual meetup, to talk about all things star trek, dr. who,
   sherlock, star wars and more.

   “when we get together, it’s really about the food and the fellowship
   and the fandom,” ggb denton officer victoria campbell said. “it’s about
   the fellowship of all the girls talking about how nerdy they really
   are.”

   geek girl brunch launched in 2014 from a circle of women in new york
   who began to have geek-themed brunches together.

   “we wanted a space for women to feel safe and nerd out about things,”
   ggb co-founder jamila rowser said. “we just wanted a place where we
   could meet in person and talk about this stuff without fear of trolls
   and things like that.”

   their brunches began to garner social media buzz, and eventually
   blossomed into something bigger than they ever imagined.

   “we didn’t know that it would blow up the way that it did,” ggb
   co-founder yissel ayala said. “it was completely unexpected. we didn’t
   realize how necessary geek girl brunch was and so we were getting all
   these requests from all over the state and nationally.”

   now, ggb is comprised of 115 chapters and over 7,600 members across
   numerous cities, including denton.

   current ggb denton officers taylor delozier and seana epley first
   opened the chapter after wanting a local community of girls who shared
   the same love of nerd culture.

   delozier saw the ggb branch for dfw and wanted to start a branch of her
   own.

   “once i got seana involved, we actually launched it,” delozier said. “i
   searched a bunch of social media sites and started putting money toward
   the ads to get stuff started and people interested.”

   the interest poured in. now, ggb denton has 526 members in total, not
   even a complete year after their launch.

   “there’s a rule in society to what’s cool to be geeky about and what’s
   not,” campbell said. “i feel like there is sort of a stigma, but that’s
   what geek girl brunch is for.”

   ggb denton consists predominantly of women in their 20s and 30s, but
   women well into their 40s, 50s and 60s have also joined the
   organization. a member has even arrived to an event with two of her
   granddaughters in tow.

   as long as you’re older than 18, there is no age cap.

   “if you’re never too old for disney, then you’re never too old for us,”
   campbell said. “i believe walt disney on that one.”

   ggb denton members strive for a community of women of all ages,
   gryffindor or slytherin, to geek out together with no judgement.

   “age plays a role in it because when you’re an adult, they say, ‘you
   still like mario?’ or ‘you still like superman?’” ggb denton officer
   lora ridl said. “when you’re an adult, you’re supposed to act like an
   adult, but this gives us an excuse to not act like one.”

   loving star wars, marvel or dc comics puts you in an interesting crowd.

   ggb denton member bonnie stufflebeam said she is glad the group exists
   among the masses because it provides a place for mutual fangirling.

   “there’s definitely somewhat of a stigma associated with it in some
   circles,” stufflebeam said. “for instance, i have a lot in common with
   [my nephews, who are 6 and 4,] and they see me as one of them, which is
   cool. but it’s sometimes not the best feeling in the world, so it’s
   nice to find actual adults who share the same interests.”

   being a female within the nerd community also has had its negative
   effects.

   “there is a huge nerd culture community, but a large portion of that
   community is male,” ggb denton member andrea slattery said.  “a lot of
   females in the community aren’t necessarily as open about their
   interests, and ggb brings us together and shows us that there are a lot
   more geeky women out there than we thought.”

   denton’s mix of young college kids and older entrepreneurs bring
   together a unique yet cohesive blend of people to the organization.

   rowser said it is a type of diversity that geek culture embraces.

   “i think there’s a lot more nostalgia that we have that’s a little
   different from some of the younger folks out there,” rowser said.  “but
   what’s really amazing about geek culture is that everybody’s always
   watching things that are new and old so we can still connect.”

   for the officers here, the city’s local mom-and pop-shop culture has
   become a huge benefit for operating their various themed events and
   brunches. killer’s tacos, orbit press and the bearded monk are just
   some of the businesses they’ve worked with.

   “we’re very lucky to be in denton, a college town and a very community
   based city that’s very willing to work with us,” delozier said. “bigger
   cities have a huge struggle with finding locations that don’t charge a
   thousand dollars for a venues.”

   the link between denton’s pro-local element and its ranges in geeky
   women has proven to be a win-win for everyone in ggb.

   “it creates an environment that people really want to know more about,”
   campbell said. “it creates an environment of safe gathering and it’s
   for women, by women.”

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     grange academy maths geek is crowned scotland's 'teacher of the year'

   chris smith, who teaches at grange academy, was given the prestigious
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   a self-confessed maths geek has been crowned scotland’s ‘teacher of the
   year’.

   chris smith, who teaches at grange academy, was given the prestigious
   title at this year’s scottish education awards.

   the popular teacher was recognised for his inventive teaching abilities
   and the way he inspires the students he teaches every day.

   he received 27 nominations from teachers, parents, pupils and
   university professors, all of whom highlighted chris’s dedication to
   teaching and his students.

   chris said: “i am buzzing to have received this award.

   “hopefully this helps to put maths back on the map, where it belongs.
   i’m just a wee maths geek who wants to enthuse students about the
   subject.

   “there’s no way this would be happening without the support of my
   family, the encouragement of my colleagues, the inspiration of my
   mentors and the joy of the pupils of grange.

   “i feel blessed and genuinely love that i get the opportunity to teach
   maths here.”

   chris’ creativity has seen pupils participate in ‘zombie apocalypse’
   lessons, celebrations for pi-day on march 14 and his mathematical
   reinvention of renowned songs including the proclaimers’ ‘500 miles’.

   for the last 11 years, chris has also written a weekly maths newsletter
   with ideas and puzzles, developing something of a celebrity following
   with countdown’s rachel riley, johnny ball and the proclaimers all
   being photographed reading it intently.

   chris invited the four pupils who nominated him – eva peter, ewan
   eaglesham, hannah ewart and angus docherty – to attend the award
   ceremony.

   his was one of 15 awards handed out at the double tree by hilton hotel
   in glasgow where the hard work and dedication of teachers across the
   country was celebrated.

   kilmarnock’s park school also featured at the awards bash, having been
   shortlisted as a finalist in the ‘employability and creativity across
   learning’ category. however, they sadly missed out on lifting the
   award.

   east ayrshire council leader douglas reid said: “chris is an
   inspiration and deserves to be named ‘teacher of the year’.

   “he is incredibly enthusiastic about maths and this has a positive
   effect on the young people he teaches. he works hard to encourage our
   young people to achieve but also ensures that his ideas are shared at a
   national level.

   “park school works in partnership to ensure that every pupil achieves
   their potential. i can’t praise headteacher carol-anne burns and her
   team highly enough for their dedication and their innovative and
   creative approach to ensuring that a disability is not a barrier to
   employment.

   “by holding business breakfasts, careers fairs and information days for
   employers, the school is ensuring that everyone is fully supported and
   that our pupils are ready for the world of work.”

   this year’s awards – organised by media scotland events and sponsored
   by the daily record and education scotland – received 400 nominations;
   a record for the event.

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  mcm london comic con in pictures: best cosplay photos from comic and gaming
                                   convention

  comic con draws thousands of comic book and gaming fans from around the world
  to cosplay as their favourite characters. here are the best cosplay photos
  from this year’s mcm london comic con.

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   published: 17:12, wed, may 31, 2017
   | updated: 13:40, fri, dec 15, 2017

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mcm comic con 2017 in pictures

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   mcm london comic con is the biggest geek and pop-culture event hosted
   in the uk, with this year's first event held between friday may 26 and
   sunday may 28.

   more than 130,000 people attended this year, with many of them wearing
   intricate hand made costumes of their favourite comic book and
   videogame characters.

   hosted in the excel centre in the london borough of newham, dozens of
   superman, spider-man and overwatch fans arrived in full attire.

   “this has been one of our best london events yet,” said josh denham,
   event manager for mcm london comic con. “from deadpool cosplay to
   beauty and the beast’s belle, fans turned out in full force and the
   buzz on the show floor was just incredible.

   "the atmosphere and feedback we’ve had since, further cements the
   show's status as europe’s leading comic con and the third largest event
   of its kind in the world.”

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   fans who arrive in costume are known in the geek community as
   cosplayers.

   as a sign of love and appreciation for their favourite shows and
   characters, they will dedicate big portions of their time to
   painstakingly recreate their costumes.

   because they usually spend a lot of effort and money on their costumes,
   they will gladly pose for photos while sharing their tips and secrets
   to good cosplay.

   jemma wadhams, 29, who cosplayed as the yellow power ranger said her
   costume was put together herself.

   “the costume was sourced from various sellers and put together,” she
   said. “there are multiple creators out there who make the suits, cuffs,
   belt, etc.”

   mcm comic con: jemma wadhams as a power ranger sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: jemma wadhams cosplayed as the yellow power ranger

     the reaction from others was very positive, particularly the
     children who recognised the characters portrayed and wanted pictures
     [and] high fives

     jemma wadhams, cosplayer

   she added: “the reaction from others was very positive, particularly
   the children who recognised the characters portrayed and wanted
   pictures [and] high fives.

   “it makes cosplay worth it.”

   jemma has not decided yet if she will be attending the next convention,
   but admitted that she most likely will.

   matt gwilliam, 26, who also attended and cosplayed as spider-man, said
   that he found the event exhausting but rewarding.

   “it was long and exhausting but totally worth it,” he said.

the london mcm comic con in pictures

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mcm london comic con in pictures.

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   mcm comic con: matt gwilliam cosplayed as spider-man at comic con

   "spending three days in costume and three nights out really wears you
   out but it is so great to bring everyone together”

   the original comic con began in 1970 in san diego, in the us. sdcc is
   now holy grail of cosplayers and comic book fans arounf the globe.

   since its humble beginnings, the comic book convention quickly grew in
   size and began to encompass more than just comics – video games, anime,
   manga and everything that is part of geek culture.

   mcm comic con convention sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: photographer taking photo of a reinhardt cosplayer

   mcm comic con: dragon ball cosplayers sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: a group of dragon ball cosplayers

   mcm comic con: brotherhood of steel cosplay sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: brotherhood of steel cosplayer from fallout

   comic con is now a staple of pop-culture with people flooding from
   across the world to meet comic book writers, artists and actors.

   mcm london comic con is one of the biggest of the conventions held
   outside of the us and has partner conventions held in manchester,
   ireland and northern ireland.

   one of the highlights of this year was a large group of rick and morty
   cosplayers – dressed as the duo from adult swim’s hit animated humour
   cartoon.

   similarly dozens of fans of dragon ball posed outside the excel centre
   for group photographs and role-playing fun.

   the odd deadpool was also spotted mischievously running around, or
   having a dance-off with a fellow deadpool cosplayer.

   when is rick and morty season three out?

   mcm comic con in london: joker cosplayer sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: the joker from christopher nolan's the dark knight

   mcm comic con london cosplay sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: a cosplayer in spartan armour from the halo games

   but comic con’s are also home to dozens of comic book and art
   exhibitors, as well as meet and greets with celebrities.

   star wars rogue one actor and action hero donnie yen visited the
   convention this year to pose with his fans for photographs.

   lou ferrigno who played the incredible hulk in the 70s and sam j. jones
   who starred as flash gordon in the 1980 film made a guest appearance as
   well.

   riverdale fans were enthralled as archie andrews actor, keneti “kj”
   apa, arrived on the floor for a live interview about the hit netflix
   series before posing for photos.

   david yost and walter jones, the original blue and black mighty morphin
   power rangers, were also on hand to sign autographs for their die hard
   fans.

   when is riverdale season two out?

   mcm comic con: overwatch cosplayers sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: overwatch cosplayers outside the excel centre

   mcm comic con: mr meeseeks cosplater sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: mr meeseks cosplayer from the rick and morty series

   mcm comic con: deadpool cosplayers sebastian kettley
   mcm comic con: two deadpool cosplayers having a dance-off

   hardcore gaming enthusiasts were also not left out, with comic con’s
   very own e-sports tournament where hearthstone fans battled it out at
   the convention.

   various indie game developers also had stalls set up for visitors to
   try out their games and sony was showcasing the latest in its virtual
   reality headsets.

   and even as temperatures over the weekend rose to nearly 30 degrees,
   the comic con attendees bravely powered through the heatwave.

   the next mcm london comic con will take place at the end of october in
   just a few months.

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           matt parker shows the added attraction of maths in comedy

  more than three million people have watched me unboxing calculators on youtube
  (currently 3,106,525 to be exact). which is ridiculous.

   published: 20:52, sun, feb 25, 2018
   | updated: 21:02, sun, feb 25, 2018

   0

   parker1
   prmatt parker makes his mark as a stand-up

   which is ridiculous. for the blissfully uninitiated: “unboxing videos”
   are a genre of online videos where people film themselves opening a new
   product.

   lipsticks, laptops, that sort of thing. they literally unwrap it while
   talking through the packaging, instructions and eventual product
   itself, in often excruciating detail.

   i decided this was ripe for a send-up and so started a series of
   calculator unboxing videos where i open and review calculators. we now
   live in a world where an online comedy series about reviewing
   calculators can get viewing figures comparable to real tv programmes.

   this would be unheard of until very recently. can you imagine the
   meeting of television executives and producers where someone pitched a
   show about putting calculators through their paces while making jokes?

   they would be rightfully laughed out of the room. i started my career
   working as a maths teacher during the day and a stand-up comedian in
   the evening.

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   and there were a lot more transferable skills going from maths to
   comedy than you would expect. the open secret of the comedy world is
   that comedians have always been nerds.

   comedy writers coming out of oxbridge is almost a cliché: most of monty
   python came out of cambridge, rowan atkinson studied electrical
   engineering at oxford, sacha baron cohen studied english at cambridge
   before becoming ali g.

   comedy writing requires a certain obsession with the details of how
   things work: the process of finding something that is funny, dissecting
   it into its working parts, analysing why they work and putting it all
   back together into a lean and hilarious joke is not for the
   intellectually lazy.

   and having an analytical mind is a huge help when doing live comedy: a
   stand-up routine is less of a rigid script and more of a fl ow-chart,
   responding and adapting as the performer gathers data about what the
   audience likes.

   but then something started to change and comedians could stop just
   being closet nerds; they could share their passion with the audience.

   i had always talked about being a mathematician on stage but gradually
   discovered that if i put some maths in, as long as it was interesting
   enough, the audience would go with it.

   parker2 pr
   anyone can be an honorary geek for the night

   soon people showed up expecting mathematics. but it had to be
   interesting. the wonderful thing about stand-up comedy as an art-form
   is that there really is only one rule: are the audience enjoying it?

   if the audience like it you can get away with whatever you want. i took
   it as a challenge to find mathematical curiosities which were
   interesting enough that a comedy club audience would happily listen
   along and not notice that i had turned their drunken night out into a
   maths lesson.

   which is exactly what i had to do when i was teaching, except my
   audience then were reluctant teenagers. the ace up my sleeve was that
   mathematics is actually quite interesting and most people think they
   don’t like it because it has been mis-sold.

   it is very easy to teach maths in a boring fashion and, at some point,
   most people have a terrible teacher who puts them off the subject.

   the problem is, once you think you are bad at maths and miss learning a
   few key bits it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as you spiral
   further and further behind.

   my job now across comedy nights and working with teenagers is to
   shortcut people back on to the path of engaging mathematics. in the
   past decade i’ve gone from sneaking maths into comedy clubs to doing
   entire tours based around the promise of hardcore number action.

   parker3 pr
   matt will perform at london’s soho theatre march 7 to 16

   people are demanding geek entertainment. they want to be able to
   scratch their brain while having their ribs tickled. with fellow nerd
   stand-ups helen arney and steve mould we have toured the uk several
   times as festival of the spoken nerd, always overwhelmed by the
   audiences who come to see us.

   i think a huge part of it is because we live so much of our lives
   online these days. the internet has made it so nerds, geeks and
   miscellaneous boffins of all flavours can find each other.

   which is why calculator unboxing videos are now a thing: there is an
   online community of geeks who demand to be entertained. and we try to
   sweep everyone else up with us.

   as we slaved over the most recent festival of the spoken nerd show, you
   can’t polish a nerd, we were adamant that as well as catering to the
   hardcore nerd audience we should make it so anyone could come and enjoy
   it.

   like a rubik’s cube made of jokes we think we’ve solved it, so anyone
   can be an honorary geek for the night. so if you think you were cheated
   out of connecting with your inner-geek by a boring school experience
   check out the wealth of youtube videos exploring the whole range of
   fascinating maths and science (if you have a reluctant teenager of your
   own you may even pick up a few tricks to wow them).

   and you can even go full-geek and come along to one of our nerdapolooza
   shows. just keep an eye out for the people wearing calculator
   appreciation society t-shirts. and that’s not a joke.

   ● festival of the spoken nerd’s you can’t polish a nerd is at london’s
   soho theatre (sohotheatre.com), march 7 to 16. see matt’s stand-up at
   youtube.com/standupmaths

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   konnie huq on new game show king of the nerds: i’m very much on the nerd
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  ex-blue peter presenter konnie huq reveals why a new game show for geeks is
  right up her street.

   by mike ward
   published: published: 00:01, sat, jul 18, 2015

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   blue peter, presenter, konnie huq, sky1, game show, king of the nerds,
   mike ward
   ph'i presented blue peter for 10 years'

   if you ever happen to bump into tv presenter konnie huq, don’t forget
   to call her a nerd – it’ll make her day. konnie wears her geekiness
   like a badge of honour, making her the perfect host for sky 1’s new
   game show, king of the nerds.

   “i presented blue peter for 10 years,” she reminds us. “that’s pretty
   nerdy. i did science a levels – physics, chemistry and maths – and then
   went to university. i was going to be an engineer. so yes, i’m very
   much on the nerd spectrum.”

   based on a hit us show, king of the nerds has taken an assortment of
   geeky types from all over britain – who specialise in everything from
   doctor who to pokémon, from game of thrones to venomous snakes – and
   put them together in a big country house, dubbed nerdvana.

     i don’t even drink alcohol; i’m teetotal

     konnie huq

   week by week, they’re set various challenges and the house’s weakest
   resident at the end of each show is eliminated. the result feels like a
   cross between university challenge and the apprentice.

   “but they really are a nice bunch,” konnie points out. “people who want
   to be on tv are often quite outgoing and confident and brash, whereas
   these people aren’t like that. they’re sort of lovable.”

   not that brashness has ever been part of konnie’s tv career strategy.
   when it came to her record-breaking blue peter stint – she is the
   show’s longest-serving female presenter – it seems a certain
   “squareness” (her word) served her well.

   “people think that if you’re on blue peter, you should be a goody
   two-shoes,” she says. “so they kind of lucked out with me. i’m not
   snorting cocaine or hanging around nightclubs at four in the morning.

   i don’t even drink alcohol; i’m teetotal.”

   but she recalls that the press did take a particular interest in her
   during her blue peter years.

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   “i’d go to maybe a film premiere – which i didn’t do a lot, as i didn’t
   get much time – and a newspaper would say, ‘is she wearing something
   too revealing?’ it wouldn’t be revealing at all.  but if you’re on blue
   peter and you wear a dress that shows your legs or a bit of cleavage,
   it’s like shock, horror!”

   so one imagines it must have been a relief for her to move on.

   “yes, but as i say, it wasn’t as if i was suddenly able to become a
   wild child – that i’d been having to rein a part of myself in for all
   those years,” muses konnie. “if i’d been that kind of cool kid, i
   probably couldn’t have stayed for as long as i did.”

   konnie’s tv work since could hardly have been more varied. on the
   entertainment side of things, she’s hosted the likes of the xtra factor
   and guinness world records smashed, while at the other end of the scale
   she’s tackled everything from a political debate show to a shakespeare
   project for schools.

   she’s also co-written an episode of black mirror, the series created by
   her tv satirist husband charlie brooker. “i’m a lot more cynical than
   you might think!” she says.

   yesterday was konnie’s 40th birthday, a landmark about which she seems
   to have mixed feelings. she welcomes the fact that female presenters in
   their forties are more valued now, but adds, “unfortunately, because i
   look about three years old, i often fall between two stools: i look
   young, so i don’t seem as if i have the gravitas, but then i’m at an
   age when i don’t necessarily want to be doing things on radio 1 or
   itv2.”

   even so, with her and charlie’s children to keep her occupied –
   three-year-old covey and 16-month-old huxley – her priorities are a
   little different these days. and besides, the “bubble” of motherhood
   rather suits her.

   “yes, i really like the bubble,” konnie says.

   “i like it because i’m not one of these people that want to worry that
   i’ve got the wrong handbag or i’m wearing the wrong high heels. some
   people love all that. forme it’s a bit of a chore.”

   motherhood has also given konnie a certain slant on the world at
   present.

   “i don’t necessarily know the members of the cabinet,” she admits, “but
   i do know every peppa pig plot line.

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are you a geek or a nerd? scientist creates graph that explains the
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     * software engineer burr settles studied the words used in 2.6
       million tweets
     * he also sampled tweets that matched the query terms 'geek' and
       'nerd'
     * by comparing tweets in each query settles devised an equation to
       discover the words most used by geeks and nerds
     * these words were plotted on a chart along a geeky and nerdy scale

   by victoria woollaston

   published: 13:33 gmt, 3 october 2013 | updated: 02:02 gmt, 4 october
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   the debate about the differences between geeks and nerds has been
   raging for years but a scientist believes he has come up with a
   mathematical equation that may finally put the argument to rest.

   software engineer burr settles from pittsburgh studied the language
   used in 2.6 million tweets, and also sampled tweets that appeared when
   he searched for the terms 'geek' and 'nerd'.

   by comparing tweets in each query, settles devised a mathematical
   equation that established the probability of a particular word
   appearing in a geeky tweet, or a nerdy one.
   a pittsburgh software engineer studied the language of 2.6 million
   tweets to discover the words and topics which can determine if someone
   is more geeky or nerdy. a pittsburgh software engineer studied the
   language of 2.6 million tweets to discover the words and topics which
   can determine if someone is more geeky or nerdy.

   pittsburgh engineer burr settles studied the language of 2.6 million
   tweets to discover the geekiest and nerdiest words and topics. the
   further along the horizontal axis, pictured, a word appeared, the more
   nerdy it was. the higher a word appeared on the vertical, y-axis, the
   more it was associated with being a geek

the words that separate the geeks from the nerds

   the most nerdy subjects revolved around the words 'cellist',
   'neuroscience', 'goths' and 'gamer.'

   on the geekier end of the scale, words included 'culture', 'shiny'
   'trendy' and 'webcomic'.

   settles said geeky words are 'more about stuff, while nerdy words are
   more about ideas.'

   'geeks are fans, and fans collect stuff; nerds are practitioners, and
   practitioners play with ideas.'

   in general terms, settles found that words such as computers and big
   data fall in between the two, along the diagonal.

   geeky people were shown as more interested in brands, such as apple,
   and technologies such as linux.

   in terms of hobbies, more geeky pastimes related to toys and japanese
   comics, such as manga, while nerdy hobbies were shown to be chess and
   sudoku.

   put more simply, settles worked out which words were used and
   associated most by geeks or nerds, and what the differences in subjects
   and topics were.

   these words were then plotted on a graph; the further along the
   horizontal, or x-axis, a word appeared, the more nerdy it was.

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   the higher a word appeared on the vertical, y-axis, the more it was
   associated with being a geek, and geek-related

   for example, the most nerdy subjects revolved around the words
   'cellist', 'neuroscience', 'goths' and 'gamer.'

   on the geekier end of the scale, words included 'culture', 'shiny'
   'trendy' and 'webcomic'.

   commenting on his findings, settles said: 'in broad strokes, it seems
   to me that geeky words are more about stuff, while nerdy words are more
   about ideas.

   'geeks are fans, and fans collect stuff; nerds are practitioners, and
   practitioners play with ideas. of course, geeks can collect ideas and
   nerds play with stuff, too.

   'plus, they aren’t two distinct personalities as much as different
   aspects of personality.'
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   skyfall, the latest film of the bond franchise

   the research also found that all derivatives of the word 'collect' were
   in orange, meaning they fell on the geekier end of the scale. this
   included 'boxset'.

   geeky people were found to be more interested in brands, such as apple,
   and technologies such as linux.

   in terms of hobbies, more geeky pastimes related to toys and japanese
   culture, while nerdy hobbies were shown as chess and sudoku.
   in terms of hobbies, more geeky pastimes related to toys and japanese
   comics, such as manga. image from the life and art of osamu tezuka -
   god of manga, pictured in terms of hobbies, more geeky pastimes related
   to toys and japanese comics, such as manga. image from the life and art
   of osamu tezuka - god of manga, pictured
   while nerdy hobbies were shown to be chess and sudoku while nerdy
   hobbies were shown to be chess and sudoku

   in terms of hobbies, more geeky pastimes related to toys and manga. an
   image from the life and art of osamu tezuka: god of manga book is
   pictured left. while nerdy hobbies included chess and sudoku, pictured
   right

the definition of geek and nerd

   according to the oxford english dictionary, the definition of the word
   geek is someone who is 'unfashionable or socially inept'.

   it goes on to describe geeks as knowledgeable and obsessive
   enthusiasts, or 'computer geeks.'

   the word 'geek' comes from german dialect for geck, which means fool or
   freak.

   in robert heinlein's short story the year of the jackpot (1952), the
   word is used to describe a science, math, or technology enthusiast.

   a nerd is described as 'a foolish or contemptible person who lacks
   social skills or is boringly studious.'

   'a single-minded expert in a particular technical field' and 'a
   computer nerd.'

   the first known use of the word nerd is quoted as the name of a
   creature in dr. seuss's book if i ran the zoo from 1950.

   the narrator gerald mcgrew claims he would collect 'a nerkle, a nerd,
   and a seersucker too' for his imaginary zoo.

   the slang meaning dates back to 1951 when newsweek magazine used it as
   a synonym for 'drip' or 'square'.

   at some point, the word became associated with bookishness and social
   ineptitude.

   the similarities and subtle differences between the traits were also
   highlighted by the fact words such as 'intelligence' were shown as
   geeky, but 'education' and 'intellectual' were found to be nerdy.

   similarly, books are nerdy, according to the graph, but 'ebooks' fall
   on the geeky end of the scale.

   according to the oxford english dictionary, the definition of the word
   geek is someone who is 'unfashionable or socially inept'.

   it goes on to describe geeks as knowledgeable and obsessive
   enthusiasts, or 'computer geeks.'

   a nerd is described as 'a foolish or contemptible person who lacks
   social skills or is boringly studious.'

   'a single-minded expert in a particular technical field' and 'a
   computer nerd.'

   in an update to his blog post, settles states events that cause an
   increase in certain terms and phrases may have skewed the results.

   for example, olivia culpo who was crowned miss universe in december
   called herself a 'cellist nerd.'

   this led to an influx of the word 'cellist' appearing in tweets that
   appeared when settles searched for 'nerd', which potentially influenced
   where in the scale the word fell.

   settles, who also has published scientific studies, examined the tweets
   from 6 december 2012 and 3 january 2013, and admits that data collected
   during set time frames have limitations. settles has made the full data
   set and the equation available on his blog.

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     * 'i've been fighting this internal battle': kate ferdinand discusses
       15 year battle with body dysmorphia and how husband rio taught her
       to love herself
     * 'it's.... baby vardy!' twitter erupts as rebekah and jamie announce
       they have welcomed a little girl ... after that coleen rooney wag
       war
     * gavin & stacey's ruth jones and james corden reveal what made them
       decide to write the christmas special... as joanna page admits she
       'cried' when reading the script
     * you spoilers: penn badgley discusses what could be in store for joe
       in a potential season 3 after that twist finale opening up about
       hit show
     * one sandwich-per-year, unreachable treats and putting her
       step-kids' leftovers in the bin... kate ferdinand details secrets
       to her figure
     * simon cowell, 60, shows off his very slim figure while jetskiing
       with lauren silverman and son eric in barbados... after losing
       20lbs on vegan diet
     * undated family collect of melanie panayiotou and her brother george
       michael undated family collect of melanie panayiotou and her
       brother george michael george michael's sister melanie panayiotou
       'will be buried alongside her brother's unmarked grave but the
       singer will still not get a headstone'
     * royal photographer reveals his top three photos of 2019 - including
       shot of meghan markle which captured her looking 'straight at the
       camera'
     * emily maitlis dubs the bbc a 'confluence of cock-ups' as she
       defends corporation against bias accusations speaking out
     * talk of the town: the queen broke golden 'married rule' to invite
       beatrice's fiance edo mapelli mozzi to sandringham for christmas so
       he could support the princess
     * sofia vergara puts on romantic display with husband joe manganiello
       as they celebrate his 43rd birthday with friends happy couple
     * bindi irwin shares a tribute to her mum terri after spending the
       holidays making gingerbread houses with her fiancé chandler powell
       in the us
     *
     * gavin rossdale, 54, and girlfriend natalie golba, 27, beam with joy
       during a winter weekend walk in studio city stepping out
     * stella maxwell flashes her taut midriff in black crop top as she
       steps out with friends in la... following saudi music fest
       controversy looking good
     * aaron paul and wife lauren parsekian put on a romantic display in
       flannel as they take a stroll after lunch in nyc the pair looked
       completely smitten
     * nicole kidman and keith urban celebrate youngest daughter faith's
       ninth birthday... after the family flew home to sydney for
       christmas
     * justin bieber teases potential new music as he shares mysterious
       date and times... just days after announcing album and tour coming
       soon
     * orlando bloom reveals he is excited to start a family with fiancee
       katy perry (who is a 'big kid' at heart): 'it would be a wonderful
       thing'  looking ahead
     * kathy griffin still receives death threats for controversial donald
       trump joke - and has to pay $2.4 million every year in legal and
       insurance costs
     * charlize theron gets hyped over the next season of the bachelor as
       she poses beside poster of hunky leading man peter weber:
       'turbulence i like'
     * kim kardashian's bff larsa pippen showcases her dangerous curves in
       yellow skintight pantsuit caught the eye on saturday evening
     * rachel zoe looks chic in a leopard print coat and chunky boots as
       she steps out in beverly hills caught the eye on saturday
     *
     * amy schumer passes on her childhood stuffed animal pokey to son
       gene after claiming the creepy toy has been 'scaring children since
       1948'
     * 'i would never do anything that is unnatural or a quick fix':
       alexandra cane hits back at trolls who accused her of capitalising
       on her two-stone weight loss
     * katie price shares snap of her lounging naked in the bath as she
       'reflects on a difficult year' which saw her declared bankrupt
     * lauren silverman puts on a busty display in a plunging swimsuit as
       she joins simon cowell and son eric for a day at the beach during
       their festive getaway to barbados
     * chrissy teigen takes a tumble as husband john legend twirls her on
       an ice rink while they vacation in wyoming
     * davina mccall, 52, displays her toned physique in a red frilled
       bikini as she soaks up the sun on a festive trip to australia
     * the voice uk judge meghan trainor felt 'insecure' being a coach
       alongside sir tom jones and discusses transatlantic romance with
       husband daryl sabara
     * inside ferne mccann's new year's dubai getaway: star gives fans a
       glimpse inside her sun-filled holiday with her daughter sunday,
       two, and best friend carl cunard
     * tamara ecclestone puts on a brave face after £50m jewel heist as
       smiling star hits the slopes with daughter sophia, 5, in the swiss
       alps
     * mark wahlberg's wife rhea sizzles in a thong swimsuit while
       chiseled actor displays his washboard abs on holiday in barbados
     *
     * nina agdal wows in bikini during trip to 'paradise' with beau jack
       brinkley-cook and his mom christie (and even serves as their
       photographer)
     * al pacino, 79, spotted leaving dinner with girlfriend meital dohan,
       43, in los angeles was in good spirits as he spent his saturday
       evening with his girlfriend
     * meghan and harry's $14m hideaway revealed: royals spent christmas
       with archie at canadian mansion owned by millionaire
     * gabrielle union is all smiles as she joins dwyane wade and kaavia
       james for their final luau in hawaii
     * dwight yorke beams happily during maldives trip... 24 hours after
       ex katie price's heartbreaking pleas for him to see their disabled
       son harvey, 17
     * victoria beckham shares gingerbread house fail as she's rescued by
       son cruz... after husband david is accused of pretending to cook
       christmas dinner
     * jessica simpson looks like a snow bunny as she bundles up to go
       skiing with her kids the singer/fashion designer shared a black and
       white snapshot
     * marcia cross bundles up in winter layers while fetching a coffee
       and grocery shopping in brentwood the actress was in high spirits
     * oprah winfrey treats bff gayle king to a manicure for her 65th
       birthday before setting the table for her party  gave a sneak peek
       at the table being set
     * who knew they were friends? pia miller soaks up the sun at hugh
       jackman's $5.9 million north bondi apartment in a tiny orange
       bikini
     *
     * ferne mccann 'dating city trader, 25,  she met on luxury dubai
       holiday'... two years after split from acid attacker ex arthur
       collins
     * pain-ridden madonna finally comes to london with children including
       son david banda, 14, as she prepares for  showdown with ex guy
       richie (and is david carrying her cane?)
     * talk of the town: robbie williams earns £50,000 a day while harry
       styles pockets £8,000 every 24 hours
     * olivia buckland muses over the cause of her 'irritated' skin in
       bare-faced snap... before showing her stunning transformation
     * queen honours meghan markle's aide clara loughran who gave duchess
       her wedding flowers as she arrived at windsor castle
     * real housewives of atlanta stars nene leakes and kandi burruss
       attend world lightweight boxing event in atlanta fight night
     * kristen bell praises dax shepard as he 'brilliantly' talks to
       daughters lincoln, six, and delta, five, about the rude finger and
       f-word
     * the voice uk's olly murs on knock-backs before the x factor and how
       tom jones taught him to never give up
     * adam levine hits the gym in los angeles lakers gear for a
       post-christmas workout in l.a.
     * christina milian puts her baby bump on display as she enjoys a
       lunch date with boyfriend matt pokora in la
     *
     * demi rose flashes her ample cleavage in plunging halterneck dress
       as she sizzles during festive break in jordan
     * guy ritchie, whose new movie is about an american drug lord who
       runs a cannabis empire from an english country estate, reveals why
       he is fascinated by mobsters
     * khloe kardashian basks in the sunlight as baby true, one, plays the
       piano in solo home recital khloe kardashian shared a very sweet
       video
     * strictly's saffron barker displays her sensational physique in
       barely-there yellow bikini as she enjoys sun-drenched barbados
       getaway
     * jasmin walia flaunts her sensational figure in a plunging gold
       sparkly dress as she enjoys a night out with pals
     * lauren goodger confirms she has been released from hospital
       following a mystery illness... after admitting she's 'under a lot
       of stress'
     * 'i have no idea what day it is!' michelle keegan looks radiant in a
       stunning selfie... as she admits to being 'lost' in the festive
       season
     * criss angel posts heartbreaking photos of his five-year-old son in
       chemotherapy after revealing the boy's disease relapsed
     * emily ratajkowski eats pizza with husband and dog in nyc... after
       'accepting payout to vacate loft'
     * sara gilbert spotted without wedding ring after filing for
       separation from wife linda perry following nearly six years of
       marriage
     *
     * the day robson green woke up to discover his dream home (and
       everything he owned) being washed away
     * sam faiers displays her incredible physique in crochet one-piece in
       the maldives... hours before sister billie jets out to join her on
       the festive break
     * bella thorne goes bananas while petting a tiny monkey during her
       christmas vacation to the dominican republic
     * paul whitehouse, 61, reveals that only fools and horses nearly
       killed him as he felt the pressure of adapting the iconic sitcom to
       the stage
     * lord alan sugar adamantly believes eastenders' keanu taylor 'is not
       dead' as he wades in on the debate over the character's apparent
       murder
     * rachel bloom experiences a 'true christmas miracle' after getting
       stranded during a snow storm and pleading on twitter for a warm
       place
     * revealed: prince william gave his children charlotte and george a
       'dress rehearsal' ahead of successful sandringham walkabout on
       christmas day
     * 'shocked and saddened': alfie allen pays tribute to his game of
       thrones stand in andrew dunbar after actor died suddenly on
       christmas eve
     * khloe kardashian stays warm in a camouflage jacket on a morning run
       to the farmers' market with baby true
     * paramore frontwoman hayley williams releasing 'really special' new
       solo music next year
     *
     * make-up free maura higgins is unrecognisable as she recreates
       childhood picture during her return to ireland for christmas
     * florence pugh, 23, claps back at an instagram user over the age
       difference between her and 44 year old boyfriend zach braff
     * kylie jenner and best friend stassie karanikolaou bring the '2020
       energy' in matching pvc leather coats with fur
     * debbie reynolds had the family christmas dinner table set as
       daughter carrie fisher suffered stroke, friend reveals
     * david beckham is accused of pretending to cook christmas dinner...
       as fans spot a chef in the kitchen while the suit-clad star
       attentively carves the turkey
     * gemma collins reveals she's recorded a single with naughty boy
       after weeks of vocal lessons... despite axing plans for a christmas
       track
     * 'you think i'd know how to ride a bike by now!' emma bunton shares
       a glum-faced snap as she grazes her knee after falling from her
       bicycle
     * george michael fans pay heartfelt tribute to his sister melanie,
       59, who died suddenly on christmas day exactly three years after
       the singer
     * mama june and boyfriend geno left a 'bloody mess' when they
       'trashed' a hotel room in georgia and caused $1,000 in damages
     * dame joan collins, 86, exudes glamour in a fur-trimmed cape as she
       steps out with husband percy gibson, 52, in los angeles
     *
     * don't bin your sequins, say stars including alesha dixon and louise
       redknapp who are donating their sparkliest frocks to oxfam
     * 'i made myself sick and risked my life': holly hagan reveals her
       heartbreaking weight battle after '8 years of being branded a 'fat
       s**g'
     * strictly's dianne buswell pays tribute to her grandfather as he
       passes away just days after they celebrated christmas in oz with
       beau joe sugg
     * tamara ecclestone brushes off her £50m jewel heist woes as she
       spends christmas in the swiss alps with daughter sophia, 5
     * ronan keating's pregnant wife storm shows off her blossoming baby
       bump in a pale pink bikini as the couple jet to australia
     * home addresses of elton john, ben stokes, gabby logan, nadiya
       hussain and every other recipient of new year's honours list are
       accidentally published by the cabinet office
     * gavin and stacey fans are convinced they've worked out nessa's
       age... after she claimed to be 35 when pal stacey was 17 (making
       her 54 years old!)
     * grease star olivia newton-john, 71, who won us all over as sexy
       sandy becomes a dame as floella benjamin, sam mendes and sir elton
       john all receive new year honours
     * chris pine looks like a doting dog dad as he walks his pooch around
       the neighborhood with his father
     * kevin hart's wife eniko cries as she recalls finding out he cheated
       via a dm while she was pregnant in netflix docuseries
     *
     * corrie: fans bid farewell to michelle connor as kym marsh leaves
       the soap after 13 years... after fiancé robert preston was killed
       in christmas day gun siege
     * brenda blethyn: how cryptic crosswords help me play vera, tv's
       cleverest detective brenda blethyn is a picture of elegance
     * michael jackson's kids all together!  prince, 22, sister paris, 21,
       and their younger brother prince michael jackson ii, 17, are seen
       in rome
     * christine lampard is in high spirits in a black coat and chanel
       handbag as she takes her pet pooch minnie for a walk in west london

     * 'i'm aware time is ticking': strictly judge motsi mabuse, 38,
       admits she feels against the clock to have her second child with
       husband evgenij voznyuk, 36
     * that's nice! mrs brown's boys is now jamaica's most popular comedy
       as cast prepare for global tour in 2021
     * 'harvey doesn't deserve this': katie price pleads with ex dwight
       yorke to see his disabled son, 17, as she shares emotional video of
       teen saying he 'loves' his estranged father
     * game of thrones actor andrew dunbar dies suddenly at home on
       christmas eve andrew dunbar, who was in his 30s, was the body
       double for theon greyjoy
     * jenny mccarthy and donnie wahlberg will spend nye at home for the
       first time in 10 years after she opts out of dick clark's tv
       special
     * rande gerber tells cindy crawford that pete davidson, 26, 'needs
       help' after crisis talks with their 18-year-old daughter kaia's
       boyfriend at her apartment
     *
     * 'back to normality!' coronation street's andy whyment jets to dubai
       with his family in economy as he enjoys a pre-flight drink at the
       airport
     * whitney port shares super cute snaps of two-year-old sonny playing
       in a sand-pit with his dad, tim rosenman
     * kim kardashian partied with kylie's ex travis scott, rapper quavo,
       grimes and boyfriend elon musk at the family's annual christmas eve
       bash
     * kate, the secret midwife: duchess of cambridge pays tribute to
       britain's maternity staff after two days 'work experience' as she
       praises their work
     * toni collette reveals her husband dave galafassi 'recovering
       slowly' after near-fatal motorbike accident that was attended to by
       six emergency vehicles
     * george michael was only close to a few people - alison boshoff
       explores the family's heartache after melanie panayiotou was found
       dead aged 55
     * elizabeth hurley, 54, transforms into a very sexy ninja as she dons
       busty cut-out leotard and mask for sizzling snaps
     * ashley graham bares all and arches her back in new fully nude photo
       as she does a yoga pose: 'open to surrender'
     * kelly dodd flashes a smile as she walks her dogs in laguna beach
       after rhoc drama with vicki gunvalson
     * 'i'm not pregnant!' vampire diaries star claire holt shuts down
       rumours she is expecting as her husband andrew joblon caresses her
       belly
     *
     * gavin & stacey christmas special only receives eleven complaints to
       ofcom for the use of homophobic slur in fairytale of new york
       rendition
     * talk of the town: socialite amanda 'longest legs in belgravia'
       cronin accepts £250,000 engagement ring (despite turning down the
       proposal!)
     * engelbert humperdinck gushes over 'christmas miracle' as wife
       patricia says his name for the first time in three years during her
       alzheimer's battle
     * kris jenner indulges in a bit of post-christmas shopping while
       vacationing in st. barts with beau corey gamble
     * tori spelling declares she is 'so in love' with her new emerald
       wedding ring (and husband dean mcdermott!) as she flashes the band
       on instagram
     * nicole kidman keeps it cozy in oversized hoodie as she arrives to
       the prom set... after spending holidays in sydney with husband
       keith urban
     * ashlee simpson and evan ross walk arm-in-arm as they leave dinner
       with family including tracee ellis ross in aspen
     * kylie jenner's bff stassie karanikolaou goes all out as she gifts
       her dad a white tesla for christmas
     * maria shriver braves the cold for snowy day of shopping with
       daughter christina schwarzenegger
     * inbetweeners star james buckley is set to star in doctor who as the
       actor says he's 'really happy to be part of the iconic and well
       loved show'
     * gwyneth paltrow's lookalike daughter apple, 15, hits the slopes in
       aspen with her actress mother during festive family getaway
     * shay mitchell cradles her newborn daughter atlas as she goes for a
       stroll with her partner matte babel and father mark in los angeles

     * talk of the town: lady lola crichton-stuart dresses up in a jessica
       rabbit-style outfit for christmas lunch
     * hilary duff enjoys a healthy pick-me-up as she heads to the juice
       bar with her new husband matthew koma and their daughter banks
     * gavin & stacey newcomer laura aikman shares video of rob brydon
       being pulled along on a trolley by james corden in funny
       behind-the-scenes clip from christmas special
     * how carole middleton stays so svelte at 64: kate and pippa's mother
       sticks to a regime of no meat, lots of tennis... and an iron will
       she's passed on to her daughters
     * andrew ridgeley shares heartache over death of wham co-star george
       michael's sister melanie, 55, whose body was found on christmas day
       three years after he died
     * bella hadid flaunts taut midriff in french-cut thong as she poses
       in bathroom video the supermodel has recently taken to instagram
     * katie price wears ab-flashing bra top and pink fluffy jacket for
       night out... after admitting she struggled to be without all of her
       kids over christmas
     * tv chefs nadiya hussain and ainsley harriott are both awarded mbes
       while nigel slater receives an obe
     * victoria beckham pokes fun at son brooklyn's 'dodgy top' as he
       sweetly hugs sister harper during the family's festive cotwolds
       getaway
     * a new height for rocketman! sir elton john becomes part of
       prestigious order of the companions of honour group to mark his
       services to music and charity
     * scarlett moffatt reveals she will make 'healthy choices in 2020' by
       watching what she eats ... and says she won't let it 'overrule her
       life'
     * myleene klass sizzles in a plunging black bikini as she takes baby
       son apollo for his first dip in the ocean during her maldives
       getaway
     * amy schumer reveals the struggle of having baby gene by c-section
       due to her endometriosis: 'i vomited for the first hour'
     * sarah vine: hurrah for carole middleton! but there ought to be a
       law against looking this good middleton mother sizzled on the beach
     * newly single ulrika jonsson, who has with four children by four
       men, reveals her solution to a conundrum of divided loyalties that
       affects millions of families
     * could meghan markle start her own newspaper? duchess plans to turn
       her sussex royal brand into a global empire as she trademarks the
       title on dozens of products
     * sharon osbourne reveals she forced an assistant to go into a
       burning building to save her dogs and artwork before firing him for
       not finding it funny
     * 'so overwhelmed and happy': gok wan celebrates as he is made an mbe
       in prestigious new year's honours list
     * imogen anthony poses topless in a pair of lace underpants - after
       marking her first christmas since splitting from kyle sandilands
     * shakira bundles up while hunky footballer beau gerard pique strips
       down for a christmas eve swim in miami
     * kate ferdinand dons matching festive pyjamas with smitten husband
       rio and her stepchildren in throwback christmas eve snaps from
       maldives break
     * davina mccall, 52, exhibits her gym-honed legs in tiny green shorts
       as she enjoys festive stroll in sydney davina mccall looked trim
       and toned
     * amir khan's wife faryal makhdoom cradles her blossoming baby
       bump... after the boxer hit back at trolls when they criticised him
       for christmas tree snap
     * stacey dooley holds hands with strictly beau kevin clifton in
       romantic snap as they enjoy a christmas beach walk
     * kourtney kardashian poses with younes bendjima at her christmas
       party as they finally go public after he 'won back her trust'
     * love island's alexandra cane displays her sizzling new physique in
       barely-there bikini... after unveiling jaw-dropping 2st weight
       loss
     * owzat for a cricket clean sweep! ben stokes caps a remarkable year
       with an obe after his world cup success and an amazing test against
       australia
     * mandy moore cuts her christmas hiking trip short after getting food
       poisoning  mandy moore traveled to ecuador for the holidays, but
       fell ill

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meet the geeks battling it out to be crowned britain's biggest nerd in tv
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     * sky 1 contest king of the nerds is searching for the uk's biggest
       nerd
     * presented by cambridge economics graduate konnie huq
     * law students, scientists, biologists and it whizzes among
       contestants

   by naomi greenaway for mailonline

   published: 15:54 gmt, 24 july 2015 | updated: 16:57 gmt, 24 july 2015

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   it may once have been an insult, but in today's it-obsessed world,
   being a nerd is something of an accolade and the country's greatest
   geeks are now battling it out to be crowned the uk's biggest spod on
   tv.

   presented by cambridge economics graduate konnie huq, king of the nerds
   on sky1 aims to whittle down 11 contestants by testing their intellect,
   ingenuity, skills and pop-culture prowess.

   so who could be the next bill gates or mark zuckerberg? here we reveal
   the contestants aiming to prove they are worthy of sitting victorious
   in the throne of games...
   king of the nerds contestants (left to right): mark hughes, ryan
   macdonald (eliminated), hannah harle, karen dawson, robyn potter
   (eliminated), kenny lam, curtis reubens, matt barr, kerry allingham,
   emily jones, yasmeen ojeleye
   king of the nerds contestants (left to right): mark hughes, ryan
   macdonald (eliminated), hannah harle, karen dawson, robyn potter
   (eliminated), kenny lam, curtis reubens, matt barr, kerry allingham,
   emily jones, yasmeen ojeleye

   king of the nerds contestants (left to right): mark hughes, ryan
   macdonald (eliminated), hannah harle, karen dawson, robyn potter
   (eliminated), kenny lam, curtis reubens, matt barr, kerry allingham,
   emily jones, yasmeen ojeleye

   emily jones

   emily (below, left), 24, from london, is passionate about the star wars
   films and collects memorabilia from the franchise.

   currently studying for a degree in special effects, the crewe-born
   student's dream is to become a filmmaker.

   she is proud of being crafty and spends her spare time sewing and
   emboidering historically accurate costumes using antique lingerie,
   corsets, girdles and stockings.

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   she also created a replica princess leia costume after pouring over
   screen grabs from the films.

   the fantasy fan is so dedicated to jrr tolkein's epic lord of the rings
   that she learned to read and write dwarfish runes.

   however, her 'geek weakness' is that she doesn't know anything about
   japanese anime and she finds working in a team challenging as she
   'often says inappropriate things at inappropriate times'.

   britain's biggest nerd: emily jones loves star wars
   britain's biggest nerd: emily jones loves star wars
   mark hughes is a star trek fan
   mark hughes is a star trek fan

   britain's biggest nerd: emily jones loves star wars while mark hughes
   is a diehard trekkie

   mark hughes

   multi-talented mark, 28, from northern ireland (above, right), has two
   masters degrees in law and radio production and admits to being the
   'ultimate trekkie'.

   he's seen every episode of the long-running tv show, has countless rare
   toy models and has met all the star trek captains.

   he also has experience in high-pressure competitions as he captained
   all his school quiz teams and even won the all ireland schools quiz in
   1998.

   a self-taught ukelele player, mark also acted in school and college,
   won prizes for public speaking and singing and now runs his own ukelele
   night.

   the film and drama graduate used his radio experience to produce
   bi-monthly podcasts for an east london radio station, debating sci-fi
   films, geeky places to visit and general 'nerd news'.

   if he wins the sky 1 show, marj said he would use the prize money to
   buy his very own back to the future delorean.

   kerry allingham
    kerry allingham is a fan of computer games and has 1,000 that she buys
   and trades from her bedroom
    kerry allingham is a fan of computer games and has 1,000 that she buys
   and trades from her bedroom

    kerry allingham is a fan of computer games and has 1,000 that she buys
   and trades from her bedroom

   kerry, 20, is a self-confessed 'gamer tomboy' who was heavily into
   runescape when she was growing up in reigate, surrey.

   she has 1,000 games in her bedroom which she trades and sells online.

   a thrill-seeker, kerry also loves cars and all things mechanical, using
   the skills she learned helping her father in his garage with his
   motorbikes.

   she enjoys adrenaline fuelled activities like banger racing and
   paintballing and has done a bungee jump and went on a 120ft drop slide.

   kerry, who works at a freight management company, also competes in the
   much gentler hobby of attending yu-gi-oh trading card tournaments and
   has a new found love of geocaching.

   her dream job would be a skydiving instructor but she also loves
   drawing and likes to create her own comic strips and characters.
   hannah harle is into pokemon and game of thrones
   hannah harle is into pokemon and game of thrones
   yasmeen is a manga fan studying law at university
   yasmeen is a manga fan studying law at university

   hannah harle (left) is the president of the nerd society at newcastle
   university; yasmeen ojeleye (right) is so obsessed with anime and manga
   that she's learning japanese

   hannah harle

   hannah, 21, (above, left) is so proud of being a nerd, she's the
   president of the nerd society at newcastle university.

   she's taken the role for the past two years while studying psychology.
   she says she's interested in human behaviour and wants to train to
   become a psychological well-being practitioner.

   a cosplay and role play fanatic, she's a self-confessed gamer and loves
   anime, but game of thrones is her biggest tv passion.

   hannah also prides herself on her vast knowledge of the pokémon
   universe and is working on being able to name all of the first 150
   pokémon in order.

   yasmeen ojeleye

   straight talking yasmeen (above, right), 21, from east london is a
   student at the university of westminster studying law.

   she grew up playing football, gaming, paintball and skateboarding but
   also excelled at english and maths, and had a poem published in poetic
   voyages, aged nine.

   yasmeen has always been obsessed with tv, anime and manga and possesses
   an impressive collection of manga swords from her favourite characters
   and has a massive one piece anime canvas in her room.

   her dream is to one day run her own anime and manga cafe where
   like-minded people can come to relax and share their interests.

   she is so fascinated with japan she has been learning to speak the
   language since she was 15.
   matt barr is a quiz fanatic
   matt barr is a quiz fanatic
   curtis reubens studies maths at cambridge and is a doctor who buff
   curtis reubens studies maths at cambridge and is a doctor who buff

   matt barr (left) has a double first from cambridge; curtis reubens
   (right) is in his second year at cambridge where he is studying maths
   and taking on challengers at board games

   matt barr

   matt, 31, from southampton, is in the running for the title of the
   cleverest person on the show with a double first degree from cambridge.

   head of the debate society at college, he won the brian riley
   declamation prize for best speech whilst studying.

   the brainbox went on to work as an account director for a digital
   marketing firm in sydney, australia.

   he is a member of the invite only learnedleague and once won £4,000
   betting on big brother.

   testing himself is all part of the challenge and he once agreed to be
   buried alive for 12 hours to see if he could handle it.

   he has a passion for games - board games, card games and game theory –
   he was runner up in the quiz bowl contest at the 2012 north america
   trivia championships

   if he won king of the nerds he would start his own board game
   developing business.

   curtis reubens

   curtis, 19, from harrow, is a second year maths student at cambridge
   and is so obsessed with his chosen subject that he says maths has taken
   over his life.

   he tries to explain a binary operator to anyone who will listen but he
   also loves reading, writing, and playing computer games.

   he's a devoted member of the cambridge sci-fi society and enjoys acting
   as well as watching sci-fi films.

   he was a member of his primary and secondary school choirs and has sung
   three times at the royal albert hall.

   his other big passion is doctor who. he is a true buff when it comes to
   all things involving the time lord and can name every doctor who
   episode ever - down to the series and episode number.

   board games are also part of curtis's nerd artillery with the
   resistance being a favourite.

   if he were to win king of the nerds, he would buy a seat on the first
   virgin galactic flight.
   kenny lam makes his own iron man costumes
   kenny lam makes his own iron man costumes
   karen dawson has made a career out of making fancy dress hats like the
   one she's pictured in here
   karen dawson has made a career out of making fancy dress hats like the
   one she's pictured in here

   kenny lam (right) makes his own iron man costumes and karen dawson
   (right) placed third at the eurocosplay finals in 2010

   kenny lam

   kenny, 23, from bracknell, is a classic cosplay geek; happily immersing
   himself in fantasy lands he can spend hours piecing together costumes
   to make sure they are absolutely perfect.

   as a result, he has won competitions for his handmade iron man
   costumes.

   a loner at school, kenny preferred the company of his computer to his
   schoolmates and his first love was the computer game tetris.

   he has always collected action figures and prefers playing with them to
   his 'real' friends.

   he now works as an application engineer, helping companies to design
   and improve speciality equipment and enhance software programmes.·

   aside from gaming, kenny's hobbies include playing basketball and
   training as an air cadet - he once flew solo in a viking glider.

   karen dawson

   karen, 31, has a strong academic background and scored so highly on her
   a level biology paper that she was placed in the top five in the
   country.

   she went on to achieve a first class degree in biology from bangor
   university and a phd in the genetics of asian venomous snakes.

   not only does she have the brain power but she's a force to be reckoned
   with in the cosplay arena having placed third at the first eurocosplay
   finals in 2010.

   despite her qualifications, she decided to turn her passion for fancy
   dress into a career and currently works as a costume and accessory
   maker from her home in sheffield.

   she make hats and hand painted my little pony figurines which she sells
   online.

   she's a member of a role playing group that meets once a week, and has
   done live action role play (larping) in the past.

   she also meets weekly with a group to play board games and card game
   'magic the gathering'.

   but karen doesn't spend all her time in doors being crafty or playing
   games, she volunteers for a local litter clear-up group in the
   countryside.

   she lists another of her talents as being able to recite the entire
   vogon poetry critique from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

   king of the nerds airs on sky 1 sundays at 7pm


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     * revealed: prince william gave his children charlotte and george a
       'dress rehearsal' ahead of successful sandringham walkabout on
       christmas day
     * 'shocked and saddened': alfie allen pays tribute to his game of
       thrones stand in andrew dunbar after actor died suddenly on
       christmas eve
     * khloe kardashian stays warm in a camouflage jacket on a morning run
       to the farmers' market with baby true
     * paramore frontwoman hayley williams releasing 'really special' new
       solo music next year
     * make-up free maura higgins is unrecognisable as she recreates
       childhood picture during her return to ireland for christmas
     *
     * florence pugh, 23, claps back at an instagram user over the age
       difference between her and 44 year old boyfriend zach braff
     * kylie jenner and best friend stassie karanikolaou bring the '2020
       energy' in matching pvc leather coats with fur
     * debbie reynolds had the family christmas dinner table set as
       daughter carrie fisher suffered stroke, friend reveals
     * david beckham is accused of pretending to cook christmas dinner...
       as fans spot a chef in the kitchen while the suit-clad star
       attentively carves the turkey
     * gemma collins reveals she's recorded a single with naughty boy
       after weeks of vocal lessons... despite axing plans for a christmas
       track
     * 'you think i'd know how to ride a bike by now!' emma bunton shares
       a glum-faced snap as she grazes her knee after falling from her
       bicycle
     * george michael fans pay heartfelt tribute to his sister melanie,
       59, who died suddenly on christmas day exactly three years after
       the singer
     * mama june and boyfriend geno left a 'bloody mess' when they
       'trashed' a hotel room in georgia and caused $1,000 in damages
     * dame joan collins, 86, exudes glamour in a fur-trimmed cape as she
       steps out with husband percy gibson, 52, in los angeles
     * don't bin your sequins, say stars including alesha dixon and louise
       redknapp who are donating their sparkliest frocks to oxfam
     *
     * 'i made myself sick and risked my life': holly hagan reveals her
       heartbreaking weight battle after '8 years of being branded a 'fat
       s**g'
     * strictly's dianne buswell pays tribute to her grandfather as he
       passes away just days after they celebrated christmas in oz with
       beau joe sugg
     * tamara ecclestone brushes off her £50m jewel heist woes as she
       spends christmas in the swiss alps with daughter sophia, 5
     * ronan keating's pregnant wife storm shows off her blossoming baby
       bump in a pale pink bikini as the couple jet to australia
     * home addresses of elton john, ben stokes, gabby logan, nadiya
       hussain and every other recipient of new year's honours list are
       accidentally published by the cabinet office
     * gavin and stacey fans are convinced they've worked out nessa's
       age... after she claimed to be 35 when pal stacey was 17 (making
       her 54 years old!)
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       sandy becomes a dame as floella benjamin, sam mendes and sir elton
       john all receive new year honours
     * chris pine looks like a doting dog dad as he walks his pooch around
       the neighborhood with his father
     * kevin hart's wife eniko cries as she recalls finding out he cheated
       via a dm while she was pregnant in netflix docuseries
     * corrie: fans bid farewell to michelle connor as kym marsh leaves
       the soap after 13 years... after fiancé robert preston was killed
       in christmas day gun siege
     *
     * brenda blethyn: how cryptic crosswords help me play vera, tv's
       cleverest detective brenda blethyn is a picture of elegance
     * michael jackson's kids all together!  prince, 22, sister paris, 21,
       and their younger brother prince michael jackson ii, 17, are seen
       in rome
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       handbag as she takes her pet pooch minnie for a walk in west london

     * 'i'm aware time is ticking': strictly judge motsi mabuse, 38,
       admits she feels against the clock to have her second child with
       husband evgenij voznyuk, 36
     * that's nice! mrs brown's boys is now jamaica's most popular comedy
       as cast prepare for global tour in 2021
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       yorke to see his disabled son, 17, as she shares emotional video of
       teen saying he 'loves' his estranged father
     * game of thrones actor andrew dunbar dies suddenly at home on
       christmas eve andrew dunbar, who was in his 30s, was the body
       double for theon greyjoy
     * jenny mccarthy and donnie wahlberg will spend nye at home for the
       first time in 10 years after she opts out of dick clark's tv
       special
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       help' after crisis talks with their 18-year-old daughter kaia's
       boyfriend at her apartment
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       with his family in economy as he enjoys a pre-flight drink at the
       airport
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     * whitney port shares super cute snaps of two-year-old sonny playing
       in a sand-pit with his dad, tim rosenman
     * kim kardashian partied with kylie's ex travis scott, rapper quavo,
       grimes and boyfriend elon musk at the family's annual christmas eve
       bash
     * kate, the secret midwife: duchess of cambridge pays tribute to
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       praises their work
     * toni collette reveals her husband dave galafassi 'recovering
       slowly' after near-fatal motorbike accident that was attended to by
       six emergency vehicles
     * george michael was only close to a few people - alison boshoff
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       dead aged 55
     * elizabeth hurley, 54, transforms into a very sexy ninja as she dons
       busty cut-out leotard and mask for sizzling snaps
     * ashley graham bares all and arches her back in new fully nude photo
       as she does a yoga pose: 'open to surrender'
     * kelly dodd flashes a smile as she walks her dogs in laguna beach
       after rhoc drama with vicki gunvalson
     * 'i'm not pregnant!' vampire diaries star claire holt shuts down
       rumours she is expecting as her husband andrew joblon caresses her
       belly
     * gavin & stacey christmas special only receives eleven complaints to
       ofcom for the use of homophobic slur in fairytale of new york
       rendition
     *
     * talk of the town: socialite amanda 'longest legs in belgravia'
       cronin accepts £250,000 engagement ring (despite turning down the
       proposal!)
     * engelbert humperdinck gushes over 'christmas miracle' as wife
       patricia says his name for the first time in three years during her
       alzheimer's battle
     * kris jenner indulges in a bit of post-christmas shopping while
       vacationing in st. barts with beau corey gamble
     * tori spelling declares she is 'so in love' with her new emerald
       wedding ring (and husband dean mcdermott!) as she flashes the band
       on instagram
     * nicole kidman keeps it cozy in oversized hoodie as she arrives to
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       keith urban
     * ashlee simpson and evan ross walk arm-in-arm as they leave dinner
       with family including tracee ellis ross in aspen
     * kylie jenner's bff stassie karanikolaou goes all out as she gifts
       her dad a white tesla for christmas
     * maria shriver braves the cold for snowy day of shopping with
       daughter christina schwarzenegger
     * inbetweeners star james buckley is set to star in doctor who as the
       actor says he's 'really happy to be part of the iconic and well
       loved show'
     * gwyneth paltrow's lookalike daughter apple, 15, hits the slopes in
       aspen with her actress mother during festive family getaway
     * shay mitchell cradles her newborn daughter atlas as she goes for a
       stroll with her partner matte babel and father mark in los angeles

     * talk of the town: lady lola crichton-stuart dresses up in a jessica
       rabbit-style outfit for christmas lunch
     * hilary duff enjoys a healthy pick-me-up as she heads to the juice
       bar with her new husband matthew koma and their daughter banks
     * gavin & stacey newcomer laura aikman shares video of rob brydon
       being pulled along on a trolley by james corden in funny
       behind-the-scenes clip from christmas special
     * how carole middleton stays so svelte at 64: kate and pippa's mother
       sticks to a regime of no meat, lots of tennis... and an iron will
       she's passed on to her daughters
     * andrew ridgeley shares heartache over death of wham co-star george
       michael's sister melanie, 55, whose body was found on christmas day
       three years after he died
     * bella hadid flaunts taut midriff in french-cut thong as she poses
       in bathroom video the supermodel has recently taken to instagram
     * katie price wears ab-flashing bra top and pink fluffy jacket for
       night out... after admitting she struggled to be without all of her
       kids over christmas
     * tv chefs nadiya hussain and ainsley harriott are both awarded mbes
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     * victoria beckham pokes fun at son brooklyn's 'dodgy top' as he
       sweetly hugs sister harper during the family's festive cotwolds
       getaway
     * a new height for rocketman! sir elton john becomes part of
       prestigious order of the companions of honour group to mark his
       services to music and charity
     * scarlett moffatt reveals she will make 'healthy choices in 2020' by
       watching what she eats ... and says she won't let it 'overrule her
       life'
     * myleene klass sizzles in a plunging black bikini as she takes baby
       son apollo for his first dip in the ocean during her maldives
       getaway
     * amy schumer reveals the struggle of having baby gene by c-section
       due to her endometriosis: 'i vomited for the first hour'
     * sarah vine: hurrah for carole middleton! but there ought to be a
       law against looking this good middleton mother sizzled on the beach
     * newly single ulrika jonsson, who has with four children by four
       men, reveals her solution to a conundrum of divided loyalties that
       affects millions of families
     * could meghan markle start her own newspaper? duchess plans to turn
       her sussex royal brand into a global empire as she trademarks the
       title on dozens of products
     * sharon osbourne reveals she forced an assistant to go into a
       burning building to save her dogs and artwork before firing him for
       not finding it funny
     * 'so overwhelmed and happy': gok wan celebrates as he is made an mbe
       in prestigious new year's honours list
     * imogen anthony poses topless in a pair of lace underpants - after
       marking her first christmas since splitting from kyle sandilands
     * shakira bundles up while hunky footballer beau gerard pique strips
       down for a christmas eve swim in miami
     * kate ferdinand dons matching festive pyjamas with smitten husband
       rio and her stepchildren in throwback christmas eve snaps from
       maldives break
     * davina mccall, 52, exhibits her gym-honed legs in tiny green shorts
       as she enjoys festive stroll in sydney davina mccall looked trim
       and toned
     * amir khan's wife faryal makhdoom cradles her blossoming baby
       bump... after the boxer hit back at trolls when they criticised him
       for christmas tree snap
     * stacey dooley holds hands with strictly beau kevin clifton in
       romantic snap as they enjoy a christmas beach walk
     * kourtney kardashian poses with younes bendjima at her christmas
       party as they finally go public after he 'won back her trust'
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       loss
     * owzat for a cricket clean sweep! ben stokes caps a remarkable year
       with an obe after his world cup success and an amazing test against
       australia
     * mandy moore cuts her christmas hiking trip short after getting food
       poisoning  mandy moore traveled to ecuador for the holidays, but
       fell ill

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       greatest dancer series two
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       daughter anaya
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       festive spirit
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     * mariah carey was joined by ex nick cannon, beau bryan tanaka, and
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     * hilary duff and matthew koma share behind-the-scenes snaps from
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     * harry redknapp shares hilarious video of his wife sandra in an
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   once upon a time, the celebrity dating scene was a parade of models
   draping themselves over rock stars — think helena christensen with
   michael hutchence, eva herzigova with tico torres and naomi campbell
   with u2’s adam clayton.

   a rocker boyfriend might come with certain bad habits, from
   chain-smoking to eyeing up other women, but bagging a bad boy was
   universally accepted as the fastest way to boost your profile.

   how times have changed. because in these internet-obsessed days, you
   are nobody unless you have a tech genius — preferably a billionaire
   tech genius — on your arm.

   although they’re more likely to be found working all hours and adopting
   a strict vegetarian diet than partying the night away, these founders
   of social media websites and obscure internet companies are the new
   must-have mates.
   the pairing of beauty and the geek has never been more in vogue - now
   with amber heard and elon musk added to the list
   the pairing of beauty and the geek has never been more in vogue - now
   with amber heard and elon musk added to the list

   the pairing of beauty and the geek has never been more in vogue - now
   with amber heard and elon musk added to the list

   from actress/model amber heard, who is dating elon musk, the tech
   billionaire behind tesla cars, and has just posted a picture on social
   media of him covered in her lipstick, to model lily cole and kwane
   ferreira, the pairing of beauty and the geek has never been more in
   vogue.

   even tennis queen serena williams is engaged to alexis ohanian,
   co-founder of the social news website reddit. she revealed last week
   that she is expecting a child with him.

   so, why have they fallen for these distinctly unglamorous billionaires?
   here, we reveal all . . .

   how to net a tennis queen

   beauty: serena williams, 35

   arguably the greatest female player in tennis history, serena is
   reportedly worth more than £110 million. she dated tennis bad boy
   grigor dimitrov — who broke her heart when he dumped her for leggy
   blonde rival maria sharapova.

   the geek: alexis ohanian, 33

   shy, bearded and 6ft 5in, ohanian set up social network site reddit,
   which allows users to debate news stories online, when he was 22. a
   year later he sold it for £15 million, but stayed on as chairman. his
   campaigns for free speech online have won him the nickname ‘mayor of
   the internet’ from techy fans.
   alexis ohanian set up the social network site reddit - and is now
   poised to marry the greatest female player in tennis history
   alexis ohanian set up the social network site reddit - and is now
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   how they met: it was by chance at a restaurant in rome in july 2015.
   they then had a whirlwind romance, and got engaged after a visit to the
   same eaterie that december. he has travelled the world to cheer her on
   from the stands, and calls the woman expecting his child his ‘queen’.

   how they live: ohanian’s home is a loft apartment in brooklyn, new
   york, with a cat called karma and, a human-sized version of reddit’s
   mascot, an alien called snoo. his bride-to-be, meanwhile, is full-on
   bling: she has a ‘purse room’ in her florida mansion for her immense
   handbag collection, drives a bentley and wears diamond rings so large
   they have given her blisters. her enormous house, part of a gated golf
   community, is worth £3 million and neighbours include sportsmen ernie
   els and michael jordan.

   romance rating: the love affair has made serena dizzy enough to compose
   poetry. she posted of his proposal: ‘down on one knee / he said 4 words
   / and i said yes.’

   9/10

   depp’s ex and a very urbane spaceman

   beauty: amber heard, 31

   she is probably best known for her disastrous two-year marriage to
   actor johnny depp. amber’s worth £10 million, and famously donated the
   £5.5 million she was awarded in her divorce to charity.

   the geek: elon musk, 45

   musk is a firm believer in his own genius — and has an £11 billion
   fortune to back up his self-belief. he founded the company which became
   paypal, owns the company which makes tesla electric cars, and is a
   pioneer of space flights who wants to colonise mars. he also has a
   complex romantic history — he has five sons, twins and triplets, by
   first wife, justine, an author. he then married british actress
   tallulah riley in 2010, before divorcing her in 2012. they remarried
   the next year, but have divorced again. the petition was finalised in
   late 2016. good luck, amber!
   elon musk reportedly became infatuated with amber heard after seeing
   her in the 2013 action movie machete kills
   elon musk reportedly became infatuated with amber heard after seeing
   her in the 2013 action movie machete kills

   elon musk reportedly became infatuated with amber heard after seeing
   her in the 2013 action movie machete kills

   how they met: he became infatuated with amber after they appeared in
   the 2013 film machete kills, and wrote to the director robert rodriguez
   many times asking him to set up a meeting.

   he wrote: ‘am not angling for a date. i know she’s in a long-term
   relationship, but . . . amber just seems like an interesting person to
   meet.’ they started dating last summer.

   how they live: last year he bought a £20 million ultra-modern mansion
   in bel air, los angeles. he has a gulfstream g6 jet and numerous cars
   including the lotus esprit car from james bond’s the spy who loved me.

   romance rating: the pair are head over heels – and went ziplining
   together in australia, where she is filming, over the weekend. amber’s
   father david has said: ‘she would love to get married. one of the
   things they want to do is settle down and have a family.’

   9/10

   spellbound — but she’s the rich one

   beauty: emma watson, 27

   as belle in beauty and the beast and a un ambassador, watson has
   parlayed her child stardom in harry potter into a genuinely impressive
   career and £55 million fortune.

   these days she divides her time between campaigning for women’s issues
   and sharing worthy instagram shots of her eco-conscious outfits, made
   using recycled plastic, fabric off-cuts and the like.

   the geek: william ‘mack’ knight, 35

   a princeton graduate from a wealthy new york family, he works with his
   identical twin brother at medallia, a silicon valley start-up that
   helps businesses manage customer feedback.

   he calls himself a ‘tech/entrepreneurship enthusiast, business school
   grad, writer, artist, photographer, adventurer, naturalist, etc’ —
   meaning he has nearly as many job titles as she does. but with a
   reported salary of just £120,000, he has a long way to go to match her
   riches.
   princeton graduate william knight calls himself a
   ‘tech/entrepreneurship enthusiast, business school grad, writer,
   artist, photographer, adventurer, naturalist
   princeton graduate william knight calls himself a
   ‘tech/entrepreneurship enthusiast, business school grad, writer,
   artist, photographer, adventurer, naturalist

   princeton graduate william knight calls himself a
   ‘tech/entrepreneurship enthusiast, business school grad, writer,
   artist, photographer, adventurer, naturalist

   how they met: apparently introduced by friends on the charity circuit,
   they were seen watching the musical hamilton together in october 2015.
   since then they have visited oxford, california, new york and london.

   how they live: between them they have homes across the globe.
   nonetheless, she is said to adore his down-to-earth nature, while his
   family are keen too — in february, his mother katherine said: ‘i have
   met emma, and she’s a wonderful girl.’

   romance rating: private but passionate.

   she said this year: ‘i’ve noticed, in hollywood, who you’re dating gets
   tied up into your film promotion and becomes part of the performance
   and the circus. i would hate anyone that i were with to feel like they
   were in any way part of a show or an act.’

   8/10

   love is . . . a veggie barbecue

   beauty: lily cole, 29

   raised in london by her artist mother, lily was on the cover of vogue
   aged 16 and named model of the year in 2004. somehow, she also managed
   to gain a double first in history of art at cambridge university and
   enjoy relationships with jude law and jack dorsey, founder of social
   media site twitter. oh, and set up a sustainable knitwear company, the
   north circular, and build up a fortune of roughly £8 million

   the geek: kwame ferreira, 39

   he describes himself as a ‘helicopter pilot, veggie barbecue enthusiast
   and occasional social anthropologist with an appetite for
   mid-16th-century nepalese painting and boats’. his day job, however, is
   as founder and ceo of the modestly named kwamecorp, which consults on
   ‘innovation’ for technology giants including samsung and intel.

   the most recent accounts put the company’s total assets at just over £1
   million.
   kwane ferreira met former model of the year lily cole when he helped
   her set up the new website impossible.com
   kwane ferreira met former model of the year lily cole when he helped
   her set up the new website impossible.com

   kwane ferreira met former model of the year lily cole when he helped
   her set up the new website impossible.com

   how they met: romance blossomed in 2013 while lily was setting up
   impossible.com — a website where people ask strangers for favours or
   cash donations — and he offered investment and technical help.

   she said: ‘after working together for a long time kwame and i fell in
   love.’ but while the path to true love ran smoothly, the same could not
   be said for impossible.com. cole faced criticism for receiving £200,000
   from a government innovation fund to launch the site, which lost
   £257,889 in 2015. it is now ‘covering itself’, she has said.

   how they live: the couple live in north london with baby daughter
   wylde, born in september 2015. close friends include jimmy wales,
   co-founder of wikipedia. lily loves french films, cooking vegetarian
   curries and walks in the park — and is a fervent supporter of the green
   party. he has three degrees, including one in classical fine arts.

   romance rating: an office romance with a fashionable twist.

   7/10

   you can’t trump his connections

   beauty: karlie kloss, 24

   american supermodel karlie has been a victoria’s secret angel for three
   years. she started modelling at 14 and now has her own youtube channel,
   klossy – and a net worth of £12million.

   the geek: joshua kushner, 31

   harvard graduate kushner, on the other hand, is worth more than £100
   million. his venture capital company, thrive capital, has invested in a
   series of successful phone apps, including instagram, and he recently
   set up a health insurance company too, oscar health.

   his family are real estate moguls, which can’t hurt — although his
   father charles was sentenced to two years in prison in 2005 for illegal
   donations to politicians, witness tampering and tax evasion. then, of
   course, there’s his connection to the white house. joshua’s brother
   jared, 36, is married to ivanka trump and a senior adviser to
   father-in-law donald.
   harvard graduate joshua kushner is worth more than £100 million and
   dating victoria's secret angel karlie kloss
   harvard graduate joshua kushner is worth more than £100 million and
   dating victoria's secret angel karlie kloss

   harvard graduate joshua kushner is worth more than £100 million and
   dating victoria's secret angel karlie kloss

   how they met: a mystery — but they’ve been dating for five years.

   how they live: she owns a £2.5 million apartment in new york’s west
   village. a photospread in vogue reveals acres of white surfaces and
   soft furnishings. he is a relative luddite who doesn’t have a blog or
   use twitter and instagram — but he does go with her on holidays to st
   barth’s, which she documents online.

   romance rating: she has posted a series of gushing online tributes — ‘i
   love you more every day’, one proclaims — but so far he has offered no
   public reciprocation. reports last month that he had finally proposed
   were quickly denied by kloss’s team.

   7/10

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'it's not just a bit of gel!' channel ten stylist reveals the simple trick
that turned bachelor star matt agnew from geek to 'tom ford model' ...after
his makeover sparked surgery rumours

   by marta jary for daily mail australia

   published: 12:21 gmt, 10 august 2019 | updated: 12:36 gmt, 10 august
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   matt agnew sparked surgery rumours when he appeared on the bachelor
   looking rather different to earlier photos.

   but a channel ten senior stylist has revealed to news.com.au that it's
   just a simple trick that took him from geek to chic.

   wardrobe genius renee wanna said she worked hard on working out a new
   haircut that would make the 31-year-old astrophysicist look like a 'tom
   ford model'.
   'not just a bit of gel!' on sunday, a channel ten stylist revealed the
   trick that turned matt agnew from geek to 'tom ford model' after his
   bachelor makeover sparked surgery rumours
   'not just a bit of gel!' on sunday, a channel ten stylist revealed the
   trick that turned matt agnew from geek to 'tom ford model' after his
   bachelor makeover sparked surgery rumours

   'not just a bit of gel!' on sunday, a channel ten stylist revealed the
   trick that turned matt agnew from geek to 'tom ford model' after his
   bachelor makeover sparked surgery rumours

   'every man's haircut needs to be quite a square haircut, (this)
   compliments (a man's) jawline. it makes them have a stronger jawline
   and stronger shape,' she said.

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   matt's hair is then styled into a 'straight squareness' that 'made
   everything look amazing'.

   'i just styled (using) product and straightening irons. it's not just a
   bit of gel and 'off you go'. you need to get the structure and
   everything behind it,' she said.
   before and after: wardrobe genius renee wanna said she transformed
   31-year-old astrophysicist with a mere haircut. matt is pictured in
   2016
   before and after: wardrobe genius renee wanna said she transformed
   31-year-old astrophysicist with a mere haircut. matt is pictured in
   2016
   new do! matt is pictured on the bachelor in 2019
   new do! matt is pictured on the bachelor in 2019

   before and after: wardrobe genius renee wanna said she transformed
   31-year-old astrophysicist with a mere haircut. matt is pictured left
   in 2016 and right in 2019
   the haircut has it! 'every man's haircut needs to be quite a square
   haircut, (this) compliments (a man's) jawline' she said. pictured in
   2018
   the haircut has it! 'every man's haircut needs to be quite a square
   haircut, (this) compliments (a man's) jawline' she said. pictured in
   2018
   new look: 'it makes them have a stronger jawline and stronger
   shape,'the stylist added. pictured in 2019
   new look: 'it makes them have a stronger jawline and stronger
   shape,'the stylist added. pictured in 2019

   the haircut has it! 'every man's haircut needs to be quite a square
   haircut, (this) compliments (a man's) jawline. it makes them have a
   stronger jawline and stronger shape,' she said. pictured left in 2018
   and right in 2019

   it comes after some fans became convinced matt underwent a secret nose
   job before filming the show.

   supporters of this theory claim that matt's nose looks noticeably
   different in the promo compared to the first publicity photos of him
   released back in march.

   'nose job much?' one fan commented on facebook, responding to post
   highlighting the apparent changes to matt's face over the past four
   months.
   wow! matt's hair is then styled into a 'straight squareness' that 'made
   everything look amazing'. 'i just styled (using) product and
   straightening irons. it's not just a bit of gel and 'off you go'. you
   need to get the structure and everything behind it,' the stylist said
   said
   wow! matt's hair is then styled into a 'straight squareness' that 'made
   everything look amazing'. 'i just styled (using) product and
   straightening irons. it's not just a bit of gel and 'off you go'. you
   need to get the structure and everything behind it,' the stylist said
   said

   wow! matt's hair is then styled into a 'straight squareness' that 'made
   everything look amazing'. 'i just styled (using) product and
   straightening irons. it's not just a bit of gel and 'off you go'. you
   need to get the structure and everything behind it,' the stylist said
   said

   'has he had a nose job?' another person asked, as dozens of social
   media users also expressed their surprise over matt's facial
   transformation.

   one viewer said they thought channel 10 had switched bachelors at the
   last minute, as the man in the trailer looked like a 'different
   person'.

   despite the compelling theory, it's unlikely matt has gone under the
   knife.
   new look? it comes after some fans became convinced matt underwent a
   secret nose job before filming the show
   new look? it comes after some fans became convinced matt underwent a
   secret nose job before filming the show

    new look? it comes after some fans became convinced matt underwent a
   secret nose job before filming the show

   in fact, surgery would have been impossible as he's spent the last four
   months in lockdown filming the bachelor and wouldn't have time
   to recover from a rhinoplasty.

   meanwhile, other fans are convinced the changes to matt's face are
   simply the result of him appearing in the trailer without his glasses.

   the bachelor australia continues on channel ten on wednesday from
   7.30pm
   same man! despite the compelling theory, it's unlikely matt has gone
   under the knife
   same man! despite the compelling theory, it's unlikely matt has gone
   under the knife

    same man! despite the compelling theory, it's unlikely matt has gone
   under the knife


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       as she sizzles during festive break in jordan
     *
     * guy ritchie, whose new movie is about an american drug lord who
       runs a cannabis empire from an english country estate, reveals why
       he is fascinated by mobsters
     * khloe kardashian basks in the sunlight as baby true, one, plays the
       piano in solo home recital khloe kardashian shared a very sweet
       video
     * strictly's saffron barker displays her sensational physique in
       barely-there yellow bikini as she enjoys sun-drenched barbados
       getaway
     * jasmin walia flaunts her sensational figure in a plunging gold
       sparkly dress as she enjoys a night out with pals
     * lauren goodger confirms she has been released from hospital
       following a mystery illness... after admitting she's 'under a lot
       of stress'
     * 'i have no idea what day it is!' michelle keegan looks radiant in a
       stunning selfie... as she admits to being 'lost' in the festive
       season
     * criss angel posts heartbreaking photos of his five-year-old son in
       chemotherapy after revealing the boy's disease relapsed
     * emily ratajkowski eats pizza with husband and dog in nyc... after
       'accepting payout to vacate loft'
     * sara gilbert spotted without wedding ring after filing for
       separation from wife linda perry following nearly six years of
       marriage
     * the day robson green woke up to discover his dream home (and
       everything he owned) being washed away
     *
     * sam faiers displays her incredible physique in crochet one-piece in
       the maldives... hours before sister billie jets out to join her on
       the festive break
     * bella thorne goes bananas while petting a tiny monkey during her
       christmas vacation to the dominican republic
     * paul whitehouse, 61, reveals that only fools and horses nearly
       killed him as he felt the pressure of adapting the iconic sitcom to
       the stage
     * lord alan sugar adamantly believes eastenders' keanu taylor 'is not
       dead' as he wades in on the debate over the character's apparent
       murder
     * rachel bloom experiences a 'true christmas miracle' after getting
       stranded during a snow storm and pleading on twitter for a warm
       place
     * revealed: prince william gave his children charlotte and george a
       'dress rehearsal' ahead of successful sandringham walkabout on
       christmas day
     * 'shocked and saddened': alfie allen pays tribute to his game of
       thrones stand in andrew dunbar after actor died suddenly on
       christmas eve
     * khloe kardashian stays warm in a camouflage jacket on a morning run
       to the farmers' market with baby true
     * paramore frontwoman hayley williams releasing 'really special' new
       solo music next year
     * make-up free maura higgins is unrecognisable as she recreates
       childhood picture during her return to ireland for christmas
     *
     * florence pugh, 23, claps back at an instagram user over the age
       difference between her and 44 year old boyfriend zach braff
     * kylie jenner and best friend stassie karanikolaou bring the '2020
       energy' in matching pvc leather coats with fur
     * debbie reynolds had the family christmas dinner table set as
       daughter carrie fisher suffered stroke, friend reveals
     * david beckham is accused of pretending to cook christmas dinner...
       as fans spot a chef in the kitchen while the suit-clad star
       attentively carves the turkey
     * gemma collins reveals she's recorded a single with naughty boy
       after weeks of vocal lessons... despite axing plans for a christmas
       track
     * 'you think i'd know how to ride a bike by now!' emma bunton shares
       a glum-faced snap as she grazes her knee after falling from her
       bicycle
     * george michael fans pay heartfelt tribute to his sister melanie,
       59, who died suddenly on christmas day exactly three years after
       the singer
     * mama june and boyfriend geno left a 'bloody mess' when they
       'trashed' a hotel room in georgia and caused $1,000 in damages
     * dame joan collins, 86, exudes glamour in a fur-trimmed cape as she
       steps out with husband percy gibson, 52, in los angeles
     * don't bin your sequins, say stars including alesha dixon and louise
       redknapp who are donating their sparkliest frocks to oxfam
     *
     * 'i made myself sick and risked my life': holly hagan reveals her
       heartbreaking weight battle after '8 years of being branded a 'fat
       s**g'
     * strictly's dianne buswell pays tribute to her grandfather as he
       passes away just days after they celebrated christmas in oz with
       beau joe sugg
     * tamara ecclestone brushes off her £50m jewel heist woes as she
       spends christmas in the swiss alps with daughter sophia, 5
     * ronan keating's pregnant wife storm shows off her blossoming baby
       bump in a pale pink bikini as the couple jet to australia
     * home addresses of elton john, ben stokes, gabby logan, nadiya
       hussain and every other recipient of new year's honours list are
       accidentally published by the cabinet office
     * gavin and stacey fans are convinced they've worked out nessa's
       age... after she claimed to be 35 when pal stacey was 17 (making
       her 54 years old!)
     * grease star olivia newton-john, 71, who won us all over as sexy
       sandy becomes a dame as floella benjamin, sam mendes and sir elton
       john all receive new year honours
     * chris pine looks like a doting dog dad as he walks his pooch around
       the neighborhood with his father
     * kevin hart's wife eniko cries as she recalls finding out he cheated
       via a dm while she was pregnant in netflix docuseries
     * corrie: fans bid farewell to michelle connor as kym marsh leaves
       the soap after 13 years... after fiancé robert preston was killed
       in christmas day gun siege
     *
     * brenda blethyn: how cryptic crosswords help me play vera, tv's
       cleverest detective brenda blethyn is a picture of elegance
     * michael jackson's kids all together!  prince, 22, sister paris, 21,
       and their younger brother prince michael jackson ii, 17, are seen
       in rome
     * christine lampard is in high spirits in a black coat and chanel
       handbag as she takes her pet pooch minnie for a walk in west london

     * 'i'm aware time is ticking': strictly judge motsi mabuse, 38,
       admits she feels against the clock to have her second child with
       husband evgenij voznyuk, 36
     * that's nice! mrs brown's boys is now jamaica's most popular comedy
       as cast prepare for global tour in 2021
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       yorke to see his disabled son, 17, as she shares emotional video of
       teen saying he 'loves' his estranged father
     * game of thrones actor andrew dunbar dies suddenly at home on
       christmas eve andrew dunbar, who was in his 30s, was the body
       double for theon greyjoy
     * jenny mccarthy and donnie wahlberg will spend nye at home for the
       first time in 10 years after she opts out of dick clark's tv
       special
     * rande gerber tells cindy crawford that pete davidson, 26, 'needs
       help' after crisis talks with their 18-year-old daughter kaia's
       boyfriend at her apartment
     * 'back to normality!' coronation street's andy whyment jets to dubai
       with his family in economy as he enjoys a pre-flight drink at the
       airport
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     * whitney port shares super cute snaps of two-year-old sonny playing
       in a sand-pit with his dad, tim rosenman
     * kim kardashian partied with kylie's ex travis scott, rapper quavo,
       grimes and boyfriend elon musk at the family's annual christmas eve
       bash
     * kate, the secret midwife: duchess of cambridge pays tribute to
       britain's maternity staff after two days 'work experience' as she
       praises their work
     * toni collette reveals her husband dave galafassi 'recovering
       slowly' after near-fatal motorbike accident that was attended to by
       six emergency vehicles
     * george michael was only close to a few people - alison boshoff
       explores the family's heartache after melanie panayiotou was found
       dead aged 55
     * elizabeth hurley, 54, transforms into a very sexy ninja as she dons
       busty cut-out leotard and mask for sizzling snaps
     * ashley graham bares all and arches her back in new fully nude photo
       as she does a yoga pose: 'open to surrender'
     * kelly dodd flashes a smile as she walks her dogs in laguna beach
       after rhoc drama with vicki gunvalson
     * 'i'm not pregnant!' vampire diaries star claire holt shuts down
       rumours she is expecting as her husband andrew joblon caresses her
       belly
     * gavin & stacey christmas special only receives eleven complaints to
       ofcom for the use of homophobic slur in fairytale of new york
       rendition
     *
     * talk of the town: socialite amanda 'longest legs in belgravia'
       cronin accepts £250,000 engagement ring (despite turning down the
       proposal!)
     * engelbert humperdinck gushes over 'christmas miracle' as wife
       patricia says his name for the first time in three years during her
       alzheimer's battle
     * kris jenner indulges in a bit of post-christmas shopping while
       vacationing in st. barts with beau corey gamble
     * tori spelling declares she is 'so in love' with her new emerald
       wedding ring (and husband dean mcdermott!) as she flashes the band
       on instagram
     * nicole kidman keeps it cozy in oversized hoodie as she arrives to
       the prom set... after spending holidays in sydney with husband
       keith urban
     * ashlee simpson and evan ross walk arm-in-arm as they leave dinner
       with family including tracee ellis ross in aspen
     * kylie jenner's bff stassie karanikolaou goes all out as she gifts
       her dad a white tesla for christmas
     * maria shriver braves the cold for snowy day of shopping with
       daughter christina schwarzenegger
     * inbetweeners star james buckley is set to star in doctor who as the
       actor says he's 'really happy to be part of the iconic and well
       loved show'
     * gwyneth paltrow's lookalike daughter apple, 15, hits the slopes in
       aspen with her actress mother during festive family getaway
     * shay mitchell cradles her newborn daughter atlas as she goes for a
       stroll with her partner matte babel and father mark in los angeles

     * talk of the town: lady lola crichton-stuart dresses up in a jessica
       rabbit-style outfit for christmas lunch
     * hilary duff enjoys a healthy pick-me-up as she heads to the juice
       bar with her new husband matthew koma and their daughter banks
     * gavin & stacey newcomer laura aikman shares video of rob brydon
       being pulled along on a trolley by james corden in funny
       behind-the-scenes clip from christmas special
     * how carole middleton stays so svelte at 64: kate and pippa's mother
       sticks to a regime of no meat, lots of tennis... and an iron will
       she's passed on to her daughters
     * andrew ridgeley shares heartache over death of wham co-star george
       michael's sister melanie, 55, whose body was found on christmas day
       three years after he died
     * bella hadid flaunts taut midriff in french-cut thong as she poses
       in bathroom video the supermodel has recently taken to instagram
     * katie price wears ab-flashing bra top and pink fluffy jacket for
       night out... after admitting she struggled to be without all of her
       kids over christmas
     * tv chefs nadiya hussain and ainsley harriott are both awarded mbes
       while nigel slater receives an obe
     * victoria beckham pokes fun at son brooklyn's 'dodgy top' as he
       sweetly hugs sister harper during the family's festive cotwolds
       getaway
     * a new height for rocketman! sir elton john becomes part of
       prestigious order of the companions of honour group to mark his
       services to music and charity
     * scarlett moffatt reveals she will make 'healthy choices in 2020' by
       watching what she eats ... and says she won't let it 'overrule her
       life'
     * myleene klass sizzles in a plunging black bikini as she takes baby
       son apollo for his first dip in the ocean during her maldives
       getaway
     * amy schumer reveals the struggle of having baby gene by c-section
       due to her endometriosis: 'i vomited for the first hour'
     * sarah vine: hurrah for carole middleton! but there ought to be a
       law against looking this good middleton mother sizzled on the beach
     * newly single ulrika jonsson, who has with four children by four
       men, reveals her solution to a conundrum of divided loyalties that
       affects millions of families
     * could meghan markle start her own newspaper? duchess plans to turn
       her sussex royal brand into a global empire as she trademarks the
       title on dozens of products
     * sharon osbourne reveals she forced an assistant to go into a
       burning building to save her dogs and artwork before firing him for
       not finding it funny
     * 'so overwhelmed and happy': gok wan celebrates as he is made an mbe
       in prestigious new year's honours list
     * imogen anthony poses topless in a pair of lace underpants - after
       marking her first christmas since splitting from kyle sandilands
     * shakira bundles up while hunky footballer beau gerard pique strips
       down for a christmas eve swim in miami
     * kate ferdinand dons matching festive pyjamas with smitten husband
       rio and her stepchildren in throwback christmas eve snaps from
       maldives break
     * davina mccall, 52, exhibits her gym-honed legs in tiny green shorts
       as she enjoys festive stroll in sydney davina mccall looked trim
       and toned
     * amir khan's wife faryal makhdoom cradles her blossoming baby
       bump... after the boxer hit back at trolls when they criticised him
       for christmas tree snap
     * stacey dooley holds hands with strictly beau kevin clifton in
       romantic snap as they enjoy a christmas beach walk
     * kourtney kardashian poses with younes bendjima at her christmas
       party as they finally go public after he 'won back her trust'
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       barely-there bikini... after unveiling jaw-dropping 2st weight
       loss
     * owzat for a cricket clean sweep! ben stokes caps a remarkable year
       with an obe after his world cup success and an amazing test against
       australia
     * mandy moore cuts her christmas hiking trip short after getting food
       poisoning  mandy moore traveled to ecuador for the holidays, but
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       the hits all alone and don't make me go dies at the age of 84
     * gavin and stacey helps bbc win christmas ratings war as 11.6m tune
       in to best-watched festive special for 11 years ahead of the queen,
       strictly and michael mcintyre
     * madison beer wraps up in a cosy ensemble as she emerges with hana
       cross' beau nasser alfallah and pals in colorado
     * kate hudson steps out in yeti-inspired coat as she and boyfriend
       danny fujikawa cuddle up to one another on ski holiday in aspen
     * trisha goddard, 62, reveals extreme exercise regimen to prepare for
       doi as she says she wants to dispel myth of older women 'being on
       the scrapheap'
     * hilary duff and husband matthew koma look in the throes of marital
       bliss at lunch with daughter banks, 14 months, after their winter
       wedding
     * jeff bezos and lauren sanchez go on a romantic dinner date in st
       barth on their holiday getaway - just days after she was spotted
       wearing a huge sparkler on her right hand
     * bbc's emily maitlis reveals prince andrew was happy with his
       newsnight interview, as she praises his 'candour' despite car-crash
       results
     * how the other half christmas! from talita von furstenberg's snowy
       retreat to the bransons' trip to necker island, society beauties
       share snaps of their glamorous getaways
     * kim, kourtney and khloe kardashian pose with half-sisters kylie and
       kendall jenner in rare family portrait: 'abundant blessings!'
     * jessie j cuts a glum figure as she helps feed the homeless on
       christmas day in her first public outing since her split from
       channing tatum emerged
     * kylie jenner is red-y for the holidays as she strikes a pose in
       crimson alligator print jumpsuit after celebrating christmas with
       her family
     * record label boss, 36, shot dead in front of his family in london
       on christmas eve was once one of sweden's most wanted
     * worzel gummidge fans left terrified as they compare mackenzie
       crook's portrayal of the iconic scarecrow to freddy krueger in
       christmas reboot
     * cheryl poses up a storm in a belted lilac blazer as oti mabuse
       highlights her curves in a violet dress in promo shots for the
       greatest dancer series two
     * alesha dixon displays her baby bump in clingy red dress to promote
       the greatest dancer in images captured before giving birth to
       daughter anaya
     * caroline flack's neighbour criticises the former love island
       presenter for partying too much and having noisy arguments
     * gavin and stacey's ruth jones hints that nessa and smithy could get
       married following that proposal as she teases future episodes after
       christmas special
     * kourtney kardashian and her kids mason and penelope snuggle with
       adorable new puppy on christmas day... and defends getting another
       dog amid criticism
     * tiffany haddish learns the proper way how to light a menorah:
       'thank you to my jewish sisters and brothers on teaching me!'
     * how wheelchair-bound royal fan who delighted princess charlotte
       with a plastic flamingo at sandringham has bravely battled a
       lifetime with brain damage
     * kim kardashian shares portrait of husband kanye west and four
       children at family's christmas party the famous family were in the
       festive spirit
     * beqiri beqiri revealed: swedish father, 36, who was shot dead on
       christmas eve is the brother of real housewives star and man united
       wag missé beqiri
     * duncan bannatyne and his wife nigora rush to help after british
       holidaymakers saved two boys from drowning in the sea in barbados
       on boxing day
     * christie brinkley and her daughter sailor are the ultimate
       lookalikes as they wear matching white dresses while posing in
       front of christmas tree
     * lily allen and david harbour spark engagement speculation again as
       the singer sports a ring on her wedding finger during festive
       stroll in nyc
     * 'it works so well': holly willoughby and phillip schofield gush
       about their longstanding friendship ahead of dancing on ice ...
       amid those feud rumours
     * mariah carey was joined by ex nick cannon, beau bryan tanaka, and
       twins moroccan and monroe in aspen: 'the most wonderful christmas'

     * jennifer aniston gushes about her soap actor star dad john as she
       posts touching father-daughter photos: 'love you, papa'
     * 'i'm heavier now than when i started - and it's not muscle!':
       dancing on ice star joe swash reveals he's gained weight during
       training
     * lauren goodger rushed to hospital after revealing she was 'under a
       lot of stress' as star posts snap of a drip in her arm
     * katie price admits 'co-parenting can be hard' at christmas as she
       reunites with junior and princess... and hits back at trolls over
       harvey's care
     * gwyneth paltrow strolls the streets of aspen with new husband brad
       falchuk... days after hitting the slopes with ex chris martin
     * rolling stone keith richards, 76, puts on a festive display as he
       and his family sport matching onesies - including his new
       son-in-law jacques naud
     * jacqueline jossa and dan osborne prove their marriage is back on
       track as they cuddle up to their children in festive snap after
       'threesome' drama
     * sarah hyland gets into the holiday spirit with fiance wells adams
       as they pose in front of tree: 'third christmas with you but first
       one engaged'
     * elizabeth hurley, 54, puts on a very busty display in perilously
       plunging lbd as she parties on boxing day elizabeth hurley set
       pulses racing
     * like mother, like daughter! pippa, 36, and carole, 64, middleton
       show off their stunning figures as they soak up the sun on the
       beach in st barts
     * miley cyrus 'just wants to move on' from liam hemsworth and is
       'relieved' to have reached an agreement with him in their split
     * stacey dooley makes a rare appearance with beau kevin clifton as
       they enjoy a cosy christmas with his sister joanne in sweet snap
     * gavin & stacey newbie laura aikman poses with on-screen beau james
       corden as she shares behind-the-scenes christmas special snaps
     * kate ferdinand shows off her toned figure in red bikini as she
       joins husband rio and her stepchildren for acrobatic maldives
       photoshoot
     * victoria beckham raises a glass with sister louise while sons
       romeo, 17, brooklyn, 20, and cruz, 14, pose in pyjamas as they
       celebrate christmas
     * diane kruger and boyfriend norman reedus are rebel chic as they
       indulge in some post-christmas retail therapy in new york
     * elsa hosk braves the cold as she strolls arm-in-arm with beau tom
       daly... after sparking controversy for attending saudi arabian
       music festival
     * cardi b shares cute video of daughter kulture refusing to get off
       toy atv after christmas the 26-year-old rapper is a proud mother
     * jennifer lopez is a delight in white as the 50-year-old flaunts her
       age-defying curves in leggings looked decades younger than her 50
       years
     * bradley cooper reunites with his hangover castmate justin bartha
       for post-christmas workout in nyc
     * sofia richie returns to routine as she enjoys post-christmas outing
       in python print coat... after controversial saudi arabian music
       festival
     * vogue williams showcases her incredible physique in a leopard print
       bikini as she continues to soak up the sun during festive getaway
       to st. barts
     * channing tatum enlists the help of celebrity dating app raya after
       splitting from jessie j in november the 39-year-old actor is
       looking for love again
     * kanye west and emi federal lawsuit resumes with judge's approval
       after settlement deal falls apart resumed their legal battle
     * the masked singer first look: judge rita ora jokes she was
       convinced a member of the royal family was performing on the show
     * irina shayk goes incognito in black cap and shades during stroll
       with daughter lea... after facing backlash for attending saudi
       arabian festival
     * nigora whitehorn, 39, oozes glamour in a nude swimsuit as she and
       husband duncan bannatyne, 70, continue their romantic festive
       getaway in barbados
     * hilary duff and matthew koma share behind-the-scenes snaps from
       their winter wedding in los angeles
     * simon cowell, 60, flaunts his very slim figure as he hits the beach
       with lauren silverman in barbados... after losing 20lbs on vegan
       diet
     * harry redknapp shares hilarious video of his wife sandra in an
       inflatable santa suit as he jokes she's had 'too much christmas
       pudding'
     * charles and diana in the crown and the 'coughing major' who cheated
       on who wants to be a millionaire are among christopher steven's
       ones to watch next year
     * eastenders fans convinced that martin fowler forced linda carter to
       shoot keanu taylor in shock murder twist as they spot vital clue
     * sebastian shakespeare: harry potter star daniel radcliffe, 30, has
       a very merry christmas after his company's net worth reaches £80m
     * khloe kardashian dazzles in glamorous thigh-split gold dress as she
       dresses daughter true, 20 months, in matching gown for festive snap
     * katie price reunites with junior, 14, and princess, 12, as they
       cuddle up in festive snap after her children were spoiled by ex
       peter andre for christmas
     * inside the wright family's wild christmas: mark plays post-dinner
       games in his underwear as the stars ring in the festive period with
       lots of booze and karaoke
     * 'christmoss 2019!': lottie moss shares rare family snap with her
       supermodel sister kate and niece lila grace as they celebrate
       festive season in the cotswolds
     * what a tour de force! macca at glastonbury and the return of her
       madgesty could make next year one of the best ever for gig lovers
     * kylie jenner splashes out $12k for bling-encrusted beanie baby bear
       at justin and hailey bieber's charity auction
     * by hook or by crook, worzel gummidge is a tv wonder: christopher
       stevens reviews the bbc's take on the iconic scarecrow
     * jennifer aniston and ex-husband brad pitt have been 'flirtatious'
       as they continue to spend time together after his 2016 split from
       angelina jolie
     * emma forbes, 54, showcases her sensational physique in a black
       cut-out swimsuit as she frolics on the beach in barbados
     * love island's molly-mae hague sparks engagement rumours with snap
       of ring given to her by tommy fury... after declaring she'd love a
       proposal
     * terror in the house haunted by a claudia winkleman from hell:
       christopher stevens reviews boxing day tv
     * vogue williams flaunts her toned midriff in leopard print crop-top
       as she enjoys a jog with sister-in-law pippa middleton in st barts
     * jenna dewan shows off her baby bump in a bra top after a workout as
       her dog waits patiently beside her the brunette beauty looked
       radiant
     * lauren silverman wows in a plunging red swimsuit as she joins a
       svelte simon cowell and son eric, 5, for christmas day jet-ski ride
       in barbados
     * she's only four, but princess charlotte is already ruling the
       roost: libby purves on how the little royal calls the shots with
       her elder brother george
     * dad's army, porridge, and now mackenzie crook as the 1980s
       scarecrow... tv stations like the bbc continued to ruin the
       nation's favourite programmes with worzel gummidge, by jim shelley
     * kylie jenner appears to have been gifted five hermes purses, a
       diamond bracelet and diamond earrings at christmas as she poses
       with stormi
     * damon dash faces $50million lawsuit from photographer who claims he
       sexually assaulted her while she was sleeping in a guest bedroom
       after photo shoot
     * emily ratajkowski is seen in a teeny leopard-print bikini by the
       pool... as she wore the exact same two piece earlier to snuggle
       with pet pooch
     * ashlee simpson bundles up in faux fur hat and fur trimmed green
       coat while shopping with bronx in aspen
     * alessandra ambrosio shows off her supermodel curves in a red string
       bikini... before spending christmas with her boyfriend and two kids
     * chris hemsworth enjoys a day at a surf park in melbourne with
       brothers liam and luke... and shares a sweet video of his son,
       five, riding a wave
     * gavin & stacey festive special is a hit with viewers as programme
       receives highest overnight christmas ratings in 11 years with 11.6m
       tuning in
     * caroline flack likes tweets about being 'on your own' at christmas
       and 'emotional recovery'... after court ban from contacting
       boyfriend lewis burton
     * 'frankie's first shower': kris smith shares sweet snaps of himself
       doting on his newborn daughter... after celebrating her first
       christmas
     * it's friday theatre: lovelorn guys and dolls still hold the aces,
       writes patrick marmion
     * duncan bannatyne, 70, and his wife nigora, 39, pack on the pda and
       hold hands during romantic christmas day stroll on their barbados
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          a new shop for 'geeks and nerds' will open in whitefriargate

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   nick coultish, right, congratulates ash and james as they continue with
   their exciting plans for a new leisure and retail experience in
   whitefriargate nick coultish, right, congratulates ash and james as
   they continue with their exciting plans for a new leisure and retail
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   a new shop perfect for "geeks and nerds" will soon open in hull in a
   bid to revitalise one of the city’s shopping streets.

   bad wolf gaming ltd, the brainchild of friends ash tyson and james
   wilson, will open at the top of whitefriargate in the early summer.

   the ambitious pair, who met while working at a now closed shop in the
   street, will turn their gaming hobbies into retail careers, offering a
   community space for residents and visitors to enjoy with some exciting
   plans in the pipeline.

   the ground floor will offer a vibrant retail outlet, filled with latest
   games, tv, film and pop culture accessories and will include brands
   such as pokemon and the entertainment genre anime.

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shopping news

     * shoppers queueing at lush
     * unwanted christmas gifts help charity
     * christmas comes early at hornsea garden centre
       christmas wonderland display
     * nikki-land on newland avenue
       shop suddenly shuts on newland avenue

   also on the ground floor, a separate section will be a dedicated space
   for locals looking to break into the retail market.

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   friday, 5th may 2017, 12:00 pm
   updated friday, 6th september 2019, 6:16 pm
   events team the pop up geeks create themed bars based on popular tv
   shows, films and games (photo: pop up geeks / facebook)

   when it comes to pop-up bars, you need to stand out from the crowd to
   make sure people will remember you, long after your temporary stint is
   over.

   unique drinks, perhaps. a secret or unusual venue. or maybe a detailed
   and elaborate theme based around some of the most popular tv, movie and
   video game fandoms of the moment.

   that's exactly what the pop up geeks are doing with their pop-up bars
   in edinburgh, drawing inspiration from series like game of thrones and
   the walking dead.

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geek culture and immersive events go hand in hand

   "we discovered that there was very little out there which successfully
   merged geek and drinking culture without being too heavy on the novelty
   value."

   linden wilkinson, pop up geeks co-founder

   linden wilkinson and his partner rachael carpenter came up with the
   idea of an events team specialising in immersive events inspired by
   geek culture whilst living in london.

   "after visiting a number of events and themed bars, we discovered that
   there was very little out there which successfully merged geek and
   drinking culture without being too heavy on the novelty value, or
   sacrificing the quality of the drinks," wilkinson explains.

   they decided to take things into their own hands, and the pop up geeks
   began running one-off events in london, norwich and edinburgh.

   from a pokemon pop-up bar to a game of thrones wine tasting and a harry
   potter potions class, these events acted as a 'test run' for the larger
   scale pop-up bars the pair now run.
   a harry potter themed cocktail potions class was one of the team's
   first events (photo: pop up geeks / facebook)

   deciding edinburgh was a place where their concept would flourish,
   wilkinson and carpenter relocated and began planning their first
   two-month pop-up bar, blood & wine, for january 2017.

   "we had a mixed response from our previous smaller events so we had no
   idea what to expect from an unticketed bar," recalls wilkinson.

   luckily, they had nothing to worry about, as game of thrones fans
   flocked to the themed pop-up.

   "we had queues filling the upstairs host bar and even down the street.
   it blew us away, and we continue to get staggeringly positive feedback
   and people asking about the next themed bar."

living up to expectations is key

   creating a themed pop-up isn't as simple as writing a pun-filled drinks
   menu and sticking up a few posters - a lot of thought and planning goes
   into each event.

   "i think the main difficulty we face is living up to the expectations
   of the incredibly passionate fans we attract," says wilkinson.

   "we work very hard to make sure our menus and decorations feature both
   big references and small details which fans will love."
   attention to detail is important when it comes to creating a themed bar
   (photo: pop up geeks / facebook)

   it's also important for wilkinson and carpenter to feel invested in the
   themes they're creating, as it would be impossible to produce a
   successful pop-up without a great deal of knowledge about the subject
   matter.

   "whilst we obviously focus on films, tv shows and games with large
   followings, it's also incredibly important that we are equally as
   passionate about them."

   linden wilkinson, pop up geeks co-founder

   "we are huge fans of the shows that inspire our bars and because of
   that we'll never allow ourselves to do a half-hearted job," explains
   wilkinson.

   from a logistical point of view, a themed pop-up offers more challenges
   than a normal bar because there's little room for improvement over time
   when each one is open for just a few weeks.

   "as each of our bars only run for two months, we have to have the
   concepts perfect from the off."

paying homage

   after the success of the blood & wine pop-up earlier in the year, the
   pop up geeks have followed it up with survive, an immersive pop-up
   inspired by the walking dead.

   unlike game of thrones, which offered a huge amount of source material
   describing food and drink from that universe, the walking dead
   has never put a focus on that aspect.
   the lucille cocktail will pay homage to the walking dead in several
   ways (photo: pop up geeks)

   "this has meant that our focus has instead shifted to offering a menu
   which pays homage to certain aspects of the comics and the show," says
   wilkinson

   "for example, our lucille cocktail is made using a brand of scotch that
   negan can be seen drinking in the show and it's served in a glass
   designed to look like lucille herself."

   being able to create a high quality themed bar with lots of 'easter
   eggs' like this for fans to enjoys is something the pop up geeks pride
   themselves on.

   the set-up and design of the bar is all down to wilkinson and
   carpenter, but they're also supported by a team of hard working bar
   staff and other event collaborators.

   the survive pop-up opened on 3 may and is hosted in six degrees north
   on howe street in edinburgh
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   ciberdúvidas, a portuguese website that informs, debates and promotes
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   by computers and with everything related to the virtual world”. the
   word, that initially had a negative connotation (introverted four eyes
   who know the advantages of defragmenting the hard drive), is now a word
   used with pride by those who have a semi-obsessive (or loving) relation
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   the only museum in portugal dedicated to videogames was inaugurated
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   never-ending videogames library that make us sigh for simpler times,
   when running a game in zx spectrum was a really complicated task. this
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   even unbox them) and they are not meant to decorate birthday cakes.
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   excellent catalog that even includes french comics and the latest on
   graphic novels. the service, online and offline, is irreproachable. it
   also sells action figures.
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   the mill, at the most sloped street of colina de santana, is the
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   people who get their hands on programming, robotic, 3d prints and a
   huge et cetera of other projects. in other words, they are in love with
   electronic bricolage and with bits and bytes instead of drills and
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   gadget wristwatches are all the rage. “the big bang theory” often tops
   tv ratings. gaming is definitely mainstream. has society embraced geek
   culture?

   are you a nerd or a geek?
     __________________________________________________________________

   in the article “we’re all nerds now,” noam cohen writes:

     in 2005, randall munroe, a young nasa robotics expert, posted to the
     web a comic about the mystical number pi. among the infinite string
     of digits were letters that spelled out, “help i’m trapped in a
     universe factory.”

     his pi comic spread quickly, and nearly a decade later mr. munroe
     sits atop a small empire built around xkcd, an online comic revered
     by science students, computer programmers and silicon valley
     workers.

     on wednesday, mr. munroe’s first book, “what if?,” debuted at no. 1
     on the new york times nonfiction hardcover best-seller list. “what
     if?” is a series of questions and answers on technically bizarre
     topics, like what would happen if the entire world directed laser
     pointers at the moon. (not much, it turns out, unless you used
     really, really big lasers.)

     and, as you may have heard, apple last week introduced a new version
     of an old geek totem — the gadget wristwatch. with millions watching
     via computer, tim cook, the apple chief executive, who has an
     industrial engineering degree, unveiled three versions of the watch,
     hoping to broaden the appeal of a fashion accessory traditionally
     worn by the calculus crowd.

     never before has the boundary between geek culture and mainstream
     culture been so porous. beyond mr. munroe’s popularity and the
     national obsession with apple products, other examples abound.
     whether it is tv series like “the big bang theory” and “silicon
     valley,” or comic-book movies such as this year’s top-grossing
     title, “guardians of the galaxy,” or the runner-up, “captain
     america: the winter soldier,” or fantasy-based fiction like the
     “game of thrones” books (and hbo show), once-fringe, nerd-friendly
     obsessions like gadgets, comic books and fire-breathing dragons are
     increasingly everyone’s obsessions.

   students: read the entire article, then tell us …

   — are you a nerd or a geek?

   — has our society fully embraced geek culture? can someone now declare,
   without shame or embarrassment, “i am a nerd”? is being a nerd or a
   geek something to be proud of?

   — is it cool to be a nerd or a geek in your school? or, is being good
   at science, or the high scorer on the math team, still not going to win
   a teenager any popularity awards?
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   graham september 23, 2014 · 11:10 am

   i can be a geek when it comes to computers and technology, but i don’t
   think i really fit the nerd/geek stereotype. honestly, i think people
   are so judgmental about those people who are judgmental, someone could
   say that they are a nerd without being mad fun of. if someone makes fun
   of them, i’m sure tons of people would go to their side and defend
   them. you kinda want to fit into both, because sure there are popular
   people, but being smart is also very important.
   tate september 23, 2014 · 11:12 am

   i dont think im a nerd nor a geek but i think that is perfectly okay in
   today’s society to be a “nerd” or a “geek”. although, people will still
   not consider them popular or cool even though they will probably grow
   up to make the most money.
   emily september 23, 2014 · 11:12 am

   i am a nerd, and i do not think society has completely embraced the
   nerd/geek culture. while being a nerd/geek is something to be proud of,
   i have learned that if you are a male, you can stand up and say, “i am
   a nerd/geek,” and no one will judge you. however, if you are a female
   and you stand up to say, “i am a nerd/geek,” you are going to get
   bombarded with phrases like, “you’re a fake geek girl!” “lol i bet you
   haven’t seen the last season of big bang theory!” “silly girl, get back
   into the kitchen and make me a sandwich!” i guess it’s pretty okay in
   my school to be a geek/nerd, in some classes more than others.
   lauren september 23, 2014 · 11:13 am

   i don’t think being a nerd or a geek is something to be ashamed of, but
   i feel like some peers might put other students down because of their
   natural abilities in academics.
   kara september 23, 2014 · 11:13 am

   i’m a geek, but honestly i don’t see the difference, other than the
   interests. nerds (in my community) are those who are into comics,
   superheroes and things like that. geeks are those who are into
   computers, are technology savvy and like anime, (for lack of other
   word) geeky tv shows, and such.

   i don’t think the society has fully embraced it, it’s “okay” for a
   teenager-young adult to be geeky or nerdy, but if you’re an adult and
   you are still watching or reading those things, you’re seen as weird
   and you’re kind of pushed out of the social circle in the adult world.

   it’s perfectly alright to be a nerd or a geek in our school, how i see
   it, the kids here don’t really mind what you like or don’t like, they
   just let you kinda do your own thing.
   cade september 23, 2014 · 11:14 am

   i think i would be a geek because i like to watch space movies and
   medieval fiction movies. i think that we have embraced being nerds or
   geeks just because of doing what you like. i don’t think you can say
   “i’m a nerd” without being a little embarrassed still. i don’t think it
   is something to be proud of. it’s not really cool to be a nerd or geek
   in my school, it isn’t the “cool” thing. joining the math club doesn’t
   help you at all.
   cole september 23, 2014 · 11:14 am

   1. i really do not like either of the articles because people interpret
   it different. if i had to say one though i would choose nerd.

   2. saying “i am a nerd” is still not socially acceptable to full extent
   yet, because any way you say it people see nerds as usually very smart
   people that study all the time, where glasses, plaid shirts, braces,
   etc. it’s just the symbol of a nerd in today’s society.
   being a nerd/geek is still something to be proud of yourself for
   because then you have confidence in yourself and being a nerd/geek
   means your intelligent.

   3. my school specifically i do not thing being a nerd/geek will make
   you popular, because most of the more popular kids in the school are
   either people with high humor or are in sports.
   nathaniel september 23, 2014 · 11:15 am

   i don’t think that it is necessarily cool to be a geek or a nerd, but i
   think it is cool to try as hard as you can in everything you do. on the
   other hand i think that it is not cool to try not to do as good as you
   can do in school and in life.
   preston september 23, 2014 · 11:16 am

   i am more of a geek than a nerd, but i am a little bit of both. i don’t
   think that our society has fully embraced geek culture. there are
   people that are nerds and our proud of it. there is nothing wrong with
   being a nerd or a geek. it is cool to be anything at our school. you
   should not worry about what others think and should just be what you
   want to be.
   keegan september 23, 2014 · 11:16 am

   i think i’m a nerd because i enjoy new gadgets and new things. i think
   society still hasn’t really truly accepted being a geek or a nerd but i
   also think in a way it is being accepted more widely. being a nerd or a
   geek is accepted in our school because some of the things nerds and
   geeks do are like their “sport” and we have a great school and everyone
   pretty much appreciates what one another does.
   parker september 23, 2014 · 11:17 am

   often i jokingly here people call me a nerd just because i am good
   academically and that is what i picture when someone says nerd but
   there is so much more to it than just academics. i believe most of
   society has embraced geek culture because the so called geeks are
   usually the more open minded people and they have the best chance to
   come up with the great future ideas. in the movie and tv part though, i
   think in shows such as “the big bang theory,” lets people laugh at the
   geeks or nerds portrayed in the show, while in the comic book movies
   they are liked because they are action packed. in school, i don’t think
   that being a nerd or geek will win any popularity points because some
   students take that if someone is smarter than them or if they don’t
   like the same stuff as them, then they will not like that person.
   jake september 23, 2014 · 11:17 am

   i feel like that i am more of a geek. i am much more fascinated by
   technology rather than books. i love books but i think it is really
   cool when people can build things like robots that can do things on
   their own. i think that our society has embraced geek culture as a
   large majority of our population is fascinated and rapped up in
   technology much like geeks. i think being a nerd or geek is something
   you can be proud of because it shows what you like. i wouldn’t say that
   being smart wins you popularity awards but it can in some cases. being
   smart isn’t something you would think of that makes someone popular,
   your personality makes you popular and if you are smart and have a
   good, friendly personality, then you can be popular.
   jianan september 23, 2014 · 11:18 am

   i can proudly say that i am a geek. i think our society has embraced
   the look of nerds or geeks. most people in my opinion when saying their
   a geek or a nerd aren’t fully a nerd or geek. if your’e a geek, don’t
   be afraid to say it. you should embrace who you are. to be a nerd in
   school can or can not be cool. if you don’t have the look or
   personality of “the cool kids”, then no its not cool. if you do, then
   yes, congrats you’re cool.
   jack september 23, 2014 · 11:19 am

   i guess i’m more of a geek. i’m still not sure exactly what the
   difference is between a nerd and a geek. i usually just think of them
   as the same thing. i know a bunch about comic books, game of thrones,
   and video games. i play dnd (dungeon and dragons) sometimes with
   friends. that’s pretty geeky. it’s really fun, so i don’t mind. i watch
   shows like dragonball z and game of thrones. i’m in love with lord of
   the rings. i think it can be cool to be one in our schools if you do it
   right. there are definitely fake nerd/geeks. who want to be like one
   because it’s cool right now.
   lyndan september 23, 2014 · 11:19 am

   i am a geek. i think our society has embraced geek culture but it’s
   still not something that you can proclaim without being made fun of or
   looked down upon. in my school, if you’re a nerd or geek you fit in
   with that crowd but you are not popular with the entire school. you may
   get made fun of or laughed at because of it, but i think that if you
   enjoy it you should continue to be happy in what you love.
   michael s. september 23, 2014 · 11:20 am

   i would say that im a geek and a nerd. i love syfy shows like doctor
   who and i love giving facts to people.
   james c september 23, 2014 · 11:20 am

   i am definitley a geek (hipster), and with the society that we are in
   today it has become more popular among people to say yes i am a geek or
   yes i am a nerd but society has not yet fully accepted that some people
   are geeks or nerds. in my opinion it is something to be proud of, it is
   saying that you are diferent from most people and will not go with the
   crowd a good way to summerze this is the term ‘hipster’ or is different
   and not afraid to share that fact. in my school it is not neccisarily
   cool to be a geek or nerd or hipster, you are usually looked down upon
   or considered an outstider or uncool. sometimes it is better be smarter
   and different.
   allie september 23, 2014 · 11:24 am

   i am a geek and that i am certain of. i feel like now with social media
   and new t.v. shows everyone is a geek so yes i think society has
   accepted the geek culture. being a nerd or a geek is definitely is
   something to be proud of. you are showing your love for something and
   that is not something to be ashamed of. being a nerd or a geek is not
   all the way accepted but it’s making its way into the society at my
   high school.
   whitney september 23, 2014 · 11:25 am

   i feel like i am more of a geek in a way that i have very deep
   interests in certain things like netflix or volleyball. i am not
   academically geeky i would say i do enjoy reading and certain “geeky”
   tv shows.
   alex september 23, 2014 · 11:25 am

   i think i am a geek because i like the shows that are kind of geeky. it
   shouldn’t matter if your a geek or a nerd if your smart that’s okay
   because you try your hardest and you don’t just want to fail at
   everything. so trying you don’t have to be a geek or a nerd. you cant
   be one you just are one.
   tori 42 september 23, 2014 · 12:57 pm

   i believe i am more of a geek, because, although i may not be
   interested in technology, and i am most definitly not tech savy. also,
   i definitly am not very much interested in science. with that being
   said, i also am a nerd, because i may not be full fledged academically
   excellent i do believe i excell. in my opinion, one is neither just a
   nerd or a geek, but a mix of both.
   deirdre r. 42 september 23, 2014 · 1:01 pm

   i believe that our society has fully embraced geek culture, but not
   necessarily the word “geek” or “nerd.” many teens probably would
   probably not refer to themselves as geeks or nerds, and most likely
   would not declare it out loud, but of course there are a few
   exceptional people. being a nerd or geek is prideful for some, and for
   others it could be considered torture. it is honestly up to whoever you
   are talking to. i consider myself to be somewhat nerdy and geeky, and i
   am more neutral to it. i am not really proud of it, but it isn’t
   something that is a flaw of mine either. in our culture now though, i
   believe a lot of people are a little geeky or nerdy.
   zoe42 september 23, 2014 · 1:02 pm

   regarding the article i spent quite a lot of time deciding between if i
   was a geek or a nerd! though, the two are very similar, in the end it
   came down to one thing, fandoms! which falls into the category for me,
   a geek.

   i found student questions two and three very odd. because if i love
   doctor who, sherlock, supernatural, anime etc. who cares what anybody
   else thinks! i would like it if nobody watched it. but luckily this day
   in age, there are tons of geeks and fangirls like me! and i’ve met some
   of my best friends because of it.

   even in school, being a geek is cool! i’ll often find when i wear a
   fandom shirt, from either an anime or one of my favorite series. i will
   get lots of compliments! in my school we literally have clubs for
   fangirls like me. so if i had to some this response all up. geeks are
   accepted, and even if they weren’t. i would be one anyways.
   amber september 23, 2014 · 1:03 pm

   i’d have to say i’m both a nerd and a geek. in today’s society, i
   believe that being a nerd/geek is becoming more and more popular. with
   it becoming more and more popular, you get people who pretend to be a
   nerd/geek just to fit in. for us true nerds/geeks this is highly
   frustrating. we can now declare that we are smart or in to comic books
   and not feel like we’re going to be ridiculed. however that is not
   always true.
   grace 4m ta september 23, 2014 · 1:06 pm

   some of the geeks/nerds have more popularity from people lately because
   people choose to make that their personality. they are fake nerds. they
   strut around telling everyone “i’m a geek,” or “i’m a nerd.” when it’s
   not really who they are. a so-called “geek/nerd” can walk around and
   dress like a geek, and say they are a nerd when in reality, they never
   really are either. they might not even like dungeons and dragons, but
   everyone thinks they do. in my point of view, the “geeks” are trying to
   get attention. to them it is a social status, and none of the star wars
   movies or the marvel nightcrawler comic books even matter to them. a
   true nerd/geek is someone who can act like a nerd, and like nerd/geek
   things without it being so much of a social status and more of a way of
   living.

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   cultural stereotyping of computer users as "male, socially awkward and
   intense" has led to a low number of girls in ni studying computing.

   that is according to a report from the council for the curriculum,
   examinations and assessment (ccea).

   computing is seen as "a male-oriented domain consisting of anti-social
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   the study looked at why comparatively few girls choose to study
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   2014 is being hailed as the year that digital art came of age. the
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   some critics have labelled it "a new aesthetic". it certainly requires
   a new skill set: an ability to code, to manipulate software - sometimes
   to solder.

   but what are these new artists like? how do they live and work? an
   answer might lie in a dilapidated warehouse in hackney, east london.
   image copyright other image caption space studios in hackney, east
   london, are teeming with creative types

   hackney bound

   strange music draws us closer to our destination, further into what
   appears to be an abandoned warehouse in the middle of a council estate.

   there's no doorman, no signs, no carpets and the rooms in this dark
   warren appear to be partitioned by sheets of balsa wood.

   we've come to meet a technology collective, but have we mistakenly
   wandered into a squat?

   an assault on the ears marks my arrival into the room - a full blast of
   ukulele accompanied by the raspy electronic sound of a stylophone
   keyboard, played by two people on the sofa, doubled up with laughter.

   "welcome to our world," shouts our host chris cairns, with a grin.

   home sweet home

   cairns is creative director of is this good?, a group of four digital
   creative types, who devote their time to building weird and wonderful
   electronic contraptions.
   image caption the team at work and play: marek bereza, neil mendoza and
   anthony goh

   first impressions suggest that chris cairns's world is one colonised by
   feral geeks.

   components and kit are strewn across the space: arduino boards,
   raspberry pi computers, circuit boards, capacitors, soldering kits. the
   stuff of electronics aficionados.
   image copyright other image caption a digital parrot made by the team

   but there is also plenty of the digital litter that everyday people
   leave behind: smartphones, bluetooth sets, sim cards.

   look carefully and there is an animal theme among the digital detritus.

   bits of plastic mobile-phone casing woven into the shape of birds'
   wings. a butterfly made of mobile-phone parts that makes a constant
   fizzing noise - and occasionally twitches.

   the digital birds have become something of a signature for the group,
   explains chris cairns.

   team members neil mendoza and anthony goh decided on pure artistic
   impulse to make a flock of birds out of old smartphones, to highlight
   the way that discarded electronics could be kept out of landfill,
   explains cairns.

   they ended up being shown at the victoria and albert museum, where
   mobile phone firm o2 spotted them, and commissioned the men to turn
   them into interactive butterflies.

   the project then migrated to the barbican's digital revolution
   exhibition.
   media playback is unsupported on your device
   media captionthe digital butterflies were shown at the natural history
   museum

   on closer inspection, some of the objects in the room seem a little
   more twisted, the product of a darker imagination.

   a complete shaved-off beard is fixed to the wall festooned to a circuit
   board - this is apparently the result of a project about making music
   from old computer peripherals.

   the facial hair used to belong to neil mendoza - he is present, bearded
   once more, and keen to show off his barbie and action man piece, a
   commentary on gender stereotyping.

   the toys have been forced into a radical body swap and sit on top of a
   simple wooden box - not unlike the ones that rotate ballerinas although
   this one contains an arduino board and is rigged to a laptop.
   image caption "it's a commentary on gender stereotyping in toys", says
   creator neil mendoza

   the deformed dolls begin to thump out the theme tune from beverly hills
   cop.

   does this collective of like-minded individuals consider themselves to
   be artists? neil mendoza considers the question.

   "our role changes depending on the project we're working on. however,
   we definitely prefer projects where we are commissioned as artists.

   "if you think of art from the viewpoint of craft, then coding is
   similar to skills such as painting in that it requires many years of
   time investment to attain a level of mastery. if you look at it from
   the viewpoint of expressing ideas and aesthetics, then they are all
   just tools in your toolbox.

   "a lot of the work we create is fairly physical so sculptors are
   definitely influential, especially people who create mechanical works
   such as jean tinguely and paul spooner."

   the warehouse in which the collective members work is one of many
   dilapidated, industrial properties run by space studios, a charity for
   artists set up in the 1960s.

   their neighbours in this building are a motley crew of furniture
   designers, oil painters, sculptors, print-makers and photographers. the
   location seems to reflect their mindset.

   the team say they have found artists as individuals to be very
   accepting - but not everyone else.

   "when it comes to the art world, there is a some scepticism," says
   mendoza. "however, this is more due to the fact that they haven't
   worked out how digital art fits into the curatorial and business model
   that's deeply ingrained in the art world."

   digital beatniks

   the "business model" of the art world means that is this good? is a
   limited company.

   "we had to do this," explains cairns a little sheepishly, "so we could
   enter contracts with commercial clients."

   "i would love to do just art to my own brief,", he adds, "but that is
   not a reality for any of us."

   is another way to think of the collective as a kind of technology
   start-up, a commercial creative agency, rather than a group of
   struggling artists in a garret?

   this doesn't seem right either. this may be east london, but it is
   certainly not tech city. the curiosities in this place lack the forced
   wackiness of hoxton's ping pong tables, pristine bean bags and
   boiled-sweet dispensers.

   you can't imagine boris johnson or joanna shields (chair of tech city)
   popping in for a photo-op.
   media playback is unsupported on your device
   media captionwatch three pioneering british artists who use code talk
   about their work

   and unlike many of the start-ups of silicon roundabout they don't have
   their eye on an exit strategy, or impressing an angel investor.

   instead, like their digital butterflies, they just want to flutter from
   commission to commission.

   "interesting projects can come from different patrons," says cairns.
   "but our motivation is making interesting work, not making money."

   and with that the stylophone starts playing a duet with the ukulele
   again - it's time for these digital beatniks to get back to work.

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   mathematics is a despised subject - and yet modern life depends on it
   and several of the world's richest people are mathematicians

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   mon 19 may 2008 14.30 bst first published on mon 19 may 2008 14.30 bst
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   recent research shows that many young people are rejecting mathematics
   because of widespread ignorance of the true nature of the subject and
   its practitioners. they blame popular culture for presenting a geeky
   and stereotyped image of mathematics.

   stereotypes, once established, are very hard to change. most americans
   still think that london's air is thick with smog - no, the clean air
   act of 1956 put paid to that. so once the unwashed masses decided that
   mathematics is only done by balding middle-aged white men, devoid of
   social skills and hovering on the edge of madness, that it is little
   more than routine arithmetic (though no doubt using big numbers), that
   its only utility is to baffle innocent children, and that the only job
   you can get with it is to teach the stuff to those same children, that
   perception may as well have been carved in stone.

   the media image of mathematicians does sometimes promote these views.
   john nash, the subject of a beautiful mind, suffered from schizophrenia
   for much of his life. paul erdös, "the man who loved only numbers",
   never had a permanent job, never owned a house, and did mathematics 16
   hours a day. but most mathematicians lead normal family lives and have
   the usual social skills. they play sports - one of my colleagues does
   hang-gliding - and they can be entirely practical.

   if anything, the image of mathematics in popular culture has actually
   improved over the last 20 years. the film good will hunting was a
   sympathetic treatment of the problems of a talented young
   mathematician. the book version of jurassic park went further: the main
   protagonist, ian malcolm, is a mathematician working in chaos theory,
   one of a new generation who behaved more like rock stars than
   academics. most of this disappeared in the movie, mind you. then
   there's numb3rs, about a mathematician working for the fbi.

   the real problem, i suspect, is not confined to mathematics. the words
   "geek" and "nerd" were both coined in the usa, where they reflect a
   general tendency to despise all types of intellectual activity. any
   interest other than television or sport is viewed as weird, be it
   collecting fossils or writing poetry. and when children encounter
   something difficult at school - such as mathematics - a natural defence
   mechanism comes into play. it is much easier to denigrate the topic,
   and make fun of the students who can handle it, than it is to admit to
   your own inadequacy.

   the obvious way to combat the stereotype is to point out how stupid it
   is. there are female mathematicians and black mathematicians, young
   mathematicians and old mathematicians. there are chinese mathematicians
   and african mathematicians.

   people simply do not realise the extent to which their daily lives rely
   on mathematics. mobile phones, the internet, sat-nav, fancy graphics in
   computer games and movies, the design of passenger jets, airline
   schedules, even the food we eat, are totally dependent on huge
   quantities of mathematics. most of it is new, very little of it is
   remotely like the "maths" taught in school, and all of it is vital.

   the range of professions available to mathematicians is astonishingly
   broad, and teaching is low on the list. the financial sector is near
   the top. a survey of ex-students from warwick university found that
   mathematicians had the highest average earnings of any degree subject.
   several of the world's richest people are mathematicians; sergey brin
   and larry page, the founders of the internet search engine google
   (which works because of some clever mathematics) are both
   multibillionaires. if mathematicians were like lawyers, charging a fee
   for every time mathematics was used, we'd all be multibillionaires. but
   we're too generous, we give our ideas away, free. so nobody appreciates
   them.

   our world has become inordinately complex, with even the simplest
   things resting on immensely technical discoveries and methods. it is so
   much easier to accept these things as some kind of "magic" than to
   appreciate the intellectual effort that goes into them, simpler to call
   something "geeky" than to admit that you don't understand it.

   can we combat this lack of awareness? yes, but only to a limited
   extent. and we have to do it across all social fronts, not just within
   popular culture - which is a reflection of public ignorance, not its
   cause.
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   simon pegg suggested that fandom was infantilising society – but people
   have always enjoyed discussing popular culture, and it’s healthy to do
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   pondering retirement from geekdom ... simon pegg at the launch of his
   film, man up.

   [ ] pondering retirement from geekdom … simon pegg at the launch of his
   film, man up. photograph: hannah mckay/epa

   few things hurt more than being called childish, which is why last week
   was an upsetting one for fans of simon pegg. the actor and film-maker’s
   claims that geek culture has dumbed down society left many people
   feeling hurt and betrayed. i mean, isn’t escapism the whole point of
   cinema – especially the kind he often makes?

   “obviously i’m a very much a self-confessed fan of science fiction and
   genre cinema, but part of me looks at society as it is now and just
   thinks we’ve been infantilised by our own taste,” he said to the radio
   times. “now we’re essentially all consuming very childish things –
   comic books, superheroes. adults are watching this stuff, and taking it
   seriously.”

   “sometimes [i] feel like i miss grownup things,” he continued. “and i
   honestly thought the other day that i’m gonna retire from geekdom.”

   he didn’t (and so far hasn’t). and in response to the outcry, pegg took
   to his own blog to clarify his sentiments and to stress the importance
   of prioritising real life over fantasy.

   “as a society, we are kept in a state of arrested development by
   dominant forces in order to keep us more pliant,” he explained. “we are
   made passionate about the things that occupied us as children as a
   means of drawing our attentions away from the things we really should
   be invested in: inequality, corruption, economic injustice, etc.”

   which is a legitimate concern to have. it’s easy to look at the success
   of movies like avengers: age of ultron or mad max: fury road and assume
   our collective enthusiasm for a genre once reserved for kids and teens
   alludes to our inability to grow up. in fact, even pegg himself sang
   the praises of tomorrowland – a movie that shares the name of a disney
   theme park (and is also influenced by disney’s vision of utopia). pegg
   isn’t wrong about our zest for “geek culture” or for the franchises of
   our youths or even our misplaced priorities in terms of pop culture
   over social awareness. (that’s something we all need to work on.) what
   pegg is wrong about is the importance of fandoms – for everyone.

   geek culture has spread and engulfed us all. in a subculture once
   (seemingly) reserved for sci-fi, it now encompasses shows as diverse as
   the walking dead, game of thrones and the simpsons. once a specialist
   event, comic-con now draws personalities from all walks of film,
   television and music. last week, the internet was collectively obsessed
   with the finale of mad men - a show that regularly tackled such heavy
   adult themes as sexism, alcoholism and death. and yet, like some fans
   cling to batman, many of us clung to don draper, effectively proving
   that pop culture obsessions have less to do with genre than they do
   with our own need to escape reality.

   because escapism, by definition, isn’t a bad thing. it’s bad when you
   bury your head in the sand and seek solace only in fictional words, but
   to escape for an hour a week (or a couple more, by talking about said
   tv show or movie with friends, co-workers, or family) isn’t just a way
   to decompress, it’s a way to create community.

   as children, we discover ourselves through our imaginations. my
   schoolfriends and i would watch teenage mutant ninja turtles or power
   rangers and act them out, using them as a jumping off point to create
   new worlds or to articulate thoughts and feelings we may not have
   otherwise been able to. as adults, we approach series and movies in
   much the same way, using them to stimulate conversations.

   we might begin to talk to someone by asking “do you watch game of
   thrones?” or by quoting a few lines from a movie, to gauge the tastes
   of another person, and suss out whether or not they’d make good
   friends. it’s the same way we asked new pals about their favourite
   bands in high school, or how our parents would discuss the latest plot
   twist in dallas.

   because that’s the thing: geek culture itself isn’t new. it has always
   existed in various forms before we saw fit to name and define it. for
   some of us, escapism through pop culture provides an outlet that we
   need to keep our brains healthy and functioning. for others, it creates
   a sense of community. for most, it stimulates the last remnants of
   imagination left over from our years convinced we too could live off
   pizza in a sewer, fighting a giant rat. (even though that giant rat is
   now the folks at mccann-erickson.)

   but regardless, there’s nothing wrong with an inclusive geek culture –
   or even an extended adolescence. without it, we wouldn’t have anybody
   to write movies and tv in the first place.
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has geek culture finally embraced gender parity?

   female fans attended the san diego comic-con in equal numbers to their
   male counterparts, as publishers at last begin to take women more
   seriously

   michael cavna for the washington post

   sat 25 jul 2015 10.00 bst last modified on wed 20 sep 2017 11.34 bst
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   [ ] girls can be nerdy too … star wars enthusiasts dress up as “chew’s
   angels” during the 2015 comic-con international convention in san
   diego, california. photograph: mario anzuoni/reuters

   the stereotype persists, despite being as archaic as a codpiece packed
   in spandex. when the pop-culture circus comes to town, the thinking
   goes, the immature, soft-tissue male emerges from his parents’ basement
   and treks to the showroom floor, geeking out to collectibles and comic
   art almost exclusively with members of his same chromosomal tribe.

   now, in 2015, we may not have sufficient data on how many nerds reside
   on subterranean floors at parental expense, but we do know this: as the
   geeks have inherited the earth in more recent years, the gender balance
   of fandom has shifted markedly. and this year, at the 46th comic-con
   international in san diego, parity was upon us.

   yes, at this year’s comic-con , just about every other of the
   125,000-plus attendees was female, and the head count was split nearly
   50/50. why, even in describing how we got here, some industry slang now
   rings as gender-neutral: mamas, you let your babies grow up to be
   “fanboys”.

   “it happened so fast and so completely and without any doubts,” heidi
   macdonald, editor of the comics-culture website the beat, says. “all of
   the research i’ve seen in the last year or so backs up this gender
   parity for things that are considered ‘nerdy’.

   “even three or four years ago, it was easy to ‘question’ what the
   female participation in various topics was,” macdonald continues. “but
   now, it’s beyond question.”

   the most recent research landed shortly before the convention opened in
   july, released by the online ticketing platform eventbrite, after more
   than 2,100 respondents in 48 us states and territories were surveyed.
   rob salkowitz, who developed and analysed the data, says that fans have
   driven the push for geek-culture parity.

   “last year, the numbers showed we were trending in that direction. this
   year, it’s clear that we are there,” says salkowitz, citing his data
   and surveys from other sources and events. “as a result, we’ve seen
   more sincere efforts from publishers to broaden the audience, and much
   stronger responses to concerns raised by fans over inclusiveness.”

   part of killing the stereotype through research is understanding that
   “nerd culture” is so much more vast, of course, than mainstream
   superhero comics.

   “if a person’s idea of ‘comics’ begins and ends with marvel and dc, i
   suppose it can look like a bit of a backwater, despite recent
   exceptions,” scott mccloud, the cartoonist and leading comics theorist,
   tells comic riffs. “but comics are so much bigger than that now.

   “in the industry and culture as a whole, a revolution is clearly under
   way,” continues mccloud (author of the cartooning bible understanding
   comics and the new graphic novel the sculptor), who was a featured
   guest at this year’s comic-con.

   macdonald underscores the degree to which comics beyond mainstream
   superheroes have altered the playing field.

   “the manga boom of the 2000s is absolutely ground zero for where this
   return to comics being for everyone took place,” says macdonald, who
   appeared on multiple comic-con panels. “for the first time since the
   60s, women had their own thing in comics to be fans of, and the girls
   who read manga back then have grown up, had kids of their own, and they
   are totally open to comics.”

   costumed fans attend comic-con

   stereotypes destroyed … cosplayers at comic-con, where attendees were
   50-50 male and female this year photograph: daniel knighton/getty

   and salkowitz notes how gender parity is not some absolute across all
   types of geek fandom.

   “we polled across multiple fandoms, ranging from comics to gaming to
   anime to ‘comic- and genre-based media’, and we found gender parity at
   the top line,” says salkowitz, who is the author of comic-con and the
   business of pop culture. “that is, our sample was split almost exactly
   50/50, compared to last year, when it was 54/46 male.

   “but when you start to break it down according to how fans identify
   themselves, we find that no individual fandom is that even,” continues
   salkowitz, who discussed his findings at comic-con. “comics,
   videogaming, hobby gaming and toy collecting are majority male, usually
   in the 55-to-60% range. manga/anime, science fiction/fantasy and media
   fandom are 60 to 65% female. because today’s big conventions appeal to
   fans of everything, audiences coming to shows are pretty much
   gender-balanced. however, it’s still the case that, say, ‘comics’
   fandom tends more toward older guys, whereas manga appeals more to
   younger women.”

   salkowitz, who teaches in the digital media programme at the university
   of washington, points out the difference, too, between readership and
   consumerism.

   “one important finding is that gender does not have much effect on the
   behaviour of fans,” salkowitz says. “men and women exhibited interest
   in the same sorts of things, similar spending patterns and similar
   attendance levels. if anything, women are slightly more intense in
   their fandom by certain measures.”

   so how did geek culture arrive at gender parity with such seeming
   rapidity? macdonald, a longtime writer for publishers weekly, points to
   the rise of online life.

   “obviously, social media made it possible for women to express
   themselves without gatekeepers telling them what is or isn’t
   appropriate,” macdonald says, “and there was also a sea change among
   young women that it’s ok to be interested in this stuff.”

   macdonald also emphasises that gender parity is not a new threshold,
   but rather a circling back to an earlier time in american comics.

   “this is not so much a radical change as a return,” says macdonald, a
   former editor at dc’s vertigo imprint. “if you look at comics
   promotions of the 40s, it’s clear they were aimed at boys and girls.
   even [infamous comics detractor fredric] wertham said that boys and
   girls read dangerous comics. this idea that girls don’t read comics is
   purely an invention of the early direct-sales market days of the late
   70s to about 2000.”

   turning personal, macdonald says that throughout her life, she’s known
   that women and girls liked comics. “i was raised in a household where
   my grandmother and mother read comics to me,” she says of her new
   jersey upbringing. “it was the resistance to this idea that flourished
   in the 80s and 90s, with men thinking that ‘geek stuff’ like star trek
   and comics were ‘their safe space.’ i think it was this impulse that
   birthed so many gatekeepers to keep girls away from comics.”

   a crucial factor, salkowitz and macdonald agree, is that a rising tide
   not only lifts all boats, but also can alter how they’re docked.

   posing as mystique from x-men

   heroism reclaimed from the boys … dina m poses as mystique from x-men
   at comic-con 2015 photograph: zuma/rex

   part of what changed, macdonald says, “is the overall acceptance of
   ‘nerd culture’ to the point where it’s the major part of pop culture.
   it seems like the parts of the media that aren’t touched by comic-book
   culture are dwindling into a small ivory tower. seeing women more
   involved is no surprise, because the avengers, for instance, are meant
   for everyone.”

   amid this shift, though, what will happen to any residual prejudice and
   lingering misogyny that will surely become more exposed and less
   tolerated?

   “change creates anxiety. these shifts in fandom – not just around
   gender, but with the arrival of younger fans who discovered fandom
   through different channels ... young adult fiction, movies and social
   media, as opposed to reading comics or playing games at arcades – mean
   that the conversations and experiences associated with fandom are
   changing,” salkowitz says. “publishers and developers are targeting a
   bigger audience. a lot of the stuff that used to get by when only guys
   were involved is suddenly not ok. not everyone is happy about that.

   “that said, there’s a difference between being the old guy telling the
   kids to get off his lawn, and harassing and stalking women online,”
   salkowitz says. “the stuff that’s gone on around gamergate is so
   plainly unacceptable, it’s hard to believe it has any defenders. comics
   has its problems, to be sure, but the misogynistic behaviour doesn’t
   seem as systematic, self-righteous and agenda-driven as that.”

   besides, gender parity isn’t necessarily the final destination for this
   engine of change.

   “i’m standing by my prediction from over a decade ago that we’ll have a
   majority female industry by 2024,” mccloud says.

   “but even before that, there are bound to be important transformations
   from the flood of new voices, new stories and new perspectives that
   process entails.

   “i also think it’s cool,” mccloud continues, “that the phrase ‘gender
   balance’ – which i used in reinventing comics – is looking increasingly
   outdated, as we’re reminded that gender isn’t the either/or proposition
   some of us were raised with.”

   in the meantime, the future of fandom is all around us.

   “i was taking the subway home from the fourth of july fireworks
   recently, and a family got on all dressed in red, white and blue for
   the occasion,” macdonald recounts. “there was a little girl about four
   or five [years old], and she was holding a plastic sword and was
   clearly dressed like some kind of warrior woman. obviously she has been
   exposed to that archetype in the media from various sources, but it
   struck me how young she was and how natural this role was for her.

   “it’s not that girls need to be socialised into heroic storytelling –
   it’s that they have to socialised out of liking it.”

   this article appeared in guardian weekly, which incorporates material
   from the washington post

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   two new nonfiction collections – gaiman’s the view from the cheap seats
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   geeks were once like victorian children: seen, but not heard; talked
   about but mocked, rarely given their own voice. but the newfound
   popularity of the culture – video games, comics, the mainstream cool of
   crossover hits such as game of thrones or star wars – makes geeks some
   of the loudest voices today. this week, two new nonfiction collections
   – neil gaiman’s the view from the cheap seats and kameron hurley’s the
   geek feminist revolution – showcase the spectrum of diversity that
   exists in the culture today.

   gaiman has had a view from the front row seats of sci-fi and geek
   culture over the last three decades, but the title of his latest
   collection nods to the sense of being on its fringe, a second-class
   citizen within the mainstream. but no one epitomises geek culture like
   gaiman: his 2.4 million twitter followers represents a cross-section of
   the sci-fi readers, comic nerds, cybergoths and other alternative
   cultures that have been rolled into the geek identity.

   essay after essay in the view from the cheap seats are on gaiman’s view
   on contemporary storytelling, but told from its epicentre, the belly of
   the beast. it is a love letter to geek culture, packed full of gaiman’s
   musings and reflections on his time creating in the field, as well as
   insights into some of its greatest figures – terry pratchett, diana
   wynne jones, douglas adams. gaiman remembers them as close friends,
   while simultaneously revering as a fan. he writes fondly of the bliss
   of immersion in fictional worlds, novels, comics, movies and games, the
   gravitational force around which planet geek has formed. he even
   recalls his 12-year-old self reading lord of the rings for the first
   time and believing it “the best book that ever could be written”. it is
   this side of geekery, the “traditional” writing that evolved from the
   likes of tolkien that gaiman pays tribute to here.

   in comparison, hurley’s first nonfiction collection, the geek feminist
   revolution, is a loving call to arms for geek culture’s deconstruction
   and rebuilding in a new image. while little known beyond the internet,
   hurley has a strong audience, built from a breakthrough moment when her
   essay on the portrayal of women in science fiction, we have always
   fought: challenging the “women, cattle and slaves” narrative won the
   2014 hugo award for best related work.

   hurley’s combative rhetorical style was forged on the battlegrounds of
   the blogpost, the comment thread and the forum flame war. this is
   online feminism, where women have to shout to be heard against a
   cacophony of digital misogyny. but hurley’s is also the voice of the
   outsider, one that looks in at geek culture and announces its
   shortcomings, its failings. if hurley’s geek feminist revolution has an
   aim, it is to stop us revering stories and to start us questioning them
   – which, crucially, frees us to make our own.

   “one of the things i stress to those i meet, especially young people,
   is that we are the heroes of our own lives, and we can be the masters
   of our own stories,” hurley states in the collection’s epilogue.
   whether it’s waking up to the illusions of our culture’s hypermasculine
   role-models, or the struggle to become a writer of stories herself,
   hurley’s message is that we must fight for freedom in a culture that
   exercises control through the stories it tells and allows to be told.
   “i understand much of the internet trolling, the shit flinging, the
   active and passive acts of oppression are about pushing me and people
   like me out,” she writes. “and i call bullshit.”

   so we have a voice from the establishment (gaiman) and one from the new
   guard (hurley). is geek culture in a state of confusion, simultaneously
   reverent of what came before and intensely critical of it? i think the
   publication of these two books says something very healthy about geek
   culture today – signifying both the love of storytelling and fantasy,
   and a keen awareness of the real power those stories have beyond sheer
   entertainment. yes, the conflict between old and new voices can be
   bitter at times – see the recent hugo awards drama – but this week’s
   reading makes me feel geek culture is in good health.
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deadpool's success accelerates the inevitable: total geek domination

   ryan reynolds’s sexually-fluid superhero is set to clean up at the
   global box office this weekend. it has done so by being the essence of
   a 21st-century movie: a product symbiotic with its fans and social
   media

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   this weekend, in what will be a notable achievement, deadpool looks set
   to break box office records for r-rated superhero movies which feature
   the sexual activity of pegging. not so long ago, superhero movies
   struggled with any kind of sexual activity beyond an upside-down kiss
   in the rain. but now those fusty preconceptions are finally being
   replaced. in 2016, grown adults are allowed to dress in kevlar-enhanced
   costumes and root the heck out of whatever they like. at last, freedom!

deadpool: the pansexual superhero who has never had a non-heterosexual
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   i’m not going to explain what pegging is – life is too short and google
   too easy – but i can assure you it’s not the only eye-popping feature
   of deadpool, the latest extension of the marvel universe. (it should
   probably be pointed out that this is the other marvel universe,
   licensed by fox which pretends the disney owned one doesn’t exist).

   the story stars ryan reynolds as a mercenary who is not only virtually
   indestructible but also has a hideously disfigured face. this face is
   exposed to the viewer a lot more often than you might expect (or hope
   for). this mercenary is also a “pansexual” sybarite, a brutal cynic,
   and someone who believes the appropriate punishment for most types of
   wrongdoing is death (unlucky in love? first kidnap your rival, then
   kybosh him).
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   it probably goes without saying, but violence is not just a means to an
   end, but a source of artistic expression. and while he loves shoving
   japanese katana swords into his victims with a balletic panache,
   deadpool is also a lover of words. or at least a metatextual
   smart-arse; a relentless fourth wall breaker who at one point even
   breaks the broken wall. there’s a lot going on with deadpool and once
   you’ve dealt with it all, the fact that his housemate is a blind
   octogenarian afro-american woman with whom he engages in banter about
   flatpack furniture seems barely worth noting.

   tim miller and ryan reynolds’ determination to get this film made is
   already the stuff of legend (and, most likely, mythology). the sizzle
   reel, the cheeky imagery, the online bandwagon, it all falls in line
   with the contemporary drift towards fan-inspired cinema, where movie
   studios feel safest spending money on films with their audience already
   guaranteed. but deadpool doesn’t just offer up a hero it thinks the
   fanbase will love, it offers up an entire world. it is one of the best
   articulations of “geek culture” to reach the big screen. and if it can
   pull off big numbers at the cinema with an exclusively adult audience,
   it will presage not only more movies like it but bring geeks one step
   closer to what they truly want; control of the entire world.

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   here are a few of the ways in which deadpool mirrors geek taste. its
   hero is a young white male who’s also the ultimate outsider. it’s built
   on layer upon layer of cultural reference, where the fun comes not from
   dramatic irony, but its opposite, knowing something that the character
   knows but other viewers might not.

   of course it’s cynical like its protagonist, and is full of zesty
   insults (deadpool’s face, for example, is described as looking like “an
   avocado had sex with an older avocado”). there’s all that violence,
   delivered with a keen visual flair right down the final bloody splodges
   that burst from the top of victims’ heads, but it’s violence without
   consequence and violence staged as fun. its politics, such as they are,
   are libertarian, with an emphasis on expression of identity. there’s
   some vague motivational thinking going on, or at least a catchphrase,
   “maximum effort!”, that is used frequently for no clear reason. to top
   it all off, deadpool doesn’t just take it’s tonal cues from social
   media, but its form too, at points overlaying emojis and little
   animated critters over the filmed action.

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   basically deadpool is reddit: the movie. it’s highly enjoyable, and
   very well made, but it’s also a marker, a moment where a massive
   multi-million dollar bet has been made on geek culture being not only a
   mainstream proposition but an adult one too. i’m not saying it’s bad
   for that. even if i did despair for our common humanity, it’s delivered
   with real brio and that hyperactive style – both in form and content –
   is exciting and new to watch. it feels like a real articulation of now,
   a style that couldn’t have been achieved only a few years ago. (its
   visual density also means that it’s suited for multiple viewings,
   another habit of our age.)

   personally speaking i am surprised by how the nerd has inherited the
   earth. in the eternal battle between the two, i always thought it more
   likely that the jock would triumph. but as our world becomes
   increasingly a digital one there’s only so much a ripped physique and
   willingness to feel the burn will get you. if the box office
   predictions prove correct and deadpool is just a sign of things to
   come, i for one welcome our geek overlords.

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   if we can get rid of the persecution complex, we find that everyone is
   a little nerdy about something – and seeing that in full flight is a
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   “hurts to be different”, in which she complains about how hard it is to
   be a nerd.’ photograph: cbs photo archive/getty images

   we often hear the squeals of discontent from certain sections of the
   internet not known for their forbearance, but one that has recently (as
   we say in nerd parlance) “rustled my jimmies” is the very
   not-actually-real-problem of “nerd appropriation”.

   “why are these cultural hipsters trying to appropriate nerd/geek
   cultures?” cried a reddit user.

   2016 appeared to be the year where everyone was convinced they were the
   underdog. it wasn’t limited to online discourse or popular culture,
   either. without so many people being convinced – being sold – that they
   were hard done by, we wouldn’t have a brexit, a trump presidency, and
   perhaps the united nations wouldn’t be categorising australia’s
   treatment of asylum seekers as violating the un convention against
   torture and in breach of international law.

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   there’s no doubt some people have lost out during three decades of
   neoliberal policies, it’s just that many of the people shouting the
   loudest aren’t among them. and so it is with nerd culture too.

   neuroscientist, former anti-vaccination advocate, and big bang theory
   actor mayim bialik released a video blog called “hurts to be
   different”, in which she complains about how hard it is to be a nerd.
   she argues that while “geek” and “nerd” may be fashionable labels now,
   it doesn’t make it any less hard to live the life of a quirky smart
   person interested in quirky smart person things, in a world of “cool
   kids”. she mentions how different she is at least six times.

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   the term “nerdsploitation” was coined to describe alleged parallels
   with b-grade exploitation films of the grindhouses and drive-ins of the
   past. it refers to engagement with subject material that cannot be
   described as being in good faith. we are laughing at the players in the
   film, not with them.

   the conversation surrounding this term started gaining in popularity
   around 2013 with the release of a video questioning the ethics of the
   representation of geeky and nerdy stereotypes in reality shows and
   films. by presenting “nerd” as an identity, bialik and others are
   trying to attach themselves and the community to identity politics
   where one’s experiences (and oppression) inform their politics. but
   this only works if your identity actually is oppressed.

   it’s quite the misdirection. not only is a little nerdery mainstream
   now, it’s damn profitable and sends her – and anyone else starring in
   the latest works about nerds, geeks, outcasts or superheroes – a lot of
   big fat cheques. “nerd” has reached a capitalist crescendo.

   trying to shoehorn nerddom into identity politics shows callous
   ignorance for the systemic and daily oppression faced by genuinely
   marginalised people. nerds aren’t rejected for work, ignored by the
   courts or legislation or erased from popular culture.

   despite this lack of actual oppression, terms like “nerdsploitation”
   and – it’s almost hard to believe – “nerd blackface” are emerging.
   let’s be clear, nerds: you haven’t faced centuries of racial
   oppression, violence, cultural appropriation or systemic discrimination
   for who you are. cops aren’t shooting you when your car breaks down
   because you can speak klingon.

   when we peel back why people feel defensive, bitter, or keen to take on
   the visage of the underdog, we can see what it really is: neediness. a
   desperate need to have our world view and choices validated. to have
   our sprawling mental databases of knowledge about our favourite media
   valued by others, even when those others can now quickly search their
   phones for such information.

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   the good news is, if we let go of this persecution complex we can see
   that everyone is nerdy about something. if we’re lucky enough, and open
   enough, we get to see someone in full flight talking about what they
   love. it truly is a thing of beauty, and if you’re too needy about
   finding personal validation, you’re going to miss your glimpse of it.

   finding people who love the media you love has literally never been
   easier. there’s an internet corner for every obscure fandom out there,
   wiki pages for the most complex of fantasy lore, and forums dedicated
   to teaching you how to make the best cosplay to pay homage to your
   favourite character.

   we nerds are not as lonely as we once were, and we have to stop being
   afraid of acknowledging that lest we lose underdog status. being into
   nerdy stuff can be awesome. being nerdy about stuff is awesome. find
   your people. excise the gross ones. share your passions proudly and
   with full-throated enthusiasm.

   my fellow dorks, go forth and embrace your nerdiness – but leave the
   neediness in the therapist’s office where it belongs.
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   the use of the term ‘nerd’ doesn’t quite match the terrible history of
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   matt berry, katherine parkinson, richard ayoade, chris o'dowd from the
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   not. don’t be daft]. photograph: allstar/channel 4

   venture capitalist david harding has recently donated £5m to the
   science museum for a maths gallery. this is a very cool thing to do, so
   hats off to him.

   he also said that using the terms “nerd” or “geek” to describe people
   is the same as using the worst of racial slurs. his actual quote is “i
   feel these words are as insulting as nigger.” this, many would probably
   argue, is not such a cool thing to do, so hats remain on this time.

   whether or not the term “boffin” is disparaging has been discussed here
   before, but to compare geek and nerd to the n-word? granted, geek and
   nerd have been used in the past as disparaging, insulting terms, nobody
   is questioning that. they may have taken on more positive meanings in
   modern times, you even see people (ie women) being mocked and
   criticised for not being “real” geeks.

   but if geek and nerd have been “reclaimed” as many would argue, it
   illustrates that they needed to be reclaimed in the first place. nobody
   deserves to be mocked, bullied or shunned purely because they have an
   affinity for maths, or computing, or just lack social confidence or
   have an interest in something beyond that of most people, and the fact
   that this happened so often (and still regularly does) is a bad thing.

   but to compare “nerd” and “geek” to the most offensive of racial
   epithets is surely ridiculous? you may think so, but what you’re
   overlooking is the fact that this isn’t just some random opinion; it’s
   a wealthy middle-aged white man’s opinion! ergo, it must be considered
   in all seriousness. and, if you look into the tragic and brutal history
   experienced by geeks and nerds over the centuries, you will see that it
   is a very fair comparison.

   there are many different explanations for the differences between nerds
   and geeks, but the truth is the terms are interchangeable. the terms
   come from the fact that nerds and geeks originate from what was known
   as the country of nerdrovia, located in the geekistan sea, hence the
   two names were used by the different colonial powers in play at the
   time the geek and nerd people were “discovered”, and have since become
   common.

   nerdrovia is a large island but the treacherous geekistan sea prevents
   easy crossing, so the indigenous population was essentially stuck to
   their island, meaning accelerated morphological evolution. nerdrovia
   has many strange properties, which resulted in many bizarre features
   that shaped the development of the nerd and geek people. the volatile
   geology and unusual weathering led to spontaneous formation of natural
   laboratories and studios, where the people could study and create
   things.

   but the same conditions kept people indoors generally, leading to a
   population with rather pasty complexions and a lack of physical
   prowess. as a result, mating and courtship was based on more
   intellectual pursuits. an encyclopedic knowledge of a specific subject,
   the more unimportant the better, became akin to the elaborate antlers
   of a stag, or a peacock’s tail, and sexual selection took over from
   there.

   sadly, the european empires eventually discovered nerdrovia, and
   immediately saw the potential use of the intellectual but physically
   unintimidating natives. the first explorers to arrive sometime in the
   15th century, in the form of big ships filled with arts graduates and
   sports enthusiasts, forced the natives at spearpoint to design and
   create guns, which they then took and forced the same natives at
   gunpoint to design better and more efficient guns, as these first ones
   weren’t too reliable, and then they took those better guns and started
   rounding up nerds and geeks for export to the home nations.

   nerdrovia quickly became a battleground as the rival empires sought to
   exploit its useful population and natural resources. nerds and geeks
   were scattered across mainland europe, where they were ruthlessly put
   to work, inventing things and working out complicated problems for the
   various governments and ruling parties. given their tendencies and
   abilities, nerds and geeks weren’t recognised as actual people and were
   usually classed as “a type of abacus”, having no legal rights
   whatsoever.

   as such, it was not uncommon for wealthier individuals or families to
   have several geeks and nerds living in their mansions, working in
   cramped custom-made labs and workshops to invent amusing things for
   their “hosts”. despite their abilities, nerds and geeks could regularly
   expect to have their pants pulled up over their heads, or be made to
   sit on their own in the lunch room.

   this continued for some considerable time, until societal changes led
   to geeks and nerds being recognised as individuals, with rights and
   some measure of dignity. despite this, considerable prejudice remained.
   geeks and nerds were barred from holding high-level jobs or from
   marrying outside their communities. they were regularly ghettoised,
   forced to live in unhygienic but surprisingly efficient slums. given
   their marginalised position in society, geeks and nerds regularly fell
   inwards and turned on each other, leading to lasting and bloody
   disputes over minor details in celebrated works of science fiction.

   maybe these days the terms nerd and geek have been reclaimed and can be
   used affectionately, but they still stem from the terrible legacy of
   what the geeks and the nerds went through to get to this point.

   when you consider all this, then harding is right to compare geek and
   nerd to the most offensive of racial terms. because if everything
   written above is total and utter gibberish, then harding has
   effectively said that minor-to-moderate social rejection is the same as
   centuries of brutal exploitation and repression of an innocent people.
   this means that a powerful rich white man has said something extremely
   ridiculous and offensive, and nobody thought to correct him on this.
   and surely the idea that we live in a world where that can happen is
   even more ridiculous, right?

   right?

   dean burnett only realised that this post is basically an elaborate
   version of a stewart lee routine after he’d finished it, but still feel
   free to point this out to him on twitter, @garwboy
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   you may consider the terms "geek" and "nerd" to be synonymous. while
   geeks and nerds share certain common traits (and it's possible to be
   both at once), there are distinct differences between the two groups.

geek definition

   the word "geek" comes from the english and german words geek and geck,
   which mean "fool" or "freak". the german word geck survives to the
   present day and means "fool". in the 18th century europe, gecken were
   circus freaks. in the 19th century, american geeks were still circus
   freaks, but they upped their game to include feats of freakishness,
   like biting the heads off of live rats or chickens. modern geeks aren't
   known for acts of barbarism but retain a flair for eccentricity. they
   also tend not to be fools, unless you consider their penchant for
   bleeding edge tech to be foolish.

   modern geek definition: a person with an intense interest in one or
   more subjects. a geek will have encyclopedic knowledge about these
   topics and may be an avid collector of tech or memorabilia related to
   the areas of concern.

nerd definition

   the word "nerd" first appeared in the 1951 dr. seuss poem "if i ran the
   zoo":

     "then the whole town will gasp, ‘why this boy never sleeps! no
     keeper before ever kept what he keeps. there’s no telling what that
     young fellow will do!’ and then, just to show them, i’ll sail to
     katroo  and bring back an itkutch a preep and a proo, a nerkle, a
     nerd and a seersucker too."

   while dr. seuss may have coined the term, there was a 1940s slang word,
   nert, which meant "crazy person." modern nerds could be considered
   borderline insane because they are characterized by an obsession with
   matters of interest. typically, these are academic pursuits.

   modern nerd definition: an intellectual who is focused on learning all
   there is to know about one or more topics and mastering the skills of
   the discipline. some would say a nerd is a geek who either lacks social
   skills or else simply prefers solitary pursuits. urban dictionary
   definition: "a four-letter word with a six-figure income."

how to tell a geek and a nerd apart

   you can distinguish between a geek and a nerd based in part on
   appearance, but mainly by actions. any person you meet in a social
   situation is more likely a geek since nerds tend to be introverted or
   reclusive.
   trait geek nerd
   appearance hipsters style themselves after geeks. geeks often wear
   t-shirts displaying their object of interest. nerds are unconcerned
   with how others perceive them and may appear carelessly dressed.
   social geeks, whether introverted or extroverted, can talk ad nauseum
   about their interests. often comes across as pretentious, but truly
   knows his stuff. nerds tend to be introverted. they may not lack social
   skills, but prefer to spend time engaged in an activity or study rather
   than talking about it. typically knows more than heʼs saying.
   tech a geek will own incredibly awesome tech, typically before it
   becomes mainstream. nerds have the best tools of their trade, which
   could be a computer, paintbrushes, aquarium supplies, etc.
   home decorating very likely keeps a collection, such as figurines,
   collector cards, video games. possibly has a messy home, since her
   focus will be on interests, not mundane tasks like cleaning.
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   it’s a far cry from the streets of san diego, but for artur, the early
   morning trip to moscow’s crocus centre is a pilgrimage like no other.
   like the thousands of other pop culture fanatics enduring the two-hour
   queue in the damp drizzle, he doesn’t complain. instead, all eyes are
   fixed on the front gates.

   russia’s comic-con has arrived and the anticipation is feverish. “just
   three more steps,” artur whispers to his friend standing next to me.
   “three more steps, we’ll actually be inside.”

   once almost exclusively the domain of japan and the us, self-proclaimed
   “geek culture” has gone global. the moscow iteration of comic-con is
   the latest of a series of new destinations on the map. after the delhi
   comic con launched in 2011 and the middle east comic-con appeared in
   dubai in 2012, comic-con landed in eastern europe in bucharest last
   year. the romanian festival pulled in 9,400 in its first year, with
   attendance more than doubling to 22,000 this time round.

   for the thousands who have waited in line, the convention’s appearance
   in moscow was an inevitable next step. “i’ve wanted to come for years,”
   says 31-year-old elena formina. “there have always been geeks and fans
   here, it’s just now they call it comic-con. american, russian – all
   fans are the same. they love their heroes. it’s about sharing that
   love.”

   autograph sessions with misha collins, star of hit tv show
   supernatural, have stolen the headlines, but presentations and sneak
   peeks from star wars, playstation, and xbox are also hotly anticipated.

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   “there are always going to be people who are against us,” says
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   not here for anything specific, but to simply be with like-minded
   people. “would my friends think this was strange, or not russian? i
   don’t know. i’ve not talked about it with them. they don’t know i’m
   here. we have different interests. but i just love this book and i love
   being this character. i love when people ask to have their photograph
   taken with me. next year i’ll be back – except then, my costume will be
   better.”

   not everyone is buying into it, though. olga, a middle-aged woman
   standing on the glass balcony overlooking the entrance, is quick to
   share her concerns. she cautiously peers out on the convention, making
   it clear that she is only here to supervise her 13 year-old-son.

   “he likes the tv show supernatural but nothing else,” she says sharply.
   “it’s probably not harmful for children, but it’s not normal. these
   people are throwing away their time and their money and for what? it’s
   not part of our culture and it’s not part of us.”

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comic cons, geek culture and the mission of christ

   apr 1, 2019

   article id: japmr406 | by: drew dixon
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   this article first appeared in the christian research journal, volume
   40, number 06 (2017). for further information or to subscribe to the
   christian research journal please click here.
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   every year, millions of devoted fans travel to our nation’s largest
   cities to play unreleased video and board games, meet the stars of
   their favorite sci-fi shows, and attend panel discussions on fantasy
   worlds. last year, 150,000 people attended new york city comic con,
   130,000 people attended san diego comic con, and more than 200,000
   people attended one of the three penny arcade expos located in seattle,
   boston, and san antonio. these are just a small sampling. there are
   literally hundreds of “nerd” or “geek” conventions, and these terms are
   no longer pejorative.

   about 65 percent of american households are home to someone who plays
   video games regularly.^1 board game sales are rapidly rising,^2 and
   cafés and bookstores dedicated to tabletop gaming are springing up all
   over.^3 sci-fi, superhero, and fantasy are among the most widely loved
   and successful film genres. and yet, the church’s default reaction to
   geek culture in recent history has ranged somewhere between guarded
   skepticism and ignorance.

   as has been documented, evangelical preachers commonly assume that
   video games are at best a waste of time^4 and at worst destructive to
   spiritual health.^5 it has been documented, however, that playing video
   games in moderation relieves stress, improves brain function, and
   boosts creativity.^6 while video games and geek culture certainly
   contain their share of graphic violence, sexual objectification, and
   addictive qualities, much good can be found in these mediums as well.^7
   nerd culture has a strong penchant for celebrating heroism and
   cultivating community. its artifacts, like all other pieces of
   entertainment, are created by people who are both marred by sin and
   created in the image of god. comic con are filled with media that
   reflect simultaneously god’s goodness, truth, and beauty as well as
   humanity’s sinful excesses.^8 our affection for goodness, truth, and
   beauty should compel us to investigate geek culture with careful
   discernment. however, the ultimate reason we should care about comic
   cons is much simpler. i am convinced that, given the opportunity, jesus
   would attend many of the gaming and nerd conventions across our
   country.

   the mission of jesus. when we talk about the mission of the church,
   it’s important to have a clear sense of jesus’ mission. according to
   jesus, he came “to seek and save the lost” (luke 19:10), “to preach”
   (luke 4:43), “to serve and give his life as a ransom for many” (mark
   10:45), “to cast fire on the earth,” and “to eat and drink” (luke
   7:34).^9 does that last one surprise you?

   in luke 7:34, jesus said, “the son of man has come eating and drinking,
   and you say, ‘look at him! a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax
   collectors and sinners!’” (esv). “son of man” is a title found in
   daniel 7:13–14 for the promised messiah who would reign over all people
   for all eternity. jesus is the rightful king of the world, and part of
   his method of establishing his rule was to eat and drink. in his book a
   meal with jesus, tim chester says jesus “spent his time eating and
   drinking — a lot of his time.”^10 jesus was sinless: he never actually
   overindulged; and yet, he ate and drank enough that his enemies sought
   to make something of it.

   biblical scholar and author of eating your way through luke’s gospel,
   robert j. karis says, “in the gospels jesus is either going to a meal,
   at a meal, coming from a meal, or teaching about a meal.”^11 most of
   his parables are about food. he turns water into wine to prolong a
   dying party, commands us to commemorate his death through a meal of
   bread and wine, and one of his greatest parables (the parable of the
   prodigal son) ends with a glorious feast.

   the religious leaders of jesus’ day heavily criticized him for his
   approach to meals: “the disciples of john the baptist fast often and
   offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the pharisees, but yours eat
   and drink” (luke 5:33 esv). jesus was not merely criticized for the
   frequency of his meals but also because of the people in attendance:
   “sinners and tax collectors” (luke 7:34). it’s hard to overstate the
   radical nature of jesus’ choice of dinner guests. tax collectors were
   traitors working for rome, israel’s oppressors. in the eyes of most
   israelites, they were god’s enemies. jesus ate with god’s enemies.

   table fellowship in the first century was a ceremony richly symbolic of
   friendship, intimacy, and unity.^12 meals were opportunities to make
   lasting friendships, and jesus did not waste his meals but filled them
   with missional purpose. he did this by meeting lost people where they
   were at and eating with them in their homes (mark 2:14–17).

   a massive neglected mission field. most christians probably don’t think
   of the people at comic cons as their enemies, but when we default to
   ignoring or looking derisively on geeks and geek culture, something is
   amiss. chris gwaltney, director of gamechurch, a nonprofit ministry
   dedicated to bridging the gap between the gospel and the gamer,
   believes we’re neglecting a massive mission field. at comic cons, “you
   have a large concentration of people who are not likely to ever visit
   your church because, as gamers and nerds, they don’t feel welcome
   there. many have even been hurt by the church.”

   chad snyder was one such person. most of his life, he had been told his
   hobbies were demonic. chad and his wife were going through a rough time
   in their marriage and were talking about divorce. chad’s wife had
   recently come to know christ and was willing to work things out. chad,
   however, wanted nothing to do with god or jesus. around this same time,
   he was wandering the show floor of penny arcade east in boston,
   massachusetts, when he saw the gamechurch booth. chad picked up a copy
   of jesus for the win^13 (a book gamechurch hands out that contains the
   gospel of john with some contextualized commentary for gamers) and
   began reading. he assumed it was a joke until gwaltney looked him in
   the eye and said, “jesus loves you.” those words stuck with chad as he
   continued reading through jesus for the win. chad soon gave his life to
   christ, was baptized, and began serving in his wife’s local church.
   chad said, “i truly believe i would not be where i am if i hadn’t
   walked up to the gamechurch booth.” chad has now served as a missionary
   with gamechurch at numerous conventions.

   chad isn’t the only person who met christ at a nerd convention. each
   year, gamechurch raises up missionaries to attend thirteen to fourteen
   conventions across the country. each year, the missionaries pass out
   more than 30,000 gamer bibles and point thousands of geeks to the hope
   that is found in christ.

   jameela cameron and her husband were two such people who stumbled on
   gamechurch at c2e2, chicago comic and entertainment expo. jameela grew
   up in a conservative muslim home. like chad, she initially thought
   gamechurch was amusing, but took a copy of jesus for the win anyway. a
   year later, jameela was going through a difficult time and had this
   overwhelming sense that she was worthless and didn’t mean anything to
   anyone. one night, she went down to her basement to get some alcohol to
   self-medicate and unexpectedly found jesus for the win on top of one of
   many sealed moving boxes. she picked it up instead of the alcohol and
   started reading. she soon began to weep as she realized that she meant
   something to someone — jesus. this moment started her and her husband
   on their journey toward christ. they have both now been baptized and
   serve in a local church. jameela and her husband recently attended c2e2
   as missionaries, where they pointed countless people to christ.

   gamechurch is not the only christian organization that attends geek
   culture events. it’s not uncommon to find professing christians outside
   conventions condemning people for their hobbies. recently at dragon con
   in atlanta, one christian organization used megaphones to shout angrily
   at people arriving for the event. they even stopped a mom and her two
   kids to tell her that she was damning her kids to hell by bringing
   them. that same mom wound up at gamechurch’s booth, quietly reading
   jesus for the win while her kids played board games with gamechurch
   missionaries.

   why conventions matter. matt warmbier, missions coordinator of
   gamechurch, said, “at conventions, nerds can feel like they aren’t
   outsiders. it sounds silly to say this because there are 80,000+ people
   at these events, but jesus went to the outcasts and the people that
   were looked down upon in society. the convention they attend each year
   is one of the few places they feel welcome. christians should go
   because we care about people and we should engage culture. we need to
   be where the people are.”

   jesus was accused of being a glutton and a drunk because he was
   intentional about spending time with lost people so that he might
   radically transform them. gaming and nerd conventions represent a
   tremendous opportunity to “eat and drink with sinners and tax
   collectors” (luke 7:34), but we will be accused of associating too
   closely with people who don’t align with the cloistered values of many
   christians. we are a nation of geeks and gamers. it’s time to count the
   cost and prayerfully consider what we, as christians, are going to do
   about that.

   drew dixon is the editor-in-chief of gamechurch.com and editor of
   lifeway’s explore the bible: students. he has written for christianity
   today, world, paste, and relevant magazines, and think christian.
   follow him on twitter @drewdixon82.

   notes
    1. “essential facts about the computer and video game industry,”
       http://www.theesa.com/about-esa/essential-facts-computer-video-game
       -industry/.
    2. luke graham, “millennials are driving a board game revival,” cnbc,
       december 22, 2016,
       https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/22/millennials-the-board-games-revival
       -catanpandemic.html.
    3. dan jolin, “the rise and rise of tabletop gaming,” the guardian,
       september 25, 2016,
       https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/25/board-games-back
       -tabletopgaming-boom-pandemic-flash-point.
    4. peter leithart, “the most interesting man in the world,” patheos,
       may 28, 2015,
       http://www.patheos.com/blogs/leithart/2015/05/the-most-interesting-
       man-in-the-world/?permalink=blogs&blog=leithart&year=2015&month=05&
       entry_permalink=the-most-interestingman-in-the-world.
    5. vicki caruana, chris caruana, and olivia bruner, “detriments of
       video games,” focus on the family,
       http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/kids-and-technology/paren
       tsguide-to-video-games/detriments-of-video-games.
    6. peter gray, “cognitive benefits of playing video games,” psychology
       today, february 20, 2015,
       https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201502/cognitive
       -benefitsplaying-video-games.
    7. kevin schut, “can god fit in this machine? video games and
       christians,” christian research journal 36, 3 (2013); available at
       http://www.equip.org/article/can-god-fit-in-thismachine-video-games
       -and-christians/.
    8. drew dixon, “more than fun: 5 intrinsic values of videogames,”
       gamechurch, september 29, 2016,
       http://gamechurch.com/more-than-fun-5-intrinsic-values-of-videogame
       s/.
    9. tim chester, a meal with jesus: discovering grace, community, and
       mission around the table (wheaton, il: crossway, 2011), 12.
   10. ibid., 13.
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the world's 20 biggest geek conventions

     * by alex matsuo
     * – on jan 19, 2015
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   conventions in the world of geek typically consist of three days of non
   stop madness, as hundreds of thousands of people gather to celebrate
   their passions. there's cosplaying, panels, workshops, booths, and even
   the chance to take a picture with your favorite writer, actor, hero,
   designer... the possibilities are truly endless. ever since geek
   went chic, these cons have been bursting at the seams and attendance is
   steadily growing year on year.

   there are conventions year-round, all over the world. from anime fans
   to doctor who lovers, there's a place for all geeks to come together
   and celebrate their favorite movies, video games, television, anime,
   manga and more with their community.

   the following twenty are some of the most popular geek conventions
   around the world. whether you're new to the convention scene or a con
   veteran, there's a convention here for everyone to attend and enjoy.

20 wondercon - 46,000

   www.davidlenihan.com

   wondercon is held each year in anaheim, california, and is a movie,
   science fiction, and comic book convention. it was first held in san
   francisco, california from 1987-2011 before moving to southern
   california for anaheim in 2012.

   this convention was created by the same people behind the san diego
   comic con, so it has a similar vibe, but it's much smaller and more
   intimate and attendees have noted that the smaller crowds mean a less
   chaotic atmosphere.

19 d23 expo - 50,000

   this is a rather unique convention with a different focus than most of
   the more popular conventions in the united states. if you're a disney
   fan, then you're sure to love the d23 expo.

   regarded as the "ultimate fan experience", d23 first began in 2009 at
   the anaheim convention center. d23 is the official fan club for the
   walt disney company with the "d" standing for disney, and "23" standing
   for 1923, the year walt first arrived in hollywood. d23 had its second
   convention in 2011 and third in 2013. the next d23 expo will be held in
   2015.

18 chicago comic & entertainment expo - 53,000

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   also known as c2e2, the chicago comic & entertainment expo started in
   april of 2010 and focuses on manga, anime, video games, toys,
   television, and movies. dozens of professional and amateur comic book
   artists have attended the convention with over 53,000 fans attracting
   celebrities such as chris hemsworth of thor fame.

   the convention even famously held a special auction for the props from
   the first iron man movie, which was met with great success.

17 gen con - 56,614

   paulmullins.wordpress.com

   gen con is the largest table-top game convention in north america held
   in indianapolis, indiana and includes a multitude of games from board
   games, pen-and-paper, card games, and more. if you can play it on a
   table, it's at gen con.

   the convention has a relatively long history, dating back to 1968. for
   four days, there are non-stop games from tournaments to
   championship-style events.

16 dragoncon - 57,000

   dragoncon is an annual convention with a focus on gaming, anime,
   writing, art, paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, science, film,
   television, and more. there is so much to dragoncon (they even have a
   parade) that the event is held over the course of four days. with over
   57,000 attendees, 400 guests, and nearly 1,500 volunteers, this event
   is held in atlanta, georgia each year, and continues to grow.

15 stan lee's comikaze expo - 65,000

   kryptonradio.com

   in 2011, stan lee put together a massive convention that attracted fans
   of anime, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and gaming held over a
   course of three days in los angeles, california. in its first year
   alone, comikaze expo had 35,000 attendees. in 2014, attendance was up
   to 65,000.

   the convention has attracted numerous celebrities such as weird al,
   adam west, todd mcfarlane, and kevin smith. with the numbers growing at
   this rate, this convention is set to give some of the larger cons a run
   for their money in the near future.

14 wizard world chicago - 70,000

   www.gopixpic.com

   not to be confused with the chicago comic & entertainment expo, wizard
   world chicago was founded in 1972 and held over a course of three days
   in the summer. it is one of the larger comic book conventions in north
   america and attracts over 70,000 attendees each year.

   the conference recently expanded from focusing solely on comic books to
   professional wrestling, web comics, fantasy novels, television, horror,
   anime, manga, cartoons, and more.

13 emerald city comicon - 70,000

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   the emerald city comicon is an annual convention held in seattle,
   washington with a focus on comic book culture. it's the largest geek
   convention in the state of washington and is held over the course of
   three days.

   the event has had to move locations on a regular basis due to the
   growing number of attendees each year and the consequent need for a
   bigger, more suitable space. you won't find anything about movies or
   television shows here: you will only find the purity of comic books and
   the surrounding culture at this event.

12 pax prime - 70,000

   www.geforce.com

   pax is short for the penny arcade expo and is a series of gaming
   festivals held in different cities such as san antonio, melbourne,
   boston, and seattle. pax prime is held in seattle, washington each year
   and was started by the writers of the penny arcade webcomic, jerry
   holkins and mike krahulik.

   the event has grown so popular that different cities started to host
   their own pax events. this is a convention exclusively for gamers,
   which means that the fan base for this one is completely unique and
   more 'niche' than the other conventions on this list.

11 animeexpo - 80,000

   nerdreactor.com

   animeexpo is an annual anime convention held in los angeles, california
   boasting over 80,000 attendees in 2014. the convention is held on the
   weekend of july 4th and stretches over four days.

   although it has been held at the los angeles convention center in the
   last few years, this convention has also been hosted in new york,
   anaheim, and tokyo, to name just a few. the event has been known to
   welcome cosplayers of all sorts and to encourage the vibrant craft of
   cosplay. this convention is also known as the largest anime event in
   north america.

10 anime festival asia - 82,000

   kittygetsloose.wordpress.com

   in southeast asia, there are a series of anime conventions which fall
   under the umbrella of the anime festival asia, held during a weekend in
   november. the festival has been held in cities in singapore and
   indonesia. if you're into anime, this is definitely the convention to
   attend as it typically boasts previews of upcoming releases, first
   looks, writers, artists, voice actors, merchandise and more. it is one
   of the largest anime conventions outside of japan.

9 mcm london comic con - 101,600

   the mcm london comic con is held twice a year in london, during the
   months of may and october, with a focus on anime, sci-fi, video games,
   cosplay, manga, and other popular media from the united states, united
   kingdom, and japan.

   the huge volume of attendees has caught the attention of movie makers,
   television producers, writers, game developers, and artists worldwide
   as the event has proven to be a great way to reach a new fan base in
   the united kingdom. doctor who is, of course, a popular favourite at
   this con!

8 otakon - 109,000

   commons.wikimedia.org

   otakon is held in baltimore, maryland at the baltimore convention
   center. each year, baltimore sees three days of anime, manga, movies,
   and music. with over 109,000 attendees, otakon is one of the longest
   running anime conventions in the united states and was the second
   biggest anime convention in 2013. in 2014, otakon announced that there
   would be a second convention in las vegas, nevada being held in
   january.

   otakon continues to grow each year with numerous developers, writers,
   and celebrity guests drawing in a growing number of attendees.

7 animejapan - 111,252

   www.japantimes.co.jp

   animejapan is probably the youngest convention on this list, as it just
   started in 2014 at the tokyo big sight in tokyo, japan. although it's
   less than a year old, it certainly started with a bang with attendee
   numbers at over 111,000.

   the event was an iconic merger of the famous tokyo international anime
   fair and the anime contents expo. given the large numbers, it is likely
   that animeexpo will become one of the largest anime conventions in the
   world in just a few years.

6 san diego comic con international - 130,000

   san diego comic con international is an event that holds a special
   place in the hearts of many, as it's one of the most popular and
   long-standing and iconic cons in the world. starting in 1970, sdcc has
   grown to become one of the largest geek conventions in the united
   states and internationally.

   it has become the major go-to convention for the biggest marvel and dc
   stars, and is the official start to the summer for many geeky
   superfans. with major celebrities in attendance and cosplayers who look
   like the real deal, sdcc continues to grow and enrich the geek
   community in innumerable ways.

5 new york comic con - 151,000

   in 2014, the new york comic con saw over 151,000 attendees. each year,
   the convention is hosted in the big apple. it's a running joke that
   nycc is always competing with the sdcc, and it seems that new york wins
   out in the battle of the cons with over 20,000 more attendees than its
   west coast competitor. nycc also hosts a week-long event called "super
   week" leading up to the main event, with over 110 events in multiple
   locations around the city.

4 japan expo - 240,000

   via hipj.net

   if there's anyone who knows how to host a geek convention, it's the
   city of paris, france. japan expo started in 1999 and has grown to host
   over 240,000 attendees each year.

   the event lasts for five days and has everything from panels, cosplays,
   demonstrations, celebrity meet and greets, vendor tables, and more. in
   fact, the event has become so big that it has even bred smaller
   conventions known as the "chibi japan expo" as well as "japan expo usa"
   held in california. it has lately become one of the most highly
   anticipated conventions in europe.

3 lucca comics & games - 240,000

   www.steampunkitalia.com

   while you're in the hills of tuscany, not only can you enjoy the
   stunning landscape of italy, but you can also attend one of the largest
   comic book and gaming conventions in the world.

   starting in 1966, lucca comics & games was originally called salone
   internazionale del comics and has grown steadily over the years.
   located in lucca, tuscany, the town is taken over by large tents each
   year, in unique contrast to the medieval city landscape. the event
   hosts over 240,000 attendees each year, with additional thousands left
   disappointed when tickets sell out.

2 gamescom - 335,000

   www.playnation.de

   held in cologne, germany each year, gamescom is the world's largest
   gaming convention and event. with over 335,000 attendees from 88
   countries, 6,000 journalists, and over 700 exhibitors, it is a highly
   anticipated annual event.

   gamescom started in 2009, and grows each year thanks to hosting
   representatives from almost every major video game publisher. it's a
   win-win for both game developers and attendees. people who go to
   gamescom have the opportunity to test out and even purchase games
   before they are available on the market, while the con presents a great
   marketing opportunity for game developers as they get the benefit of
   increased exposure and endless beta testing opportunities.

1 comiket - 590,000

   www.japantimes.co.jp

   the name "comiket" is the abbreviated version of the full name, "comic
   market." starting in 1975 with only 600 attendees, comiket has grown to
   have over 590,000 attendees and the event is now held twice a year.

   people have actually lined up at the doors of the convention's location
   days in advance so they can get first dibs on buying different
   products, although the city of tokyo has tried to ban the practice due
   to the problems the crowds present to the city. this particular
   convention is so popular because fans can find the largest collection
   of self-published manga, and some exceptionally rare and valuable items
   are on sale.
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billionaires, icons and movie stars — why geek is now chic

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   we’ve seen the unstoppable rise of the geek over the past few years.
   from popular culture to big business, the geeks have inherited the
   earth. they’re the billionaires, the modern day rock stars, and their
   many achievements have resulted in a significant change to their status
   in popular society. they are now often championed, given the limelight
   or even imitated – geek is now chic! so let’s take some time out to
   look at how the geek — and our perception of the geek — has evolved.

   the geek revolution
   before the dawn of the information age, being an it expert was
   associated with social ineptitude, a stereotype amplified by films such
   as ‘revenge of the nerds’. although this negative stigma has not quite
   been completely reversed, the rise of the geek has been prolific,
   driven by the mainstream rise of tech and the acute relevance of
   previously niche skills.

   whether consumers or enterprises, society relies heavily on certain
   technologies, making it experts and their knowledge indispensable.
   employment of ‘genius’ assistants in apple stores show the change in
   status and dependence of society on the geek, as customers compete for
   the attention of who can fix their gadgets. the behaviour of geek idols
   such as mark zuckerberg and bill gates also helped make geeks cool, by
   having the audacity to drop out of (a harvard) education to follow
   their dreams.

   the omnipresent geek
   popular culture too is now exploring the techie as an unorthodox hero.
   this is perhaps most evident on the screen, demonstrated recently
   through television shows such as ‘the big bang theory’ and ‘the it
   crowd’, which explicitly focus their stories around stereotypical
   geeks. ‘the social network’ saw an entire film made about the rise of
   the it genius. characters are by no means portrayed with model good
   looks and bulging muscles, but the idea that the geek can ‘win’ is
   becoming more prevalent.

   in fashion, thick-rimmed, non-prescriptive glasses have become popular
   as an optional accessory rather than an optical necessity, and have
   been embraced by stars and schoolchildren alike. t-shirts emblazoned
   with the words ‘nerd’ or ‘geek’ are hugely successful; it seems the
   implication of intellect, whether genuine or ironic, is now considered
   fashionable.

   geek power
   if society has progressed through the iron age and the industrial age,
   we are undoubtedly in the tech age. it geeks have done amazing things
   with their inventions and innovations: sir tim berners-lee
   revolutionised global society by giving life to the world wide web; the
   inventions of steve jobs and apple are omnipresent and envelop popular
   society and business; mark zuckerberg has helped shape a generation
   through social media – just try to escape social networks today!

   despite geeks hitting the headlines for all the right reasons, there
   remains a significant gap between the level of demand for staff with
   specialist knowledge and the number of prospective employees who
   possess it. a number of recent high-profile hacking scandals show that
   it experts have the potential to mould the business landscape in a
   variety of ways and have catapulted the cyber-security skills shortage
   to the top of the national agenda. these achievements have not gone
   unnoticed by businesses or the governments, who have increased it
   spending budgets and launched recruitment drives.

   the success of tech companies and individuals has seen expert knowledge
   come to be associated with entrepreneurial flair, with the stories of
   innovators like zuckerberg carrying the geek into the unchartered
   realms of, dare we say it, coolness.

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celebrating geek culture in community.

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   here in downtown san diego, we were recently visited by the usual
   scores of adventuresome crowds braving the heat to attend this year´s
   50th anniversary of comic-con. for many attendees, indulging in fantasy
   fandom amidst thousands of like-minded enthusiasts is one of the
   highlights of the year. comic-cons are wildly popular events
   themselves, while also extending the opportunity to take advantage of
   all the benefits that convention cities have to offer.

   as the gracious host city that we are, san diego gets into the
   festivities as well. downtown hotels are transformed into billboards
   featuring giant representations of featured characters, welcoming the
   influx of friends, fans, and followers. restaurants and coffee shops
   invite the crowds to join them, with comic-book themed menu items,
   delivered by servers dressed as popular cult figures and superheroes.
   the weekend is an addictive experience for many of the regulars who
   have been coming for years. but why?
   image by jcarloshep0 from pixabay
   source: image by jcarloshep0 from pixabay

   a culture of compatibility

   comic-con attendees have the opportunity to interact with others who
   admire the same superheroes, cult figures, and game creators that they
   do. they also get to hear from panels of celebrities and movie
   stars—often having the chance to meet the a-listers, pose for photos,
   and score autographs. given the size of current comic-con conventions,
   attendees can also meet up with scores of like-minded enthusiasts who
   share similar interests, no matter how unique or “niche.”

   what kinds of people share niche obsessions? people who live in “con”
   cities and observe the deluge of attendees ever year might be able to
   tell you what they look like. but who are they, and what draws them to
   this event every year? research has some answers.

   cons celebrate geek culture

   dale peeples et al. in "geeks, fandoms, and social engagement," (2018)
   explain how events like comic-con bring together like-minded
   enthusiasts.[i] although they focused on the virtual community and
   “geek culture,” defined as including cosplay, as well as comics,
   fanfiction, and gaming, they make some valuable observations relevant
   to offline gatherings such as cons, many of which grow larger every
   year.

   the authors recognize the increasing popularity of geek culture,
   noting, “with the rise in popularity of the superhero movie genre and
   video gaming in the early 2000s geek culture has greater social
   relevance and recognition, drawing more into the fold.”

   what is a “geek?” they list one defining trait as “obsessive interest
   and knowledge in a given field,” which arguably applies to many of
   us. accordingly, peeples et al. observe that as the term loses its
   stigma, it gains ground regarding the scope of included interests.

   they note that the internet has made it easier to share what they term
   “traditional” geek interests that were comparatively obscure.

   indeed, the research by peeples et al. focused on what they term
   “obscure media,” which includes comic books, gaming, and genre
   literature, as well as on more traditional geek pursuits within the
   domains of technology and science. they note that among those defined
   as geeks, strong friendships are cultivated with others who share
   interests, although this does not create a more expansive social
   network in a traditional sense.

   comic-con happens to be an ideal venue to celebrate shared interests in
   person, although attendance is often preceded by a high degree of
   internet communication, often on websites specifically geared towards
   con attendees, featuring con-related content from the obscure to the
   wildly popular. attending cons in person also delivers the additional
   benefit of offering not only the consumption of popular media but
   engagement.

   cons provide the excitement of engagement

   peeples et al. discuss the allure of “cons,” which they describe as
   multigenre conventions often geared to geek pursuits, featuring a
   variety of activities. as illustrated by the popularity of san diego
   comic-con, cons involve both media participation and engagement.

   peeples et al. note that it is participation that defines “fandom.”
   using popular examples such as star trek and star wars, they explain
   that merely watching a science-fiction movie does not make someone a
   geek. rather, it is the passion that motivates subsequent discussion of
   the movie with friends and creating something personal around the
   film.

   accordingly, they distinguish consumption, which consists of watching a
   film, from engagement, which involves discussing the film, making
   costumes of the characters, or creating stories about other events in
   the world of the movie. they describe three factors that can motivate
   engagement as using fantasy to escape the pressures of the world,
   achieving a sense of belongingness within a like-minded subgroup, and
   enjoying engaging with media instead of passively consuming it.

   comic-con cool

   clearly, the crowds descending on comic-con cities every year to enjoy
   the festivities are there to engage. consequently, comic-con has become
   among the most influential events within pop culture.[ii] to the extent
   they are well represented at every con, geek culture appears to be
   pretty cool after all.

   references

   [i]peeples, dale, jennifer yen and paul weigle," geeks, fandoms, and
   social engagement." child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of north
   america 27, no. 2 (2018): 247-267.

   [ii]https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/com
   ic-con-2018-san-diego-popularity-cosplay-cult-superhero-movies-marvel-h
   istory-a8452236.html.
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it's a shame geekiness became

   submitted by anonymous on july 31, 2019 - 4:42pm

   it's a shame geekiness became cool, because now the cool kids don't
   want geeky people in geek culture.
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i'm someone who's been called

   submitted by anonymous on august 1, 2019 - 11:47am

   i'm someone who's been called a geek all your life, left or even chased
   out of things. the cool kids in geek culture are abundantly showing
   that they'd like to do the same in geek things, both in person and
   online.

   that's not just my experience. it's the experience of a lot of us.

   they're making what should be an escape from people trying to hurt me
   another hurtful thing.

   it's happening when sci-fi and comic books are enough a part of our
   culture that they're essentially chasing anyone who's alone out of the
   culture, or trying to.
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i'm not sure if anyone would

   submitted by anonymous on august 1, 2019 - 1:13pm

   i'm not sure if anyone would want to come out of the closet and attend,
   but the current climate has made me wish for specfically incel-friendly
   geek events on a few occasions.

   perhaps we could even have an incel-friendly comic con.
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bullied at sdcc

   submitted by anonymous on august 2, 2019 - 10:54am

   i was bullied by a group -- you could even call it a flash mob -- at
   san diego comic con in 2012. sdcc did nothing about it.

   it's an unusual situation when you're bullied with something that's a
   part of you, that's been a comfort when things were harsh.

   usually, some buttwipe tries to ask or create a lot of side questions
   to make that sound ridiculous, trying to dismiss it.

   i've been trying to end the overall situation in which i was bullied,
   and i think, wendy, that you might, since you're in the san diego area,
   tell any sdcc team members you know to finally do the right thing.
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there was a particular snub

   submitted by anonymous on august 2, 2019 - 11:03am

   there was a particular snub in there.

   a woman who was supposed to meet up with me as a friend didn't -- at
   least not while telling me who she was.

   instead, she did something nasty that sent me away with an extra pain
   in knowing that i'll be alone forever.

   i think she and the mob thought it was a funny thing.

   i'm not explaining the specific rude prank she played because everyone
   does try to tell me it was funny.

   the mob wouldn't have been laughing if a man had done a variation on
   the same prank to a woman, so i don't think they're decent people when
   they did that to me.

   i know the mob members bragged about the things they did to me, and i
   suspect there's a lot of ill will going on there each year still.
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there's been a flash mob once

   submitted by anonymous on august 2, 2019 - 12:36pm

   there's been a flash mob once at sdcc, so now there can always be
   another at any time. perhaps it's happened a couple of times already
   since 2012. even if it hasn't, i'm sure it would eventually if i don't
   say something now.
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wendy, sdcc thinking flash

   submitted by anonymous on august 13, 2019 - 1:16am

   wendy, sdcc thinking flash mobs hounding one lone geek was okay is
   something that just isn't acceptable.

   it wouldn't be acceptable for the way it hurt me, and it's not
   acceptable for what others might experience.

   you're there. please make my voice heard.
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freaks & geeks: a cultural history of the term “geek”

   emma louise backeonoctober 17, 2014/7 comments

   by emma louise backe

   as a blog interested in the anthropological study of geek culture, we
   are also concerned with what it means to be a geek. as a part of our
   new series unpacking what it means culturally and personally to be a
   geek, this post will give some etymological and historical background
   to the term, written in a spirit of linguistic geekery.

   to start off with, where does the word “geek” come from? looking at
   etymology online (a great destination for all your word origin
   questions), geck means “’fool, dupe, simpleton’ (1510’s), apparently
   from low german geck, from an imitative verb found in north sea
   germanic and scandinavian meaning ‘to croak, cackle,” and also ‘to
   mock, cheat’” (etymology online 2014). but it wasn’t until sometime in
   the early 19^th century that, “the scottish word geck, meaning ‘fool,’
   changed to geek and began being used to describe a certain kind of
   carnival performer. geeks specialized in eating live animals, including
   biting the heads off live chickens” (mental floss 2008). according to
   the online etymology dictionary, “the modern form and the popular use
   with reference to circus sideshow ‘wild men’ is from 1946, in william
   lindsay gresham’s novel nightmare alley” (2014). initially used to
   refer to a very specific type of carnival performer, the word soon
   became synonymous with freaks—that is, any individual who exhibited a
   physical trait that deviated from what was commonly understood within a
   society or culture as “normal.” although the term designated a sense of
   social stigma and shame, circus and sideshow performers adopted the
   term “geek” as a collective and positive form of identity. while the
   general public could come to gawk at the freaks, performers referred to
   themselves as geeks, established in opposition to the norms and rubes
   in the audience. in katherine dunn’s cult classic geek love (1989), the
   binewski family of self-made freaks represent the sense of union and
   kinship amongst those who self-identified and celebrated their geek
   status.
   source: http://blog.ongig.com/uncategorized/the-evolution-of-geek

   source: http://blog.ongig.com/uncategorized/the-evolution-of-geek

   to be a geek, therefore, was to be set aside from “normal society.”
   freaks or geeks were a community separated by physical difference, as
   well as social taboos and codes of morality at the time. as robert
   bogdan explains, “’freak’ is not a quality that belongs to the person
   on display. it is something we created: a perspective, a set of
   practices—a social construction” (1990:xi). to a large extent,
   freakishness or geekishness were performed identities that capitalized
   on the spectacle of deformity or difference. bogdan elaborates, “how we
   view people who are different has less to do with what they are
   physiologically than with who we are culturally […] ‘freak’ is a way of
   thinking, of presenting, a set of practices, an institution—not a
   characteristic of an individual” (1990:10). who a society deems to be
   freakish is exceptionally telling of a cultures system of moral codes,
   ideologies and structures of power and class. social theorist erving
   goffman built stigma: notes on the management of a spoiled identity
   (1963) around the characteristics that invoke stigma, and the ways in
   which societies have controlled or manipulated this difference so as
   not to disrupt established social orders. as chemers and ferris have
   written, “a ‘freak’ cannot exist in the absence of a preexisting social
   stigma, and second that freakery requires conditioned theatrical
   conventions that often enter into subversive dialectics with that
   stigma” (2008:25). as a cultural rather than an overtly physical
   condition, freakery/geekery meant, to a certain extent, “to be accepted
   into a community unified on the basis of shared marginality” (adams
   2001:42). the identity of the geek, therefore, has historical
   precedents in stigma, exclusion and nonconformity.
   congress of freaks – baileys circus (1924) source:
   http://fb-troublemakers.com/15-more-captivating-images-throughout-histo
   ry-23236/

   congress of freaks – baileys circus (1924) source:
   http://fb-troublemakers.com/15-more-captivating-images-throughout-histo
   ry-23236/

   the meaning underlying the word geek, however, has changed since the
   mid-1900’s. Éva zékány argues, “it can be assumed that the term
   extended its meaning to computer users after 1960, when the fist
   personal computers were starting to be commercialized (polsson, 2010)”
   (2011:22), while the online etymology dictionary states, “by c. 1983,
   used in teenager slang in reference to peers who lacked social graces
   but were obsessed with new technology and computers” (2014). the
   introduction of new technology spurred the creation of a digitally
   oriented community devoted to understanding, mastering and developing
   this technology. in 1994, for example, the “geek squad” was founded to
   provide 24-hour tech support. but the term did not merely denote
   tech-savviness, but also suggested that technological interest and
   knowledge came at the cost of a “normal” social life. additionally,
   according to lars konzack, “a “geek”, however, is obsessively
   fascinated with particular subjects […] thus a “geek” has the
   compulsion and drive to learn vast quantities of knowledge about a
   particular field such as computers, or star trek trivia” (2006:2).
   geeks tended to be interested in elements of culture that were not
   typically considered popular. the stereotypical geek of the 70’s and
   80’s was someone who loved comic books, played rpg’s like dungeons and
   dragons, spent hours in their rooms with the latest sega game, had a
   star wars rebel alliance t-shirt, and spoke klingon. the online
   etymology dictionary references anthony michael hall’s character in
   sixteen candles (1984) as a classic example of a geek.

   for many years, geeks were ridiculed for their supposed lack of social
   graces and interest in obscure, weird or unusual forms of cultural and
   digital media. once again, geeks were typified by their marginality and
   their difference. the representation of geeks in pop culture have
   replicated and almost cemented the validity of geek stereotypes. geeks
   are often seen with glasses and a poor sense of style, socially
   bumbling and ever pining for the beautiful, popular girls they’ll never
   date. while geeks can be male or female, and of various races (such as
   jaleel white’s steve urkel, data wang in the goonies or oscar wao in
   the brief wondrous life of oscar wao), they tend to be characterized as
   white males that perceive themselves as social outcasts because of
   their interests and lifestyle.

   as technology has changed and adapted, geek culture has also grown.
   judd apatow’s show freaks and geeks (1999-2000) spotlighted the
   marginality of geeks while exploring the dimensions of what it truly
   means to be different. throughout the show, sam, neill and bill—the
   consummate geeks who completely own their geekiness—are the true
   heroes, while lindsay’s “freak” friends represent the contingent of
   disaffected youth that seem to care about very little. the geeks are
   admirable in their self-confidence and sense of community held together
   by mutually held geeky interests.

   contemporary geeks may larp (live-action role play), go to otaku
   conventions, play endless hours of world of warcraft, or have read
   every superman comic ever, but are also starting to move out of the
   social margins. the big bang theory (2007-) is an undeniable (though in
   my opinion inexplicably so) pop culture phenomenon, and many news
   sources have hailed the “triumph” of the geek (westcott 2012; harrison
   2013; the economist 2014). while comic book movies were once seen as
   fringe interests, marvel and dc continue to pump out television shows,
   movie and video games to support the massive comic franchise the wider
   public now craves. interests and activities that were once deemed weird
   and othering have slowly become (dare i say it?) cool. geek culture has
   diversified and spread around the world, manifesting in forms like
   hikikomori in japan (jones 2006) or steampunk communities (feuer 2014).
   while geek identity may have become more socially acceptable, many feel
   that the geek identity has been cheapened and fabricated by certain
   groups of people. the “authenticity” of geekiness has become a focal
   point of contention within the geek community. who are the gatekeepers
   of geek culture? although geek culture has historically existed at the
   fringes, it seems as though certain members of the geek community want
   to maintain a sense of distance from popular culture. these divisive
   attitudes have launched debates about “fake geek girls” and the
   gendered dimensions of geekery.
   source: http://www.weregeek.com/2013/02/04/

   source: http://www.weregeek.com/2013/02/04/

   the identity of the geek at the moment is therefore a contentious one,
   in which certain individuals are called upon to prove their geekery
   based off of a set of arbitrary interests or activities that often
   replicate stereotypes rather than acknowledge the complex dimensions of
   geekery. i, myself, have been questioned about the decision to identify
   as a geek. there are many elements of popularly understood geek culture
   that i do not participate in or know in depth, but that does not
   preclude the fact that i spend much of my time reading, watching,
   creating, writing or cosplaying within a geeky context. part of the
   reason why i identify as a geek was the sense of inclusion i felt
   within the culture. i would spend my saturday nights streaming soul
   eater or cartoon network’s justice league; i learned elvish and
   conducted faerie quests with my middle school friends; i built whole
   fantastical worlds out of legos, pretending i was tiffany aching or
   sarah from labyrinth (1986). my interests made me feel different
   amongst my peers, but, as john scalzi states so beautifully, “it’s the
   sharing that makes geekdom so awesome” (2012). when you find others
   that share your interests, and want to engage with the fandom as much
   as you do, that’s when you know that you’ve found your people. i will
   end on a quote from the rest of john scalzi’s post “who gets to be a
   geek?” because i think it perfectly encompasses everything i wish i
   could say:

     geekdom is a nation with open borders. there are many affiliations
     and many doors into it. there are lit geeks, media geeks, comics
     geeks, anime and manga geeks. there are larpers, cosplayers,
     furries, filkers, crafters, gamers and tabletoppers. there are goths
     and horror geeks and steampunkers and academics. there are nerd
     rockers and writers and artists and actors and fans. some people
     love only one thing. some people flit between fandoms. some people
     are positively poly in their geek enthusiasms. some people have been
     in geekdom since before they knew they were geeks. some people are
     n00bs, trying out an aspect of geekdom to see if it fits. if it
     does, great. if it doesn’t then at least they tried it. many people
     believe geekdom is defined by a love of a thing, but i think — and
     my experience of geekdom bears on this thinking — that the true sign
     of a geek is a delight in sharing a thing. it’s the major difference
     between a geek and a hipster, you know: when a hipster sees someone
     else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say
     “oh, crap, now the wrong people like the thing i love.” when a geek
     sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is
     to say “zomg you love what i love come with me and let us love it
     together.” (2012)

   for me, the geek friends that i had didn’t judge my differences or my
   interests. we simply wanted to love the same things together in our own
   personal ways. i found the same kind of community with the other
   writers and editors at the geek anthropologist.
   source: http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/46386884303

   source: http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/46386884303


   and how does being a geek relate to being an anthropologist? lee
   drummond discussed a conversation with an editor at anthropology news
   who said, “that most of the anthropologists she speaks with describe
   themselves as “outsiders” – individuals who have gone through life
   believing that they never really belonged” (2000:6). perhaps to be a
   geek, to exist on the margins but with the initiative to share, is not
   so much unlike being an anthropologist.


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   imagination. chicago: university of chicago press.

   apatow, judd (2003-2005). freaks and geeks. apatow productions and
   dreamworks television.

   bogdan, robert (1990). freak show: presenting human oddities for
   amusement and profit. chicago: university of chicago press.

   chemers, michael m. & jim ferris (2008). staging stigma: a critical
   examination of the american freak show. palgrave macmillan.

   diaz, junot (2007). the brief wondrous life of oscar wao. new york:
   riverhead books.

   donner, richard (1985). the goonies. warner bros. & ambler
   entertainment.

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   dunn, katherine (2002). geek love. new york: vintage books (random
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   zékány, éva (2012). the gendered geek: performing masculinities in
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   lately, with boy bands like bts firing up armies of teenage fans. but
   cinema heads have known for some time that the country is home to some
   of the most innovative genre filmmakers in the world. the one who has
   achieved the most success in the west is bong joon-ho, best known for
   2013’s post-apocalyptic train drama snowpiercer. his most recent,
   parasite, won the palme d’or at cannes this year, making him the first
   korean director to ever claim that prize.

   the world of speculative fiction is richer and more diverse than ever
   before, but a survey of the career of bong joon-ho backs up the
   assertion that he might be the single voice that is best poised to
   carry the torch of geek movies forward into the future. come with us as
   we explore the life and themes of this unique, innovative creative
   force.

   memories of murder

secret origins

   born in the conservative industrial city of daegu, enjoying a post-war
   boom as south korea established itself as a player in the electronics
   industry, bong joon-ho was fascinated with film at an early age. after
   his family moved to seoul, he consumed movies at a frantic pace,
   watching many western films on the u.s. army-run afkn channel. he soon
   started observing the inner mechanics of the moviemaker’s art, counting
   cuts in sam peckinpah movies.

   he chose not to study film in college, though, instead pursuing a
   degree in sociology. even though his father was an artist, he felt that
   cinema wasn’t a career that a young man could express himself in. after
   working up the nerve to change his path, he was accepted into the
   prestigious two-year directing program at the korean academy of film
   arts, where he would create several shorts that screened on the
   festival circuit internationally.

   2000 saw the release of his first film, barking dogs never bite. the
   dark comedy about an unemployed college professor who gets driven to
   madness by barking dogs, kicking off a bizarre comedy of errors
   involving a canine-eating janitor, a young girl who wants to be a hero
   and a marriage in crisis. it’s a solid film but very of a piece with
   what korean cinema was doing at that time.

   he followed it with memories of murder in 2003. based on the story of
   korea’s first serial murderer, it cleaned up at the annual grand bell
   awards, winning best film as well as trophies for bong and actor song
   kang-ho. the film also sees the director start to take cautious steps
   outside the realistic world – one of the investigating detectives
   believes he can judge a suspect’s guilt or innocence by making eye
   contact with them, and the movie closes with him locking the audience
   itself in his gaze.

   but it was his third film, 2004’s the host, that would bring him to the
   attention of the world and launch him into a new phase of his career.

   the host

big thinking

   science fiction draws its power from the ability to tease out the
   ramifications of technology we’re just learning how to live with. the
   best works in the genre are relatable at the same time that they’re
   unfamiliar, and that’s where the host shines.

   on the surface, it’s just a monster movie. something big and ugly is in
   the han river and it grabs a young girl, the daughter of a dim-witted
   snack bar owner named park gang-du. after being quarantined due to
   exposure to a mysterious virus, the park family breaks out and launches
   a quixotic rescue mission into the seoul sewers to get her back. but
   it’s what’s bubbling down below that makes the host so interesting.

   the political situation in south korea has been fraught for half a
   century, as you’d expect from a country that’s literally been split in
   two. many koreans harbor resentment for america’s involvement in the
   war, as well as the soldiers still stationed there, and that’s a huge
   theme in the host. monsters make incredible metaphors, and the sewer
   beast is a slithering incarnation of the united states’ disdain for the
   mess they left behind.

   but america isn’t the only villain in the movie, and that’s why it
   shines. the park family has to stand together against their own
   government, the media, and their fellow citizens. in a world where a
   social media panopticon records everything we do for future
   cancellation, that kind of paranoia seems more and more reasonable.

   2009’s mother returned the director to the theme of unsolved deaths and
   corrupt detectives from memories of murder. he had actually been
   developing the script at the same time he was making the previous film,
   and the two complement each other. the titular mother is the single
   parent of a mentally disabled child who is arrested for the murder of a
   young girl. she goes to unbelievable lengths to clear her son’s name,
   only to discover that he is actually guilty of the crime.

   snowpiercer

us and them

   bong’s work is explicitly class-conscious, and that is one of the most
   vital forces behind his relevance. it’s not surprising that the source
   material of snowpiercer appealed to him, illustrating a constricted
   world in which poor people are literally segregated along a single line
   of power towards the back of the train.

   based on a european comic series by jacques lob, benjamin legrand and
   jean-marc rochette, snowpiercer saw bong direct an english-language
   film for the first time. featuring an international cast, the story
   follows the passengers of the titular train, doomed to forever circle
   the earth after a man-made ice age makes the planet uninhabitable. when
   the “scum” at the rear revolt and charge towards the engine to seize
   power, it kicks off a series of intense, imaginative set piece fights.

   this microcosm of a society is absurdly exaggerated, of course, but in
   a world where 1% of the world’s population possesses 45% of the world’s
   money, it’s not that wild. the concept of lower-class revolution being
   used as a tool of political power by the ruling class is a potent one,
   and bong really wrings the most out of it while still delivering a
   kick-ass action film with some incredible performances. it’s one of the
   most obvious illustrations of his formula.

   okja

for the children

   2017 saw bong direct, co-write and produce okja, which turns his eye
   towards the moral ramifications of genetic engineering and factory
   farming. when a company develops a “super pig” and dispatches samples
   across the globe, one grows into a huge behemoth under the loving care
   of a little girl. what’s compelling about okja is the odd morality of
   the piece, with both the huge company and the animal liberation front
   both looking to use the pig for their own uses. it’s a little more
   simplistic by the standards of bong’s other films, but even addressing
   the untenable moral nature of eating meat in the modern world is heady
   stuff for crowd-pleasing films.

   with parasite, he moves away from overt science fiction to focus the
   lens on class again. it tells the story of two families – one rich, one
   poor – that become entangled with each other after the poor son begins
   tutoring the rich daughter. soon enough, all four members of the poor
   family are employed by the rich one, but they soon discover a
   terrifying secret in the basement that not only kicks off a frenzy of
   tension and violence but also exposes the many different layers of
   wealth, privilege and power in the world.

   made in korean with a significantly smaller budget than his last two
   movies, parasite still manages to pack a significant punch. its closest
   comparison is to films like get out and us that wring horror from the
   ways humans interact with each other more than from anything
   supernatural. it’s an incredible movie that deserves all of the acclaim
   it’s getting.

   iframe:
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   ent

   what’s fascinating about bong joon-ho’s work – and the future of it –
   is his relentlessly expansive imagination. while other filmmakers wind
   up trapped in their pet issues, revisiting similar themes to
   diminishing results, he’s always poking into new worlds and new ideas.
   that imagination is at the very core of geek culture, and it’s
   something that’s lacking in so many big-budget, high-gravitas sci-fi
   films.

   bong’s success both at cannes and commercially positions him in a very
   interesting position. he’s got a profile high enough to get big
   budgets, but also is more than comfortable with intimate, close-hewn
   settings. it’s fair to say that where he leads, others are bound to
   follow. if you don’t have your eyes on him now, you might want to fix
   your face.

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   how did it all start? what made you land into the world of competitive
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   it all started with programming club session in my college. our senior
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   can easily get 1 crore job in google” was something that got me
   started. being naive, i did start programming with the intention of
   good placements, but later this thing became much more of a sport for
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   you have won adobe hackathon with a prize 1.5 lakh too. how winning
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   yes, winning such hackathons can play a good part in getting a good
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   interviews. projects are much more crucial along with such achievements
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   matters which aren’t required in programming competitions. but
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   do you think being an iitian played a crucial role in your win?
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   what should one keep in mind when beginning to pursue the competitive
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   competitive programming is much of a sport. it helps in increasing your
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   people call you nerd – how do you handle that 😉 ??
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   the best strategy to become good in this sport is to find someone just
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   harshil’s  coding profile:
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   harshil’s achievements:
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     * secured 7th position in india in morgan stanley codeathon,2016.
     * qualified for onsite finals of codechef snackdown 2016 and ranked
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15 geek events that dominated pop culture in 2016

   what geek-friendly events (movies, tv, tech, and video gaming)
   dominated pop culture in 2016?
     * by victor stiff
     * jan 05, 2017

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   in 2016, warring superhero factions, a zombie apocalypse, and an epic
   space opera each took a moment to shine in pop culture's spotlight.
   every year, more and more pastimes once reserved for geeks, nerds, and
   dorks are gaining mainstream appeal. video games, gadgets, genre tv,
   and comic book characters are now the foundation of today's pop
   culture. time will tell whether geeks are becoming cool or everyone
   else is getting geekier. for now, only one thing is certain: there has
   never been a better time to publicly reveal your inner nerd.

   the following list is ranked chronologically and consists of
   geek-friendly events that dominated 2016's pop culture conversations.
   in order to qualify, each entry had to attract an exceptional amount of
   media coverage in its field or captivate an audience outside of its
   normal fan base — think politicians referencing pokémon go. whether you
   spend your free time reading tech blogs, going to movies, or binging on
   netflix, chances are your interests will converge with at least a
   couple of entries on this list. here are 15 geek events that dominated
   pop culture in 2016!

15 deadpool - february 12, 2016

   deadpool

   in early 2016, deadpool quickly went from sleeper hit to one of the
   year's biggest hits, period. fox used a clever viral marketing campaign
   that sold moviegoers on the film's unique tone. deadpool's quirky
   advertising created awareness among general audiences and generated
   buzz among hard-core fans. the marketing campaign paid off and people
   flocked to see the r-rated superhero comedy. audiences left theaters
   satisfied with deadpool's funny, irreverent, and surprisingly charming
   take on the superhero genre. the film's extraordinary word of mouth
   push helped deadpool break a few box office records.

   armed with an unfavorable february release date and a modest $58
   million budget, deadpool brought in nearly $800 million at the
   worldwide box office. deadpool exceeded expectations at every level and
   proved itself a critical, financial, and cultural success. fox
   immediately greenlit a deadpool sequel and the deadpool character is
   now one of the most recognizable superheroes in pop culture. topping
   off the film's stellar year, deadpool earned a pair of golden globe
   nominations: best musical or comedy and best actor in a musical or
   comedy for ryan reynolds.

14 batman v superman: dawn of justice - march 25, 2016

   batman v superman big fight

   batman v superman is one of 2016's most controversial blockbusters.
   batman v superman opened strong at the box office before ticket sales
   took a nosedive. bad reviews, poor word of mouth, and online fan
   backlash contributed to the film having one of the steepest box office
   declines ever. negative reactions to the film were so strong that
   rumors began circulating which claimed warner bros. had mandated that
   upcoming dc movies lighten up their tone. despite its divisive
   reception, batman v superman still pulled in nearly $900 million at the
   worldwide box office.

   whether comic book movie fans loved or hated batman v superman, the
   film was a huge deal. warner bros. used the film as a launching pad for
   their upcoming shared universe dc movies. batman v superman is the
   first live-action film to portray dc's three most iconic characters;
   batman, superman, and wonder woman. warner bros. tasked the film with
   planting the seeds for the studio's upcoming team-up movie, justice
   league, while also leading directly into suicide squad. whether people
   loved or hated batman v superman, they were certainly talking about it.

13 captain america: civil war - april 27, 2016

   chris evans as captain america mcu

   for nearly a decade, marvel's cinematic universe films (the mcu) have
   delivered hit after hit. captain america: civil war is arguably the
   studio's most successful film yet. civil war earned a staggering $1.1
   billion at the global box office, is a consensus hit with critics, and
   wowed comic book movie fans and general audiences alike.

   every marvel movie rollout is targeted at a wide audience, however,
   their team-up movies have the largest potential appeal. civil war isn't
   just a captain america movie, it's essentially avengers 2.5. civil war
   is the culmination of eight year's worth of character evolution, world
   building, and audience investment, and a can't miss entry for those
   invested in the mcu. civil war reunites most of the mcu's important
   characters, lays the foundation for the looming infinity war saga and
   introduces characters that will take center stage in their own upcoming
   films. add in a superhero battle royal set-piece for the ages plus
   spider-man's mcu debut and civil war had all the right elements to fuel
   best action movie discussions throughout 2016.

12 overwatch - may 24, 2016

   overwatch

   overwatch is one of the most impressive video games released in 2016.
   the game's developer, blizzard entertainment, is a studio with a track
   record of creating classics. overwatch's open beta drew in nearly 10
   million players who tallied over 81 million hours of play across 37
   million matches. overwatch also received overwhelming critical approval
   upon release, amassing a 91 metacritic score. additionally, overwatch's
   delicately tuned combination of gameplay balance and strategic nuance
   landed it recognition as a certified e-sport. overwatch finished the
   year strong by beating out tough competition such as uncharted 4 and
   inside for game of the year at the game awards.

   many players find overwatch's mythology as intriguing as its gameplay.
   the beautifully designed characters each received back stories which
   are hinted at in their personalities and revealed through cinematics.
   in the months since overwatch's release, some of the game's characters
   have developed their own cult followings. with its easy to pick up and
   play yet difficult to master gameplay and compelling backstory,
   overwatch has the makings of a series that people will continue
   discussing for years to come.

11 game of thrones - april 24, 2016 ("battle of the bastards" – june 19,
2016)

   game of thrones season 8 is the last

   game of thrones is unlike any other program on television; it's a
   prestige drama with a massive budget and mainstream appeal. week after
   week, game of thrones' showrunners combine their series' unrivaled
   production values with the source material's deep mythology to craft
   epic stories with a cinematic feel. for ten episodes last spring, game
   of thrones' morally complex and emotionally gripping stories kept fans
   glued to their screens.

   during season six, game of thrones' story surpassed the source material
   it's based on — finally creating an equal level of shock and awe for
   those who have and have not read the books. season six's plotlines also
   reunited separated characters, answered long-standing mysteries, and
   provided comeuppance to some nasty villains. if there was one standout
   moment in a season loaded with them, it would be episode nine, "battle
   of the bastards". "battle of the bastards" is the rare hour of
   television that possesses enough action, intrigue, and impressive
   visual effects to rival hollywood films. shortly after airing, "battle
   of the bastards" became the highest rated episode of television ever on
   imdb. the episode currently sits at 9.9/10 based on 133,386 votes.

10 pokémon go - july 6, 2016

   pokemon go - pikachu

   few pop culture events had the broad mainstream reach of pokémon go.
   for a brief period during july and august, it was nearly impossible to
   walk through highly populated areas without seeing people on their
   phones hunting pokémon. the augmented reality app quickly became the
   talk of every game and tech blog before crossing over to local news
   broadcasts and daytime talk shows. the game's install base numbers were
   staggering: 500 million users, 20 million active daily users in the
   united states with nearly 80% of users between ages of 18-34. over 85%
   of americans between 18-65 say they’ve heard of pokémon go.

   a large part of pokémon go's appeal was that it was most user's first
   hands-on experience with augmented reality (technology that makes
   virtual objects look like they're in the user's environment). many
   players tried the app out for the novel tech experience. even though
   lots of casual gamers abandoned the game, pokémon go's user base is
   still too large to qualify as just a passing fad. factor in the recent
   addition of new pokémon to hunt as well as cross-promotional events
   with major brands and pokémon go may just be getting its second wind.

9 stranger things - july 16, 2016

   stranger things finale review lucas dustin mike eleven

   netflix sci-fi/horror series, stranger things, is the ultimate example
   of geek culture crossing over to the mainstream. the show is a love
   letter to 80's geekdom and audiences couldn't get enough of it. the
   story focuses on a trio of dungeons & dragons playing kids who stumble
   into a supernatural adventure. stranger things endeared itself to its
   audience by recreating the feeling of watching beloved films without
   being a flat-out remake. the show is reminiscent of classic movies like
   e.t., the goonies, and it, while still retaining its own distinct
   voice.

   it didn't take stranger things long to go from unheralded netflix
   original to the undisputed show of the summer. between july and
   september of 2016, theories on "the upside down" became the new
   standard for watercooler conversations and "where's barb?" memes popped
   up all over the web. netflix didn't hesitate to throw their support
   behind the show, they officially renewed stranger things before the
   summer was out. eager for any inkling of what next season will bring,
   fans have already begun studying season two's episode titles in hope of
   deciphering clues.

8 san diego comic-con - july 21-24, 2016

   san diego comic-con logo

   since its inception in 1970, san diego comic-con has highlighted geek
   culture. way before transformers, super mario bros., and iron man
   became mainstream, san diego comic-con provided an outlet for fandom to
   join together in celebration of all things nerdy: comics, anime, video
   games, cosplay, genre movies and sci-fi tv series. while it's the most
   hard core fans that make the pilgrimage to san diego every year (over
   160,000 annual attendees), the event's cultural shockwaves are felt all
   around the world.

   nowadays movie studios, television networks, and game developers often
   save major announcements for their comic-con panels. from thursday,
   july 21^st until sunday evening on the 24^th, breaking news from
   comic-con dominated television news cycles, blogs, and social media.
   whether it's oscar winner brie larson's casting as captain marvel, a
   star trek commemorative panel, new justice league footage, or luke cage
   teaser trailers, events at comic-con sent online and print media
   scrambling to stay up to date.

7 harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two - july 31, 2016

   harry potter and the cursed child albus ginny

   harry potter fans around the globe rejoiced after it was announced that
   there would be a new harry potter story. harry potter and the cursed
   child parts one and two is the "special rehearsal edition script book"
   from jack thorne, j.k. rowling, and john tiffany's play of the same
   name. the story picks up where harry potter and the deathly hallows
   leaves off, with harry all grown up, raising a family of his own, and
   sending his child off to wizarding school.

   nine years had passed since the series' final entry, and long-time fans
   were more than eager to dive back into harry potter's fantastic world.
   harry potter and the cursed child's adaptation proved to be an
   immediate success. the book sold more than 2 million print copies in
   north america in its first two days of publication. harry potter and
   the cursed child also earned the top spot on amazon's best sellers for
   2016.

6 samsung galaxy note7 - august 19, 2016

   samsung galaxy note7

   the samsung galaxy note7 made its debut in late august. upon release,
   the galaxy note7 was touted as a solid entry into samsung's
   long-running phablet series. however, shortly after entering the
   consumer marketplace, reports began surfacing of extreme hardware
   malfunctions. samsung issued recalls after numerous reports claiming
   galaxy note7s were overheating, exploding, and catching fire.

   while there was only a short window between the release of the galaxy
   note7 and its recall, the product remained out in the wild long enough
   to capture the public's imagination. it didn't take long for the
   stories of exploding note7s to gain traction. note7 warnings were all
   over the media; news channels and tech blogs released multiple alerts,
   warning consumers that the note7 was a potential exploding hazard while
   airlines issued travel bans on the device. as a result, countless memes
   and satirical takedowns flooded social media. the note7's potential
   volatility was a joke the internet simply couldn't get enough of. in
   the end, the bad pr hurt samsung's credibility, forcing them to
   reconsider how they brand future iterations of their phablet line.

5 westworld - october 2, 2016

   westworld robot

   one look at westworld's credentials and it's no surprise that the
   series was the fall season's hit show. westworld's home, hbo, is one of
   television's prestige networks and they backed westworld with an
   extensive marketing campaign worthy of a flagship series. westworld's
   $100 million budget, all-star cast (anthony hopkins, thandie newton)
   and top-tier creative team (executive produced by j.j. abrams)
   delivered an entertaining show that audiences couldn't get enough of.
   westworld's premiere was hbo's strongest debut since true detective in
   2014. westworld also has the dubious honor of being one of 2016's most
   pirated series.

   based on the 1973 film, westworld, the show took its predecessor's
   campy premise and expanded it. the show crafted a richer and more
   textured serialized story that hooked viewers right from the first
   episode. westworld offered a series of unfolding mysteries that left
   audiences hungry for answers week after week. the show's ambiguous
   style drove fans online in search of clues that might reveal future
   plots. fans also flocked to social media looking for the missing pieces
   of the series' storytelling puzzle. with season one's final
   revelations, the showrunners have opened the door to countless
   storytelling possibilities. westworld's popularity should only continue
   to grow.

4 black mirror - oct 21, 2016

   mackenzie davis and gugu mbatha-raw in black mirror san junipero

   black mirror is a sci-fi/thriller tv series created by charlie brooker.
   the series made its debut in 2011 and the show has grown in popularity
   as its commentaries on our relationship with technology becomes less of
   a fantasy. brooker teamed up with netflix to drop his mind-bending
   third season on the public, just in time for halloween. on october 21,
   2016, black mirror released a binge-worthy six-episode season on
   netflix and immediately sparked philosophical dialogues among the
   show's expanding audience.

   whether viewers applauded the series' nihilistic vision or thought each
   episode's message was too on the nose, two things were certain: people
   were watching the show and they were making their thoughts about black
   mirror known. countless blogs produced black mirror think pieces and
   social media was flooded with debates inspired by the show. much of the
   public conversation focused on the third season's fourth episode, "san
   junipero." while most black mirror episodes end with a dark twilight
   zone-esque twist, "san junipero" presented the series' most optimistic
   outlook yet. "san junipero" showed black mirror's audience that they
   can never be certain of what the show may do next.

3 the walking dead: season six cliff-hanger/season seven opener - october 23,
2016

   the walking dead deserves a place on this list just based on its rating
   dominance – the walking dead is the first cable series to beat out its
   broadcast competition in key demographics (adults 18-49). in addition
   to its zombie-slaying action, the walking dead remains popular for its
   heightened, comic book style drama. the show's treacherous villains,
   love affairs, and pulpy who-done-it plots hook a large number of
   viewers that would normally avoid the horror genre.

   the walking dead's biggest pop culture moment in 2016, was season six's
   shocking cliff-hanger ending. the walking dead promised viewer's that
   when season seven kicked off in the fall, iconic series villain, negan
   (played by jeffrey dean morgan), would kill off a major cast member.
   fans endured several months of waiting before the show answered the
   painful question, "who will negan kill?" the conversation surrounding
   which cast member would die kept the walking dead in the public
   conversation during the show's off months. when the series resumed, the
   final reveal proved so controversial that the show underwent a rating
   slide afterwards, with many long-time fans announcing they have
   officially jumped ship.

2 arrow-verse crossover event - november 28 – december 01, 2016

   supergirl, flash, arrow and legends of tomorrow

   dc's cinematic extended universe may just be gaining traction but
   that's not the case for their tv shows. for the past couple seasons,
   the cw's arrow and the flash programs have made their cross-over
   episodes an annual tradition. now, with the addition of legends of
   tomorrow and supergirl to the cw roster, the possibilities for shared
   universe stories have expanded. beginning on november 28, all four
   show's storylines intersected to create a four-episode television event
   that paid homage to each series' comic book roots.

   right from the start of the fall season, fans could hardly withhold
   their excitement for the "the arrow-verse" crossover. titled,
   "invasion!", the mid-season crossover event was a flat-out hit; the cw
   posted their highest week of ratings in six years. while superhero
   crossovers wreak havoc on a show's budget, the level of fan excitement
   and increased ratings guarantee that mid-season, multi-show arcs are a
   here to stay.

1 rogue one - december 16, 2016

   darth vader in rogue one a star wars story

   last year, the box office smash, star wars: the force
   awakens, re-established star wars' cultural dominance. the force
   awakens wiped away lingering ill-will from the prequel trilogy,
   rekindled interest in the casual fan base, and left audiences hungry
   for more star wars stories. just as the force awakens' hype finally
   started fading, rogue one stepped in with some buzz-worthy trailers and
   ratcheted excitement for star wars all the way back up.

   rogue one is the first live-action star wars movie spin-off. even
   though the film's plot doesn't focus on the skywalker clan, audiences
   were still excited to get a fresh story from star wars' universe.
   leading up to rogue one's release, demand for advance tickets ran so
   high that it crashed online ticket retailer, fandango. disney also
   blitzed the public with an extensive promotional campaign, going as far
   as to park an x-wing fighter in the downtown los angeles. the film
   didn't disappoint upon its release either. critics and fans applauded
   rogue one's diverse cast, gritty war story, and top-notch special
   effects. by the end of 2016 and after just two weeks in theaters, rogue
   one took in nearly $1 billion at the global box office.
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headlines that work: has science finally settled the geek/nerd debate?

   written by jerod morris
   posted on november 19, 2013
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   headlines that work: has science finally settled the geek/nerd debate?

   welcome to headlines that work, a new regular feature here at
   copyblogger where we will nerd out about writing headlines.

   headlines, as you know are “the first, and perhaps only, impression you
   make on a prospective reader.” this is why your headlines need to be
   magnetic.

   and it is why nerding out about headlines — studying them in-depth to
   analyze why they work — is such a worthwhile endeavor.

   but wait … are we really nerding out about headlines … or are we
   geeking out about them? is there even a difference?

   yes! and finally science has stepped up to settle the debate.

here is a headline that works

   a post at cnet.com announcing an all-important scientific breakthrough
   features a splendid headline that works on a number of levels.

   here is the headline:

   at last! science draws a line between geeks and nerds

   so why does this work?

   in our ebook magnetic headlines, one of the hundreds of essential bits
   of knowledge you learn is that people who consistently produce winning
   headlines understand that “all compelling headlines make an intriguing
   promise that makes it almost irresistible to the target audience.”

   key word: “irresistible.”

   key phrase: “target audience.”

   the “at last!” beginning is important, because it grabs attention and
   suggests that some longstanding debate or controversy is finally coming
   to an end. it makes reading the rest of the headline, and the post,
   irresistible.

   this notion of finality is then backed up by invoking science
   immediately — “science draws a line…” — suggesting that the reader will
   no longer have to guess about where they fall along the geek/nerd
   spectrum. the answers can be found right here!

   whether it be on cnet’s homepage or in a social media channel like
   twitter, that headline is going to be clicked by cnet’s audience as
   well as casual observers.

context and credibility matter

   a headline cannot be written nor analyzed in a vacuum. the audience it
   is targeting matters*, as does its context. this is why cnet’s headline
   for this story is so spot-on.

   * – hence why you cannot just take any proven headline template and use
   it on any post, expecting it to deliver results. you must choose the
   right one for the right audience. it’s not easy, especially at first,
   but you build your “headline intuition” over time with practice.

   cnet is an online publication for geeks and nerds (and probably dorks
   too). it is about technology and electronics and all kinds of different
   gadgets. the target audience of cnet consists largely of people who, it
   is safe to assume, appreciate and respect science and empiricism, and
   who have probably pondered at some point in their lives whether they
   are a geek or a nerd.

   the headline plays perfectly on this knowledge and does so,
   importantly, in a straightforward manner.

   as we also explain in magnetic headlines, credibility is key. invoking
   science lends credibility to the promise this headline is making to
   readers: that a real, evidence-backed line has been drawn between geeks
   and nerds, and clicking to read the post will unveil it.

but what do the numbers say?

   theory is all well and good, but data needs to be a driver in
   decision-making. and looking at data over time will help you hone your
   instincts for what works and what doesn’t.

   the geek/nerd post has 4,400 likes on facebook right now, as well as
   hundreds of tweets and +1s. but these numbers only mean something in
   relation to a typical cnet story.

   for comparison’s sake, the “most popular” story on cnet on november 7th
   was about a photoshopped movie poster for thor found in china. it had
   only 2,100 likes on facebook 36 hours after being posted.

   so we can reasonably surmise that 4,400 likes is a pretty good haul for
   a cnet post. and i bet that its headline is a major reason why.

what say you?

   what do you like about this headline? or, what do you dislike about it?
   venture into the comments with your opinion.

   i think this headline works, and the data suggests it works, but you
   may disagree.

   that is the beauty, and occasionally the frustration, of headlines:
   there is never a single right answer. which is what makes writing
   killer headlines both art and science.

and finally … what are we?

   so, the only reason why i stumbled upon this headline in the first
   place is that i was trying to decide what we are here at copyblogger.

   we are passionate goonies. we are misfits doing meaningful work. and
   we’re clearly nerds and geeks … but which one more than the other?

   i originally thought geek worked better. a colleague of mine, however,
   cast his vote for nerd. so i wanted to see what the differences between
   the two are.

   it turns out, the characteristics i had been associating with the term
   geek are more generally associated with nerds. for example:

     geeks are fans, and fans collect stuff; nerds are practitioners, and
     practitioners play with ideas.

   or, as chris pirillo put it:

     nerds love knowledge for the sake of knowledge; geeks love knowledge
     for the sake of unapologetically making you feel stupid for not
     having the same level of knowledge as they do.

   we love knowledge. and we especially love knowledge as essential to
   copywriting and content marketing as writing headlines. but we don’t
   ever want to make you feel stupid for not having the same level of
   knowledge as us. we want to transfer our knowledge to you.

   so … “nerds” it is!

   an we invite you to keep nerding out with us moving forward here at
   headlines that work to see examples of the best headlines published on
   the web with in-depth breakdowns of why they work.

   and, of course, download our magnetic headlines ebook and keep it handy
   every time you need to write a headline.

   i open this ebook up, literally, every single time i write a headline.
   it is filled with not just theory, but also templates that have been
   proven to work over time. you just have to figure out how to apply
   them.

   remember: good headline writers are not born; headline writing is a
   skill that can only be learned.

   stick with us. we’ll teach you.

   and don’t worry, yes, at some point we will analyze this controversial
   doozy of a headline …

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reader comments (53)

    1.
   mark brinker says
       november 19, 2013 at 7:02 am
       thanks for clarifying “geek vs nerd”. i’ve always used them
       interchangeably. however, based on the definition in your post, i
       am definitely a nerd! great post, jerod.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 7:41 am
            i had too! but clearly there are distinct lines separating the
            two, and it depends on the topic as well. you can be a nerd
            about one thing and a geek about something else.
    2.
   james says
       november 19, 2013 at 7:13 am
       hi jerod,
       ‘i hate copyblogger’, an headline from a guest post featured on
       copyblogger last week is the sort of example you are trying to
       portray.
       the title, on seeing it in my inbox prompted me to click thru to
       copyblogger.
       one of the things i have learned here is creating a compelling
       content with attention grabbing headlines.
       thanks for sharing
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 7:41 am
            yep. 🙂 check out the final link in this post. we’ll be getting
            to that one soon …
          +
        shawn gossman says
            november 19, 2013 at 12:14 pm
            i agree! that had to of been one of the most creative blog
            posts i had ever seen in my life! it drew me in thinking, why
            did copyblogger allow such a post. i became quite interested
            and then after further exploration of the topic, i thought …
            awesome! 🙂
    3.
   dan erickson says
       november 19, 2013 at 7:50 am
       so that’s why my headlines don’t work. i’m not a geek or a nerd or
       a dork or a goonie. i’m a poet and a musician and an artist. i
       study the art not the marketing. that said, i am going to begin
       posting less in 2014. but perhaps i’ll really work on tweaking the
       headlines. but do i have to become a geek or a nerd?
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 7:57 am
            dan, absolutely not. you can be a dork instead. 🙂
            in all seriousness, while you probably don’t need to be as
            obsessive about headlines as i’ve become, do not underestimate
            their importance. if you work hard on your content, it
            behooves you to spend some time getting headline right to
            ensure that the post gets opened. have a pass through our
            magnetic headlines ebook, then keep it handy for easy
            reference. that way, you can just be dan, instead of a nerd or
            geek, and still writer killer headlines.
    4.
   jon negroni says
       november 19, 2013 at 10:00 am
       flawless work as always jerod. loving the word “magnetic” for
       talking about headlines, and i even agree with the nerd debate. but
       where do you stand on braniacs?
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 10:04 am
            thank you jon! and i agree: “magnetic” is a great word when
            discussing headlines. that’s the kind of attraction you want
            potential audience members to have to your headlines. as for
            “brainiacs,” the official definition is quite simple: a highly
            intelligent person. so i’d say that i’m in favor of it.
            whether we are geeks or nerds, we should all be brainiacs. 🙂
    5.
   demian farnworth says
       november 19, 2013 at 10:05 am
       i find that cnet headline interesting because “science draws a line
       between” sounds almost adversarial … as if there is an actual
       battle between the two, not necessarily an issue on defining the
       terms. my expectations then, going into that post, and this post,
       was different than what i got. i didn’t really know that there was
       a battle between the two terms … but i’m not their target audience
       either. the high share numbers indicate the writer hit a nerve in
       that crowd … that the controversy was ripe. score one for knowing
       your audience. great post, jerod.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 10:12 am
            interesting. i didn’t necessarily know there was a battle
            either, but i figured there would be hair-splitting
            differences that defined the two. sure enough. i was just
            surprised that my own definition for geek was basically the
            scientific definition for nerd. i was way off. robert wins
            again. 🙂
    6.
   rita says
       november 19, 2013 at 10:16 am
       i’ve always thought that geeks are what you say nerds are. nerds
       were people without social skills. many nerds are also geeks–if
       they are deeply into some subject and possess a deep well of
       knowledge about it. some nerds are just nerds, though. you can be
       boring and ignorant and still be a nerd. now i have to rethink all
       of that!
       i know this post is really about headlines, but all i can focus on
       are the distinctions between geek, nerd, dork, etc. because i’m a
       word geek. or nerd. or something that means words to me are what
       just about anything is to a squirrel.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 10:20 am
            maybe we’re giving science too much credit rita. because i was
            with you before reading this. (watch for a future correction
            where some science dork comes out and says he accidentally
            flipped the terms before gathering the data!)
          +
        sonia simone says
            november 19, 2013 at 11:09 am
            we won’t be able to truly put it to rest until chris garrett
            weighs in — i trust him as the final word on such things. 😉
               o
             jerod morris says
                 november 19, 2013 at 11:13 am
                 he has weighed in via twitter: “until your post today, i
                 considered myself a geek. i always thought nerd = math,
                 lack of social skills, and geek = star wars.” based on
                 the scientific definition, chris is definitely a nerd.
                 who else is kinder and more giving of such an enormous
                 wealth of knowledge and experience?
    7.
   pauline baird jones says
       november 19, 2013 at 11:06 am
       when i saw the “i hate copyblogger” headline, i gave a mental,
       wailing nooooo. i love copyblogger. but it was a great post and it
       introduced me to the blog tyrant. a win-win. i totally suck at
       headlines and i know it, so i keep reading here and everywhere,
       trying to learn. this was a great headline and i’m going to go
       suggest my geek and nerd friends come read it. we were just talking
       headlines.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 11:09 am
            thanks for visiting and sharing pauline. 🙂 i look forward to
            breaking down the “i hate copyblogger” headline. if you want
            to get better at headlines, keep practicing! read the ebook
            and become a regular participant in this series. we’re going
            to break down all of the elements that create great headlines.
               o
             pauline baird jones says
                 november 19, 2013 at 11:33 am
                 i read you every day. lol my problem is that i’m a
                 fiction author, so i’m always trying to figure out how it
                 works for my type of blogging/writing. but i am
                 definitely getting the ebook. 🙂
    8.
   daniel wojcik says
       november 19, 2013 at 11:26 am
       i absolutely loved this article, and i can’t wait to read more of
       these!
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 11:33 am
            thanks daniel! i’m looking forward to writing and sharing the
            future installments of this series.
    9.
   michael corley says
       november 19, 2013 at 12:24 pm
       hi jerrod,
       your take on that headline only made me more curious about audience
       and industry.
       case in point … what would a magnetic headline look like in a real
       estate listing posted by a broker running their site on wordpress?
       aren’t there constraints to using headline formulas in industries
       where an audience is conditioned to consuming certain kinds of
       content only when the headline contains typically recurring terms?
       [ such as “2 family brownstone for sale in bed stuy, brooklyn” ]
       how will the broker/author generate interest in their content when
       others use the same terms and often with the same phrases?
       when is the line crossed with a creatively crafted headline,
       audience and industry?
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 12:44 pm
            michael, these are all excellent questions … none of which
            have definitive answers. your choice of example certainly is
            appropriate though, as (and you may already know this) brian
            clark ran online real estate brokerages before founding
            copyblogger. if we’re lucky, maybe he will chime in here. 🙂
            in general, you just have to know your audience to get about
            80% of the headline right. be specific and tell them, with the
            headline, exactly what the benefit will be of reading your
            post. then do some testing. try out a few different formulas
            and see what works. tweak that extra 20% as much as you can
            for maximum impact. but so long as you are picking out the
            most compelling specifics of your post for the headline, and
            articulating the benefit, your headline will be successful.
               o
             michael corley says
                 november 19, 2013 at 12:53 pm
                 great advice jerrod … and i’m looking forward to brian’s
                 remarks after reading his work over at
                 http://www.agentpress.com
          +
        brian clark says
            november 19, 2013 at 12:48 pm
            michael, first of all, never write “2 family brownstone for
            sale in bed stuy, brooklyn.” a good headline for a real estate
            listing tells a story with emotional benefits, rather than
            listing features. copywriting 101. 😉
            read this by roy williams. it’s the best approach to real
            state listings i’ve found, and i used it quite successfully
            when i was a broker.
               o
             michael corley says
                 november 19, 2013 at 12:56 pm
                 thanks brian, a rookie mistake on my part.
                 going to jump into the article at that link you’ve
                 provided and absorb it like a sponge.
   10.
   heloise says
       november 19, 2013 at 2:07 pm
       i agree: magnetic headline, almost irresistible 🙂
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 3:20 pm
            thanks for commenting heloise. i’ll shoot for completely
            irresistible next time. 🙂
               o
             heloise says
                 november 20, 2013 at 3:22 pm
                 just teasing. but… looking forward to it 😉
   11.
   moni storz says
       november 19, 2013 at 3:03 pm
       hi
       i learnt much from this article, thanx so much. i am a writer &
       cross cultural trainer and wanted to learn how to revamp our
       business to be consistent with the internet revolution. i found
       copyblogger. simone’s articles are awesome! i need now to know how
       companies like copybloggers make money if you guys are giving so
       much away free.
       cheers
       moni
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 3:12 pm
            moni, welcome! thanks for the comment. yes, sonia’s articles
            are fantastic. and if you want to know how we make money
            giving so much great content away for free, it’s because the
            free content helps us build a minimum viable audience which
            then let us build a business. for more, read and listen here:
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   12.
   chris says
       november 19, 2013 at 3:39 pm
       hey jerrod,
       i love this article, as a certified newbie i enjoy all the articles
       on copyblogger because it has me geeking out all the possibilities
       to what i can do. awesome article!
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm
            thank you chris! ladies and gentlemen … a self-proclaimed
            geek! 🙂
   13.
   maikel michiels says
       november 19, 2013 at 3:46 pm
       really a nice read and a great headline discussed here.
       for me, i think the best part of the headline (“at last! science
       draws a line between geeks and nerds”) is the fact that it
       generates a lot of curiosity. curiosity might kill a cat or two,
       but it can definitely make a blog post come to live and stay alive!
       certainly something you want to use
       thank you for sharing this post jerod!
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 4:21 pm
            absolutely maikel! piquing curiosity is a wonderful headline
            strategy. so long as you deliver on the promise that created
            the curiosity, your readers will click through and love you.
   14.
   jules webb says
       november 19, 2013 at 5:14 pm
       i always thought of myself as a geek. but i’m not much of a fan,
       well maybe a fan of info, and i’m not a collector, unless its
       knowledge or tools. crap, i’m a nerd! …who knew!
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 19, 2013 at 5:21 pm
            thanks for visiting jules. join the club. 🙂
   15.
   ann marie says
       november 19, 2013 at 5:58 pm
       hello,
       actually, the words that caught my attention when i found this
       article in my inbox were “headlines that work”.
       jerod’s use of those particular words is what prompted me to click
       through to the article. the content itself, geeks vs. nerds, holds
       no interest to me whatsoever.
       but those three clever words at the beginning caused me to click,
       and once i was here, i read the article anyways.
       now that’s using a magnetic headline successfully!
       kudos…
       ann marie
          +
        sonia simone says
            november 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm
            that’s called pairing a fascination with a meaningful (to the
            audience) benefit. really good way to put a headline together.
            🙂
   16.
   lori tian sailiata says
       november 19, 2013 at 5:59 pm
       well, i don’t know about the “open rate” on this post, but what i’m
       impressed with is the amount of in-house star-power that this post
       has elicited in the comment section! whoo-hoo. i could only dream
       of this team filling up my post comment thread. that, in itself,
       makes this a giant win. nothing trumps this kind of
       interaction…except maybe conversion. but then you guys, had me at
       the sender line…didn’t even need the subject line to know i had to
       open it.
   17.
   nicolia whyte says
       november 19, 2013 at 6:37 pm
       i think the cnet headline works because the whole nerds-vs-geek
       debate has been going on for a long time. like you mentioned,
       science does give it credibility, but then you’ll have some people
       who’ll click on the link just to express their ‘geekiness’. you
       know, to find a way to discredit what is said in the article. so,
       even though the headline claims the debate is settled, it will
       probably fan the flames some more. controversy works. it’s
       brilliant 🙂
   18.
   fernanda suguino says
       november 20, 2013 at 3:56 am
       i think that passion makes the difference and the point is to
       transmit this passion in the headlines. but it is really not easy.
       first: is not easy to transform feelings in words. lots of people
       write about tips and techniques for writing wonderful headlines and
       commercial texts, but to put that in practice is completely
       different. it is not that i don’t believe in it, many techniques
       make a lot of sense. i can learn everything about it, but i can’t
       learn how to be passionate. second: unfortunately we can’t have
       brilliant ideas every day. we need some training to recognize what
       is good and what is bad. i think it helps to analyze and comment
       texts and headlines written by others. why are they good? what
       would i do differently? maybe this way we can slowly develop our
       skills and write better headlines. jerod, can you give us some more
       examples here and discuss them?
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 20, 2013 at 6:35 am
            i agree completely fernanda. stick with us here at headlines
            that work and you will get plenty more examples broken down
            just like this.
   19.
   jimmy says
       november 20, 2013 at 10:35 am
       context is so key. i really try to make sure subheads are as good
       or better than my headline so that i have easy fodder for social
       media. each subhead can serve as a tweet, g+ post, etc. it’s a
       simple way to a/b test headlines to see what your audience responds
       to.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 20, 2013 at 10:37 am
            jimmy, agreed! at some point i will talk about how i use
            buffer to a/b test different headline ideas. it’s quite
            valuable.
   20.
   don bates says
       november 20, 2013 at 8:59 pm
       another great column but when are columns in copyblogger not great?
       for a recent writing class of mine, i compiled the following
       guidelines from a number of sources and added my own spin on the
       subject. they dovetail with most of what you suggest, but i’m happy
       to share them with your readers.
       general headline-writing instructions:
       — identify underlying subject of what you’ve written (e.g., news
       release, editorial, blog). focus on the big picture. think
       implications for the reader. you may only be announcing a new
       computer, but find a bigger angle that says more. for example, not
       “hp announces hyper-speed flashtech home printer,” but “new hp home
       printer fastest in world,”
       — stress target reader’s, not organization’s, benefit. instead of
       “xyx launches $50 million college scholarship program as part of
       its 2013 social responsibility goals,” say “xyz earmarks $50
       million for college scholarships.” mention other facts in the
       written piece.
       — keep it simple. a headline is a short, direct sentence.
       — write one line, not two or three. if you can’t write a one-line
       headline, you haven’t done the job.
       — don’t repeat your story’s first sentence or lead in the headline,
       — use active voice. active verbs give immediacy to a story. e.g.,
       not “$50 million scholarship fund for poor students has been
       announced by xyz,” but “xyz announces $50 million in scholarships
       for impoverished students.”
       — don’t use the articles “a, an, the,” and avoid “to be” verb
       forms.
       — using these guidelines (and ap style), here are options for “the
       new york times says the 2012 presidential election is much too
       close to call at this point as official vote count continues”:
       …new york times says presidential election too close to call
       …new york times says election too close to call
       …ny times says election too close to call
       …election too close to call (if published in the nyt)
       — don’t turn off your audience by using clever rhymes and metaphors
       that undermine the meaning of what you’ve written.
       — don’t misrepresent your story with a headline that doesn’t
       address the main subject.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 21, 2013 at 6:34 am
            thank you don! both for the kind words and expansive,
            informative comment. some great tips here. you have a little
            more leeway with a non-newspaper headline (though even
            newspaper headline restrictions have lessened with more
            consumption being done online, and thus the constraints of
            physical space no longer as constraining), but concepts like
            “think implications for the reader” will always be relevant
            and drive more engagement.
   21.
   bill says
       november 21, 2013 at 5:40 am
       i thought the headline had a tongue-in-cheek, humorous quality that
       i liked. it communicated wry acceptance of geek or nerd status
       despite the originally negative connotation (in high school, at
       least) of these words. and yet also rejoiced in geekiness or
       nerdiness.
   22.
   dan merryday says
       november 21, 2013 at 9:44 am
       hi jerod,
       you are spot on when you say that not all headline templates work
       equally in all settings. you have to choose which one will work in
       which situation – or your “headline intuition”.
       i think i have a little bit of headline intuition, though not so
       much. on a project i’m working on, copyblogger style headlines work
       only some of the time – other times just a simple plain headline
       gets the job done.
       cheers,
   23.
   davide alexander says
       november 26, 2013 at 6:14 am
       i’m absolutely hopeless at producing compelling headlines and i can
       only imagine there would be great correlation between user
       engagement and time spent on website with catchy headlines and
       engaging content to go with it.
       this particular article has been thought provoking and clearly i
       have been getting it wrong time and time again.
       i tend to focus on writing and leave the headline right until the
       point that i am fatigued and can no longer be bothered.
       thanks for sharing your ideas on writing headlines. i will
       definitely use this knowledge to improve my quality.
          +
        jerod morris says
            november 26, 2013 at 7:56 am
            you’re welcome davide! thanks for visiting. come back and see
            future editions and we’ll keep giving you new tools to put in
            your headline-writing toolbelt.
   24.
   juliet rich says
       december 3, 2013 at 8:41 am
       i’m going to continue to call myself an out and proud geek
       regardless of how other people (including science!) try to define
       me. 🙂
       great breakdown of the headline though.
       is it a sign of a good headline that a post about the headline gets
       a lot of comments? 🙂
          +
        jerod morris says
            december 3, 2013 at 8:47 am
            good for you juliet. call yourself anything you want to. 🙂
            and yes, i do think that this post getting a lot comments at
            least a small sign that the headline worked.
   25.
   doug kessler says
       december 9, 2013 at 3:20 am
       great post — but i’m not buying the original nerd/geek distinction.
       both groups have a subset called ‘assholes’.
       if it were a venn diagram with the geek and nerd circles
       overlapping a bit and the asshole circle dwarfing them both but
       grabbing a slice of each.

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   let’s get one thing straight: there is a distinctive difference between
   a nerd and a geek. many people go about their day never giving a
   thought to this distinction that basically makes the universe go round,
   but this ignorance will one day place these people at the mercy of a
   nerd-that-they-thought-was-a-geek. so, in order for these ignorant
   people to avoid their unfortunate end, they should learn the difference
   early on.

   a geek is a person who is passionate about a game, show, or book/story.
   keep in mind, a geek is not a fangirl/boy. a fangirl/boy is a person
   who is overly enthusiastic about a character, actor, etc. a geek, on
   the other hand, may by overly enthusiastic about something, but it is
   usually a wider spread than just a character.

   for example, a geek could be very enthusiastic about harry potter or
   legend of zelda. geeks can have different levels of geekiness in
   different areas. some people are only a little geeky about one thing,
   others are very geeky about a lot of things. this is called the
   “geekometer.” yes, i just made that up.

   a geek may also be very passionate about a certain topic, such as
   zombies or unicorns. a geek is very prone to get into arguments about
   which of these two fantastic creatures would win in a battle for world
   domination.

   now, a nerd is similar in that they are very enthusiastic about a
   certain topic, but nerds are more about academics. a true nerd,
   however, does not conform to the stereotypical image of a nerd with
   taped together glasses and pocket protectors.

   a nerd is usually interested in a subject (or a few different subjects)
   and pursues these subjects. they are very intelligent people and likely
   to be very successful in their favored areas. however, a nerd does not
   necessarily need to be interested in a subject such as math or science.
   a nerd could be very passionate about a subject such as art or music.

   a person is not necessarily defined into “geeks” and “nerds”. a person
   can just as easily be a combination of both of these areas, or they
   could be neither of these and just live on without being interested in
   anything at all. most people have a little bit of one or both of these
   categories, even if they don’t know it yet. once they do realize their
   potential, however, their lives will be forever consumed by the battle
   between zombies and unicorns.
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geek events: nerd up your summer

may these geek events be with you

   by adam lubitow @adamlubitow

   like many nerds, i have the tendency to remain indoors, permanently
   huddled in front of whichever glowing box happens to be displaying my
   currently desired form of entertainment. but now it's summer: the few
   months every year when rochester is guaranteed at least some beautiful
   weather. so it seems a shame to waste it. it's important to
   occasionally disengage from the grid, stumble blinkingly into the
   sunlight, and actually interact with other human beings. (i know, i
   don't like it any more than you do — but it's good for us.)

   yes, many of these events do take place inside, but by attending,
   you'll be alongside your fellow nerds and that totally counts for
   something (besides, our kind have a tendency to burn easily, so you can
   never be too careful). most of the events are close by and would make
   great day trips, but one does require a trip up north to niagara falls
   (but on the new york side, so there's no need to worry about incurring
   the wrath of any wildlings by venturing beyond the wall). there's bound
   to be something here to satisfy those from every shade of the nerd
   rainbow, and they also provide plenty of opportunities to dress up in
   sweet costumes, and that's just good wholesome fun.

   so get out there and enjoy yourself while the weather's fair, because
   this is rochester, and winter is coming. eventually.
   click to enlarge the original "gauntlet" is one of many arcade games
   that make up the "atari by design" exhibit. - photo courtesy the strong
     * photo courtesy the strong
     * the original "gauntlet" is one of many arcade games that make up
       the "atari by design" exhibit.

   produced by the strong's international center for the history of
   electronic games (national museum of play, 1 manhattan square drive,
   museumofplay.org), the "atari by design: from concept to creation"
   special exhibit focuses on the creation process of several vintage
   arcade games. on display will be the original game cabinets, concept
   designs, drawings, sketches, and advertising materials for classic
   arcade games, including "gauntlet," "gran trak 10," "red baron,"
   "gotcha," and "street fighter." and once you've made your way through
   the exhibit, you can stop in and enjoy "egamerevolution," the museum's
   permanent arcade section, where nearly four dozen playable games
   (including several from the atari exhibit) reside. "atari by design" is
   currently on display, and will continue through september 8. admission
   is $13 for ages 2 and older. tokens for the "egamerevolution" games are
   not included in admission price. museum hours are monday-thursday 10
   a.m.-5 p.m.; friday-saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; sunday noon-5 p.m.

   drive-ins are fun and all, but let's be honest, they usually don't
   provide optimal viewing conditions. this is assuming, of course, that
   you're actually there to enjoy the films and not just waiting for the
   right moment to start getting handsy with your movie-going companion.
   regardless, this summer the dryden theatre (900 east ave.,
   dryden.eastmanhouse.org) is here to help, giving movie buffs all the
   fun of the drive-in, but with the picture quality we've come to expect
   from the newly restored landmark theater. the line-up of films is chock
   full of some of nerd culture's favorite things: giant monsters, badass
   martial artists, zombies, and, uh, burt reynolds. the series kicks off
   july 5 with "the giant claw," a lesser-known selection from the 1950's
   creature-feature genre (starring a monster that has to be seen to be
   believed), followed by george romero's original zombie classic "night
   of the living dead" on july 12, then the bruce lee masterpiece "enter
   the dragon" on july 19, and concluding with "smokey and the bandit" on
   july 26. just keep your hands to yourself, buddy. all screenings begin
   at 8 p.m. general admission price is $8, or $6 for students and
   members.
   click to enlarge jousting knights are just one of many attractions that
   await you at the sterling renaissance festival. - file photo
     * file photo
     * jousting knights are just one of many attractions that await you at
       the sterling renaissance festival.

   for all the fun of medieval living without all the worry of that pesky
   bubonic plague, head out to the annual sterling renaissance festival
   (15385 farden road, sterling, sterlingfestival.org), where every
   weekend from july 6 to august 18, more than 100 stage and street
   performers, musicians, and comedians come together to recreate an
   english renaissance village. it's a well-known fact that chowing down
   on a turkey leg while cheering on your favorite knight as he beats the
   heck out of his opponents in a jousting tournament is the best possible
   way to spend a summer afternoon. the festival also holds themed event
   weekends throughout the summer, like the wine, chocolate, and romance
   rendezvous on july 13-14 and a pirate invasion weekend on july 27 and
   28.

   from otaku to hardcore games (whether it be tabletop, third-person
   shooters, role-playing games, or others), there's something for you at
   ryu-kon anime and gaming convention (101 old falls st., niagara falls,
   ryu-kon.com), held this year in its new location at the conference and
   event center of niagara falls. the event kicks off july 26 and 27 with
   panels, workshops, game tournaments, anime screenings, an artist alley,
   comedians, and special guest appearances, including alexis tipton
   (funimation, "full metal alchemist: the star of milos"), lizbeth r.
   jimenez ("sacred"), and benny bohannon (epic tv saga). then on july 28,
   the con invades the greater niagara falls area for a special event day
   featuring the ryu-kon extreme treasure hunt, in which teams of one to
   four people race to find items and complete tasks on both sides of the
   border. the theme for this year's convention is steampunk, so there
   will also be plenty of extra activities geared toward the genre,
   including a formal steampunk ball.
   click to enlarge you can get in touch with your inner pirate at the
   palmyra pirate festival this summer. - photo by matt deturck
     * photo by matt deturck
     * you can get in touch with your inner pirate at the palmyra pirate
       festival this summer.

   who doesn't love a good pirate festival? any excuse to brandish a sword
   and talk freely about plundering booty will always be a-ok in my book.
   palmyra's pirates of the erie canal invade the village and port of
   palmyra for the 7th annual palmyra pirate weekend (132 market st.,
   palmyra, palmyrany.com/pirates/2013/home.htm). the festivities kick off
   friday, august 9, with an outdoor screening of "the goonies" in the
   palmyra village park. saturday's activities include bed races, canal
   walks, museum tours, a treasure hunt, a pirate kazoo band parade, and a
   5k race benefiting the palmyra-macedon high school.

   these are just a few of the many geek-friendly events taking place
   around rochester this summer. keep an eye on city's website
   (rochestercitynewspaper.com) for more events that are worth leaving the
   comfort of the couch.

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       music includes shows by max creek, the z3 (tribute to frank zappa),
       the primate fiasco.
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       rochester's theater scene is coming off extremely lively fall,
       winter, and spring seasons, continuing the momentum right through
       the summer months.
       by david raymond jun 19, 2013
       theater rochester musical performance shakespeare theatre festival
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       set out on lawns and in public spaces.
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       summer guide

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       flea markets & garage sales did we miss something?
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       two photographers share shots of summer
       the greater rochester area is blessed with miles of lake ontario
       shoreline. the communities that line the lake become especially
       attractive during the summer.
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       slideshow
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       championships in the world, and the last of the golf season, comes
       to rochester.
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       in rochester, memories of this year's interminable winter weather
       dissipate quickly once the sun begins to shine again and the summer
       beer season begins. and summer certainly does seem to be prime beer
       season in upstate new york.
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       slideshow
     * breweries: brewery events
       summer guide

breweries: brewery events
       annual ironman race barbeque sun july 28. beer and barbeque outside
       of the brewery all day in celebration of the lake placid ironman.
       jun 19, 2013
     * food: summer's exclusive festival foods
       summer guide

food: summer's exclusive festival foods
       funnel cakes, fried dough, and some super doughnuts
       rochester's summer will be filled with places to see, events to
       attend, and perhaps most importantly, food to eat. from now until
       september, there is a festival to be found nearly every weekend.
       by alexandra carmichael jun 19, 2013
       rochester food festivals festival food oreos fried dough doughnut
       burger state fair new york state fair
     * food: festivals & events
       summer guide

food: festivals & events
       festivals & special events did we miss something?
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feature: the geek guide to rochester

nerd is the word

   by willie clark @_willieclark
   click to enlarge geek_guide_cover_copy2.jpg

   photo illustration by matt deturck

   let's be honest: rochester is a pretty geeky city. everybody knows
   about the strong's national museum of play, which currently sits on
   various national lists as a must-see geek destination, especially with
   its burgeoning international center for the history of electronic
   games. but that's only the tip of the nerdy iceberg. last year
   rochester was ranked no. 11 in the country in terms of video-game
   spending. the collegiate community surrounding the city also helps. the
   rochester institute of technology's graduate game-design and
   development program was recently ranked second in the country by the
   princeton review. not to be outdone, the university of rochester was
   named one of the top 50 most socially awkward colleges in the country
   by the website insidecollege.

   so yeah, we have some major geek mojo.

   while some of you may have already graduated from the hallowed halls of
   nerd-dom, for many readers the terms rpg, mmo, larp, and noob might as
   well be in a different language. get ready to go back to school,
   sharpen your pencils, and clip on those pocket protectors. it's time to
   level up your nerd cred. welcome to an introduction to some of the
   geek-friendly enterprises of rochester.

   computer science 101: introduction to 'hacking'

   even getting into interlock rochester's space in the hungerford
   building is a testament to the organization's mission. keys? they don't
   need no stinking keys. the hacker group's front door is locked by an
   individualized ibutton device that members swipe in front of a sensor.
   the group-created electronic locks allow members a creative way to
   lock, unlock, and enter the shared work space.

   the electric-powered locks were one of interlock's first group
   projects. "i had to figure that out, which was like, 'i'm just a
   designer, this isn't photoshop anymore,'" says brian boucheron,
   president of interlock rochester. "that was my first experience with
   doing a project in this community. i didn't know how to do the
   electrical engineering part, so there was an electrical engineer who
   helped me with that... i had trouble programming. every step where i
   got kind of stuck, there was somebody there to help out."

   that kind of cooperative attitude isn't what you might imagine when the
   term "hacker" comes to mind. hacker spaces, despite the negative
   connotation of the h-word, are more communal centers for technology
   enthusiasts that work together on fixing, creating, taking apart, and
   understanding how the world around us operates.

   "the hacker-space idea - hackers in general - are getting a more
   positive aspect on the name i think," says mark manning, vice president
   of interlock. "even [facebook founder] mark zuckerberg was talking
   about how he's a hacker; i think it's coming back around that hackers
   are cool innovators and technologist lovers."

   "our goal is really to just have a physical space [where] we can do
   stuff. bring in your big toys that you can't have in your apartment and
   share them," boucheron says.

   inside the space is a labyrinth of electronics, machines, pieces, and
   parts. there are robots and monitors, a whole room dedicated to ham
   radios, and a networking/server room. the group gives people a chance
   to work on equipment they might not otherwise be able to purchase
   themselves, or access regularly. membership also includes the group's
   most important resource: shared brain power.

   "that's really what i see as the coolest part of it," says manning.
   "our backgrounds are so weirdly different, insane ends of the spectrum.
   but we all have this commonality that we want to learn different
   avenues of knowledge."

   current interlock projects are as varied as the members' interests. one
   project has a webcam rigged to a pen plotter, which captures the input
   from the camera and then has the image traced out in pen. another is a
   3d printer that runs a plastic element through a heater (think hot-glue
   gun) before raising itself up a layer and repeating the process,
   creating a three-dimensional object as a result.

   if the world beyond a computer screen is more your playground, perhaps
   you may be more interested in wireless security, car starters, or even
   a computer-controlled cheese cooker. interlock is working on those,
   too.

   the group has been around for two and a half years, and currently has
   25 members at various levels. it also offers classes and community
   events. past sessions have included lightning talks (brief,
   less-than-five-minute presentations on various topics), lock-picking
   classes, and networking workshops. even with all the different facets
   to the group, its members are still careful of the word association
   implied by "hacker."

   "somewhere along the line, the word 'hacker' got twisted," boucheron
   says. "to me a hacker was somebody who just wants to really know a lot
   about something in a really in-depth fashion. a great hack, it's not
   like a cob job; it's a cool solution to a problem. so obviously there's
   a split there between what people think the word means."

   "it's a completely different definition," manning says. "it's what we
   think the original definition has always been, but it scares the crap
   out of my grandparents and mom. i just tell them we're a geek
   workshop."

   interlock rochester will host an open house on friday, march 16, at 7
   p.m. for more information visit interlockopenhouse.eventbrite.com.

   similar local groups: linux user group of rochester (lugor.org), 2600
   security group (rochester2600.com), hacks/hackers rochester
   (meetup.com/hackshackersroc)

   advanced dungeons & dragons 252: the rochester sci-fi/roleplay geek
   meet-up group

   you've probably at least heard of dungeons & dragons. the dice, the
   characters, the marathon-length games are often sources of mockery for
   geek culture. but the truth is, d&d and role-playing games like it are
   an opportunity for people to get together and build characters, level
   up friendships, and adventure in worlds otherwise unknown. the
   rochester sci-fi/roleplay geek meet-up group brings together area
   aficionados of card games, rpgs, and board games, all in one space
   where they can hang out, organize events, and socialize with others who
   share an interest in gaming. but you can keep rich uncle pennybags at
   home; this isn't about monopoly or any of your average board games.

   "it's kind of based on the social interaction of those four guys
   sitting around. they can trade, work, fight, whatever with one
   another," says bill delaney, former organizer of the group. "rather
   than roll the dice - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, oh, go directly to jail - it's a
   very different idea of board gaming than you would really have. it's
   not even like risk, since most of the randomness is taken out of it.
   it's more based around strategy."

   the meet-up group started in 2009 and currently has 170 active members,
   with a core of a few dozen. most of the members are in their 30s and
   40s, and the group draws people from all walks of life: teachers,
   grocery-store clerks, factory workers, and even servicemen have all
   been part of the group over the years.

   the group meets on the second monday of every month at the henrietta
   panera, and it is free to join. monthly meetings cover a variety of
   subjects, from book discussions, news, and even some hypothetical
   discussions on everything from historical debates (what if certain
   events changed or never happened?) to technological concerns (why
   haven't we gotten to jetsons-esque flying cars yet?).

   the group also puts on mini-conventions every couple of months, usually
   day-long events that include morning and afternoon gaming sessions. the
   mini-cons are usually a mix of experienced and casual/new gamers.

   "there's a lot of people who don't want to spend a couple of hours
   figuring out what their character is, helping troubleshoot a game, all
   of that. so what we offer is everything from kind of a jump-in
   experience, right up to how immersive [a person] wants to get," delaney
   says.

   but for the hardcore, the truly dedicated, the group offers a chance to
   dig deep into the games. "i currently run a d&d game that is actually
   three years old this year," says dan homer, current organizer for the
   group.

   even though the organizers see a difference in the sit-down-and-play
   type of role-playing game as opposed to live-action role playing, the
   group still acknowledges that it may take some effort for new people to
   come out and join. but they encourage people who are interested to stop
   in and see for themselves.

   "there's an awful lot of people who are very shy about meeting in a
   panera with a bunch of guys who do role-playing, because they're afraid
   we're going to break out books, dice, and that they'll be seen in
   public doing this verboten thing," delaney says.

   "especially for someone who wants to come out of the so-called closet -
   yeah, i'm a geek, these are the people i hang out with - we give them
   the experience saying, hey, this is a great group of people to hang out
   with," says bill horst-kotter, current assistant organizer of the
   group.<
   /p>

   for more information and an events calendar, visit
   meetup.com/rochester-sci-fi-roleplay-geek-meetup-group

   similar local groups: rochester board game society
   (frontiernet.net/~mark_gartland/rbs/)

   movement/acting 379: live-action role playing: winterfell

   and then, there are the few, the proud, the larpers. possibly the most
   dedicated of role-playing gamers, live-action role players (larpers)
   don costumes, armor, shields, and weapons, and physically act out their
   characters and adventures.

   "every kid wants to dress up in armor and run around with a sword and
   that kind of stuff. i guess i'm just the crazy guy that decided i'm
   actually going to do it instead of just wanting to do it," says rich
   hewett, the founder of rochester larping group winterfell.

   but for winterfell, a chapter of the national dagorhir larping group,
   the past years have seen a decline in numbers, even after a huge spike
   in interest just a few years back. at its largest the group had around
   60 members, with the group now fluctuating between five and 15.

   "the thing that really kind of drew me to it and has kept me around is
   the fact that you get to go out and kind of experience a little bit of
   history," hewett says. "you might not be doing things exactly the right
   way, but you kind of feel like you're experiencing a little bit of
   history."

   in 2009, the discovery channel's "wreckreation nation" featured an
   episode about dagorhir, and the local chapter saw huge growth in
   numbers. the group soon found out that such quick growth wasn't
   necessarily sustainable, and people were coming out to give it a try,
   but weren't becoming dedicated to the game and sticking around. the
   core of the winterfell group has now shifted toward the syracuse area,
   where a more active group currently practices.

   given the actual physical demands and sword skills used in larping, a
   certain amount of training, practicing, and athleticism is required.
   that's not even considering the financial component of purchasing armor
   and weaponry. you don't want something that isn't going to protect you
   when you get hit by a sword.

   "the more you put into it the more you get out of it. but you've got to
   be willing to but something into it," hewett says.

   some of those benefits may be more tangible than just an excuse to own
   cool armor or weapons. unlike other types of role playing that focus on
   the imagination of a player, larping actually teaches its practitioners
   how to sword fight. hewett recommends the books "viking weapons and
   combat techniques" and "sigmund ringeck's knightly arts of combat" as
   good places to start reading up on sword skills.

   and most importantly of all, it also teaches some self-defense
   techniques. "if a zombie apocalypse hits, i'm the kind of guy to look
   for, because i'll be walking around with a bunch of armor on, killing
   zombies with swords and guns. i might actually be able to survive for a
   little while," hewett says.

   learn more about the current winterfell at
   facebook.com/groups/17477374107.

   similar rochester groups: barony of thescorre (thescorre.org).

   extra credit: the force is strong with these ones

   if something out of this world is more your light speed, then there is
   a segment within the local costumed-play community that may be right up
   your galaxy. garrison excelsior is the upstate new york chapter of the
   501st legion of imperial stormtroopers, a reenactment group based
   around the "star wars" universe. the group has more than 5500 members
   worldwide; the local chapter has 50 active members, 20 of them in the
   rochester area. also - and this is rare for the cosplay world - the
   group operates with the blessing of lucasfilm, which owns the "star
   wars" franchise.

   in garrison excelsior you'll find costumes that run the gamut from
   storm troopers to biker scouts, boba fetts to darth vaders, and even
   starkiller from "star wars: the force unleashed" video-game series.

   darren blum, an officer in garrison excelsior, chose darth maul as his
   first costume. it took only a month to create - quick by comparison to
   some of the more elaborate costumes - and he had it ready for the
   original release of "star wars: episode i: the phantom menace."

   his storm-trooper costume took longer; he worked on it bit by bit over
   several years, learning how to vacuum-form plastic in order to mold the
   outfit. but the costume that really takes the cake is blum's chewbacca.
   the wookie took more than four months of latch hooking, and
   approximately 40 hours just to create the mask. blum estimates that he
   spent more than 500 hours on that costume alone.

   but, despite its prevalence of movie bad guys, the group actually works
   for the light side of the force. the volunteer-run garrison excelsior
   frequently participates in child-focused events and charity work. in
   2011 the local chapter raised $6000 for various charities, including a
   room to heal, the american red cross, st jude's children hospital, and
   the make-a-wish foundation. the worldwide organization raised a total
   of $11.8 million last year.

   for blum, when asked which of the "star wars" movies was his favorite,
   he went with "star wars: episode iv: a new hope," the first film in the
   franchise, released in 1977. it was also the first "star wars" film
   that he saw, and what got him interested in the series in the first
   place.

   "we may grow old, but we don't have to grow up," blum says.

   for more information on garrison excelsior visit garrisonexcelsior.com.

   similar local groups: rebel legion, local chapter echo base
   (rebellegion.com), uss tranquility (usstranquility.com), rochester
   fantasy fans (rochesterfantasyfans.org).

   geek-friendly businesses

   boldo's armory (891 monroe ave, boldo.com) sells an expansive selection
   of board, tabletop, and card games, and has its own store leagues for
   many games. hosts weekly and monthly gaming events, including magic or
   warhammer. of course, it wouldn't be called an "armory" if you couldn't
   find armor and weapons here as well - for role-playing needs, of
   course.

   game players unlimted (45 n. main st., brockport; 4152 w. main st.,
   batavia, gameplayersunlimited.net) carries retro video games and other
   memorabilia. good place to find well-priced games for jaguar,
   colecovision, game gear, nes, genesis, turbo grafx, dreamcast,
   playstation, and many other vintage video game systems.

   hammergirl anime (376 jefferson road, henrietta, hammergirlanime.com)
   just around the corner from rit, hammergirl is a store for fans of all
   things anime. here you can find dvds, trading cards, manga, apparel,
   figures, decor, snacks and more. weekly and monthly card-game
   tournaments including pokemon, naruto, dragon ball, and more.

   heckle & jeckle collectibles (3240 chili ave., 889-9130) carries a wide
   selection of collectible toys, cards, and other memorabilia. while the
   focus is on sports cards, it also has a good selection of other trading
   cards like magic, pokemon, yu-gi-oh, and others. there is also a
   selection of retro video games from the 80's and 90's.

   plastic (650 south ave., plasticforever.com) sells designer vinyl and
   plastic toys, apparel, art, and other collectibles. plastic has a good
   selection of gashapon, or "blind-box" collectibles, and often is home
   to diy toy-decorating events.

   pandaman (439 monroe ave., pandamantoys.com) in addition to being a
   cafe, pandaman is a toy shop, an art gallery, and a retro-video-game
   hangout. there are regular weekly and monthly events, including diy
   vinyl-toy decorating nights; movie screenings; retro-game tournaments
   on nes, snes, genesis, and n64; and trading parties for vinyl figure
   collectors.

   millennium games & cyberstorm lounge (3047 w. henrietta road,
   cyberstormgaming.com) millennium has a large selection of board games,
   table-top games, trading-card games, and accessories. it holds weekly
   events for magic, yu-gi-oh, malifax, warhammer, and more. cyberstorm is
   the video-game side where you can play multi-player pc and console
   games. there are college-night specials and a monthly lock-in where you
   can stay up all night playing video games, magic, warhammer, and
   others.

   national museum of play (1 manhattan square, museumofplay.org)
   generally known for the national museum of play and the national toy
   hall of fame, the strong museum is also home of the international
   center for the history of electronic games. this part of the museum
   includes a video-game history exhibit and also houses the
   "egamerevolution," a playable selection of vintage arcade units and
   consoles.

   the steel source (3047 w. henrietta rd., thesteelsource.com) a good
   warrior is always prepared for battle, and swords just aren't as easy
   to come by nowadays as they used to be. if you have an axe to grind and
   your own iron forge isn't working, check out its coffers of axes,
   armors, knives, daggers, pole arms, and more.

   comic book stores

   rochester has a healthy selection of comic-book shops. most have decent
   stock of back issues as well as current issues and graphic novels. some
   stores also carry books, collectible toys, action figures, and other
   memorabilia.

   all heroes comics 4410 lake ave. 865-9113.

   collector's choice 54 main st., brockport. 637-8556.

   comics etc. 274 n. goodman st. in village gate, 473-7150,
   angelfire.com/ny/comicandcardstore.

   cosmic comics 6385 route 96, victor. 309-1899.

   empire comics 1176 mount hope ave, 442-0371; 375 stone road, 663-6877;
   empirecomics.com.

   first print comics 1320 buffalo road. 978-9791, 1stprintcomics.com.

   park avenue comics & games 713 park ave. 271-4549,
   parkavenuecomics.com.

   pulp nouveau 92 s. main st., canandaigua. 394-8250, pulpnouveau.com.

   wonderland comics 1620 penfield road. 248-0450.

   local geek-related events

   simcon (march 30-april 1, university of rochester riverside campus,
   simcon.org) annual gaming convention focused on role-playing, board
   games, trading-card games, and tabletop gaming sponsored by ur.

   tora-con (april 20-22, rochester institute of technology,
   toracon.rit.edu) annual anime convention held at rit, showings, dealers
   lobbies, and more all centered around anime fans.

   rochester sci-fi anime con (september 21-23. main street armory, 900 e
   main st. rochesterscifianimecon.com) annual science-fiction,
   comic-book, fantasy, anime, gaming convention held in the city with
   many guests and panels.

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   geek chic in the 21st century
   27 mar 2019

geek chic in the 21st century

now that nerd culture is so pervasive, what does it mean to be a nerd?

   by courtney suciu

   believe it or not, there was a time when being called a nerd or geek
   was an insult. but these days, nerdiness and geekdom are mainstream.
   having a passion for comics and anime, being tech savvy, possessing an
   intellectual curiosity – these are no longer characteristics of an
   awkward social misfit. instead, in many cases, they are traits which
   are considered cool in mainstream pop culture.

   so, what happened?

   how did it become hip to be square?

   what the heck does being a nerd even mean?

   these are some of the questions we had in mind when we started to
   research the rise of nerd culture.

a generational difference

   those of us of a certain age remember the early 1980s when the arbiter
   of cool was mtv, a new cable channel devoted to cutting-edge music
   videos and news.

   dreamy, cute-boy pop acts like duran duran and the police were in heavy
   rotation.

   but so was thomas dolby, the gawky, bespectacled and buttoned-up
   musician who proved to be an unlikely pop sensation with his inventive
   electronic hit “she blinded me with science.”

   according to a 2014 interview with the new york times^1, dolby
   explained how he used his nerdiness to distinguish himself “from the
   ‘good-looking lads’ on the 1980s pop scene” like sting and simon le
   bon.

   the times reported that dolby, born thomas robertson, chose his stage
   name in honor of dolby laboratories “because of his fascination with
   audio technology.” the one-hit wonder went on to become an arts
   professor at johns hopkins university and, despite his influence on the
   crossover of nerd and pop cultures, dolby admitted, “i am no more
   comfortable in my geek skin now than in 1982.”

   to understand why it was so bad to be considered a nerd in the 1980s,
   look at the popular coming-of-age films from the era. in his book
   generation multiplex^2, timothy shary explained “the roles of
   intellectually ambitious school characters in youth films since 1980 –
   who are portrayed as socially inept and uncouth – indicate that nerds
   lack the respect of their teen counterparts.”

   nerd characters were not only depicted as the smartest kids in the
   classroom, but as the most meek and straight-laced. according to shary,
   “such a blatant conformity to institutional expectations [gave them] a
   reputation for being unoriginal and excessively vulnerable.”

   in addition, the stereotypical nerd was often portrayed as white (which
   arguably racialized traits like doing well in school or liking sci-fi),
   male, often wimpy and emasculated by athletic or rebellious alpha
   characters.

   however, the internet has played a major role in changing perceptions
   of what it means to be a nerd, and who identifies as a geek.

   in the same times article, dave goetsch, co-executive producer of “the
   big bang theory,” a popular sitcom about nerds, explained, “growing up,
   pre-internet, possession of knowledge was such an identifier. that is
   no longer true; the internet flattens things out.”

   it used to require a lot of effort and commitment to cultivate a depth
   of expertise in a particular subject, but technology has made a vast
   body of specialized information easy and readily available to most of
   us at any time. basically, technology has democratized access to
   information, and, by extension, nerdiness.

   but that’s only part of the changing mainstream culture in which the
   times pointed out “once-fringe, nerd-friendly obsessions like gadgets,
   comic books and fire-breathing dragons are increasingly everyone's
   obsessions.”

the evolution of nerd culture

   in his dissertation geek cultures: media and identity in the digital
   age^3, jason tocci focused on cultural developments which led to the
   transition of “labels like 'geek' and 'nerd' from schoolyard insults to
   sincere terms of identity.”

   he explained, “though such terms maintain negative connotations to some
   extent, recent years have seen a growing understanding that ‘geek is
   chic’ as computers become essential to daily life and business,
   retailers hawk nerd apparel, and hollywood makes billions on sci-fi,
   hobbits, and superheroes.”

   but noting the ubiquity of such nerd signifiers as computers, sci-fi,
   hobbits and superheroes doesn’t explain how or why they have become
   trendy in the mainstream.

   in order to understand this transition, tocci’s “ethnographic study”
   reveals that the “emergence of geek culture represents not a sudden
   fad, but a newly visible dimension of identity that demonstrates how
   dispersed cultures can be constructed through the integration of media
   use and social enculturation in everyday life.”

   in other words, the “nerd” identity isn’t homologous – in fact “nerd”
   and “geek” (which he explains, despite attempts to define them
   differently, are synonymous and can be used interchangeably), have
   multiple, contradictory meanings which yield to and defy stereotypes,
   not just related to what it means to be a nerd, but also regarding
   expectations of race and gender.

   tocci found that there are four basic nerd identities: “misfit, genius,
   fan, and chic.” however, his research focused on the types of nerd that
   pre-existed – and contributed – to the emergence of “geek chic.”

   technological developments resulting in “financial successes of
   high-profile geeks [like bill gates] have popularized the idea that
   nerdy skills can be parlayed into riches and romance” so that the
   advantages and appeal of being a certain kind of nerd were suddenly
   apparent.

   but more importantly, and influentially, technology made it easier for
   nerds to find each other. tocci wrote:

     the real power of communication technologies has been in augmenting
     the reach and persistent availability of those things that encourage
     a sense of belonging: socially insulated "safe spaces" to engage in
     (potentially embarrassing) activities; opportunities to remotely
     coordinate creative projects and social gatherings; and faster and
     more widespread circulation of symbols - from nerdcore hip-hop to
     geek-sponsored charities – confirming the existence of a whole
     network of individuals with shared values.

   with these developments, tocci pointed out, people who were ashamed to
   be labeled “nerds” by others proudly started to self-identity as nerds
   in order to assert their place in these burgeoning communities where it
   was acceptable – even celebrated – to have interests such as
   intellectual pursuits, sci-fi, comic books, computers and technology.

intersectionality and nerd culture

   when many of the negative stereotypes of being a nerd as portrayed in
   80s film started to be undermined by increased social acceptability of
   nerdy interests, nerd subcultures not only become more popular, but
   more diverse. this is evident in greater crossover between nerd
   subcultures and other subcultures.

   for example, starting in the early 2000s, such a crossover movement
   manifested within hip hop culture. on one hand, there was the emergence
   of “nerdcore,” (also known as “geeksta rap”) defined in the 2008
   documentary nerdcore for life^4 as “geek rap, nerd rap, as rappers who
   rap about video games, computers, technology, stuff like that.”

   star wars, dungeons & dragons, 19^th-century literature, science and
   the frustrations of not fitting in were recurring themes for nerdcore
   artists who, through live events and online forums, forged communities
   where they could perform for each other, trade tracks, offer support,
   and be supported in this unique genre of self-expression. however,
   notably most (but not all) of the nerdcore artists featured were white
   males.

   at the same time nerd culture was adapting hip hop conventions for
   self-expression, hip hop artists were opening up about their nerdiness.
   in his article “race in the age of tribeless youth culture^5,” jasheen
   gazi noted this development in the music and personas of pharrell
   williams and kanye west:

     pharrell ran a record company called “star trax” and, instead of a
     gang sign, would throw up the vulcan salute when performing with his
     band n.e.r.d., while west was the rap producer who had intended to
     create video game soundtracks.

   gazi’s article is primarily a scholarly analysis of the 2015 film dope
   (a coming of age story about three african american nerds growing up in
   a high-crime neighborhood), focused on the intersection of racial
   identity, stereotyping and nerd culture.

   he pointed out increased visibility of black nerds in popular
   television and in music, looking at the example of donald glover, a
   self-proclaimed nerd who also played one on the hit meta-comedy
   “community.” additionally, glover launched a successful hip hop career
   rapping about being a black nerd under the moniker “childish gambino.”

   it’s an insightful observation that demonstrates how being a nerd isn’t
   a simple, singular identity, but a complex plurality of interests and
   identities. perhaps the questions we need to ponder next relate to what
   other intersectional nerd cultures look like.

   for example, what is the relationship between gender and nerd culture?
   what does nerd culture look like within different ethnic groups?

   these would be fascinating research opportunities for the various nerds
   among us.

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nerd is the word, geek is the speak

   by mindy perkins on april 21, 2015

   “in a perfect world, all the geeks get the girls” — at least, according
   to american hifi. for those unversed in punk rock from the mid-2000s,
   this song outlines a boy’s unexpectedly successful romantic/sexual
   encounter with a girl at a bar. more than the incident itself, the
   lyrics speak to times when we feel socially awkward and yet somehow
   “get lucky,” encouraging audience empathy with the “loser” protagonist.

   the song, aptly titled “the geeks get the girls,” is just one early
   example of an ongoing trend: the inclusion of geeks and nerds in
   popular culture. in many ways, this movement is heartening progress
   towards recognizing a group of society’s historically unpopular
   outcasts. while geeks and nerds of yore were almost unilaterally
   considered to be off-putting, socially inept brainiacs, today the terms
   are less insulting and more inclusive — a result of the changing
   attitudes toward technology in the digital age. along with these new
   definitions comes the prospect of greater acceptance for nerds and
   geeks themselves.

   by today’s popular usage, what is a geek or nerd? the question is a
   loaded one, and i won’t encapsulate the whole debate here. a popular
   distinction is that geeks are enthusiasts and fans while nerds are
   intellectuals and practitioners — so a star trek geek will tell you
   what class of starship kirk commands in the original series, and a star
   trek nerd will build it for you (or try). the terms are not mutually
   exclusive; many nerds are geeks and vice versa, and theoretically one
   can be a nerd in one area and a geek in another. a number of
   traditional dictionary adjectives, such as “peculiar,” “unfashionable”
   and “awkward,” need no longer apply, although in popular
   consciousness, nerds are often associated with computers more than with
   other scholarly pursuits.

   nonetheless, the old stereotypes are far from disappearing, though they
   may be invoked more affectionately than maliciously. for example, the
   wildly popular tv show “the big bang theory,” now in its eighth season,
   follows a group of three socially awkward male scientists plus one
   engineer as they navigate work, friendship and romance. the overall
   tone of the show is playful, paying clever tribute to “real” nerds
   while obviously exaggerating certain stereotypes on-screen.

   yet as with any media pursuit, there are some uncomfortable tendencies
   in the show. most of the characters are preoccupied with sex or sexual
   attractiveness, all but one of the leads is white and of the four main
   women on the show, the only one that is not supposed to be socially
   awkward is also the least brainy. we don’t expect the media to be an
   accurate portrayal of life, but these kinds of issues of representation
   continue to shape cultural perceptions in sometimes harmful ways.

   so does popular culture’s mantra that “smart is the new sexy” really
   imply greater social acceptance for the awkward, the peculiar and the
   unfashionable? or do people feel kindly toward nerds and geeks on the
   screen but not on the street?

   there is reason to think that the attitude toward geeks and nerds — not
   just their celebrity counterparts — is changing. in this regard, the
   technology boom of the modern era has been a real boon. society’s
   increasing reliance on digital devices and apps has opened the doors
   for nerdy engineers and programmers to exercise their talents for ends
   nearly everyone appreciates. one educational psychologist suggests that
   “geek” and “nerd” have lost many of their negative connotations in our
   generation because the shift from the manufacturing to the information
   age has made more traditionally geeky or nerdy inclinations
   economically and socially valuable.

   regardless, is it possible that more inclusive definitions of the words
   just obscure the subset that is still singled out? this is a difficult
   and complicated issue to tackle. an indirect but hopeful sign of
   progress is the individual’s choice to identify as a geek or nerd,
   often as a symbol of pride (think “geek chic” or “nerd nation”). those
   who voluntarily adopt an identity are less likely to feel like
   outcasts.

   furthermore, the internet gives geeks and nerds a refuge and a
   community. instant access to themed discussion forums, chat rooms and
   posting/blogging environments like tumblr give people an easy way to
   meet others that share their interests. for geeks, this is a rich
   opportunity to share one’s enthusiasm with similarly enthusiastic peers
   and to discuss news, advice and personal experiences with others who
   understand one’s obsessions and struggles. fandoms are a prime example
   of online geek havens, which form what analyst henry jenkins calls
   “knowledge communities” dedicated to the “dynamic and participatory”
   acquisition of information related to a common interest. one needs look
   no further than thinkgeek to see that fan communities have even
   penetrated the market.

   whether we embrace our obsessions with “lord of the rings” or particle
   physics, or whether we really believe that the geeks get the girls,
   there’s no better time than now for putting aside concerns of social
   awkwardness and focusing instead on the interests and inclinations that
   mark our contributions to our jobs and our communities.

   contact mindy perkins at mindylp ‘at’ stanford.edu.

   mindy perkins
   mindy perkins ‘15 is an opinions columnist for the stanford daily. as a
   proud coloradoan and electrical engineering major, her ultimate goal is
   to apply engineering techniques to researching animals, as well as to
   draw inspiration from the natural world for engineering applications.
   in her free time, she enjoys writing, playing the viola and piano and
   drawing animals, dinosaurs and dragons. you can reach her at
   mindylp@stanford.edu.

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   posted by burrsettles on june 3, 2013march 16, 2017

   to many people, “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, but in fact they are a
   little different. consider the phrase “sports geek” — an occasional
   substitute for “jock” and perhaps the arch-rival of a “nerd” in
   high-school folklore. if “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, then “sports
   geek” might be an oxymoron. (furthermore, “sports nerd” either doesn’t
   compute or means something else.)

   in my mind, “geek” and “nerd” are related, but capture different
   dimensions of an intense dedication to a subject:
     * geek – an enthusiast of a particular topic or field. geeks are
       “collection” oriented, gathering facts and mementos related to
       their subject of interest. they are obsessed with the newest,
       coolest, trendiest things that their subject has to offer.
     * nerd – a studious intellectual, although again of a particular
       topic or field. nerds are “achievement” oriented, and focus their
       efforts on acquiring knowledge and skill over trivia and
       memorabilia.

   or, to put it pictorially à la the simpsons:
   geeknerd-simpsons

   both are dedicated to their subjects, and sometimes socially awkward.
   the distinction is that geeks are fans of their subjects, and nerds
   are practitioners of them. a computer geek might read wired and tap the
   silicon valley rumor-mill for leads on the next hot-new-thing, while a
   computer nerd might read clrs and keep an eye out for clever new ways
   of applying dijkstra’s algorithm. note that, while not synonyms, they
   are not necessarily distinct either: many geeks are also nerds (and
   vice versa).

an experiment

   do i have any evidence for this contrast? (by the way, this viewpoint
   dates back to a grad-school conversation with fellow geek/nerd bryan
   barnes, now a physicist at nist.) the wiktionary entries for “geek” and
   “nerd” lend some credence to my position, but i’d like something a bit
   more empirical…

     “you shall know a word by the company it keeps” ~ j.r. firth (1957)

   to characterize the similarities and differences between “geek” and
   “nerd,” maybe we can find the other words that tend to keep them
   company, and see if these linguistic companions support my point of
   view?

data and method

   (note: if you’re neither a geek nor a nerd, don’t be scared by the
   math. it’s not too bad… or you can probably just skip to the “results”
   subsection below…)

   i analyzed two sources of twitter data, since it’s readily available
   and pretty geeky/nerdy to boot. this includes a background corpus of
   2.6 million tweets via the streaming api from between december 6, 2012,
   and january 3, 2013. i also sampled tweets via the search api matching
   the query terms “geek” and “nerd” during the same time period (38.8k
   and 30.6k total, respectively). yes, yes, yes… i collected all the data
   six months ago but just now got around to crunching the numbers. it’s
   been a busy year!

   a great little statistic for measuring how much company two words tend
   to keep is pointwise mutual information (pmi). it’s commonly used in
   the information retrieval literature to measure the cooccurrence of
   words and phrases in text, and it also turns out to be a good
   predictor of how humans evaluate semantic word similarity (recchia &
   jones, 2009) and topic model quality (newman & al., 2010).

   for two words w and v, the pmi is given by:

   {\rm pmi}(w;v) = \log\frac{p(w,v)}{p(w)p(v)} = \log p(w|v) - \log p(w)
   ,

   where in this case p(\cdot) is the probability of the word(s) in
   question appearing in a random tweet, as estimated from the data. for
   instance, if we let v = “geek,” we compute the log-probability of a
   word w in the “geek” search corpus, and subtract the log-probability of
   w in the background corpus.

results

   the pmi statistic measures a kind of correlation: a positive pmi score
   for two words means they “keep great company,” a negative score means
   they tend to keep their distance, and a score close to zero means they
   bump into each other more or less at random.

   with that in mind, here is a scatterplot of various words according to
   their pmi scores for both “geek” and “nerd” on different axes (ignoring
   words with negative pmi, and treating #hashtags as distinct):
   geeknerd-plot-01

   many people have asked for a high-res pdf of this plot, so here you go.

   moving up the vertical axis, words become more geeky (“#music” →
   “#gadget” → “#cosplay”), and moving left to right they become more
   nerdy (“education” → “grammar” → “neuroscience”). words along the
   diagonal are similarly geeky and nerdy, including social (“#awkward”,
   “weirdo”), mainstream tech (“#computers”, “#microsoft”), and
   sci-fi/fantasy terms (“doctorwho,” “#thehobbit”). words in the
   lower-left (“chores,” “vegetables,” “boobies”) aren’t really associated
   with either, while those in the upper-right (“#avengers”, “#gamer”,
   “#glasses”) are strongly tied to both. orange words are more geeky than
   nerdy, and blue words are the opposite. some observations:
     * collections are geeky. all derivatives of the word “collect”
       (“collection,” “collectables”, etc.) are orange. as are “boxset”
       and “#original,” which imply a taste for completeness and
       authenticity.
     * academic fields are nerdy: “math”, “#history,” “physics,”
       “biology,” “neuroscience,” “biochemistry,” etc. other academic
       words (“thesis”, “#studymode”) and institutions (“harvard”,
       “oxford”) are also blue.
     * the science & technology words differ. general terms (“#computers,”
       “#bigdata”) are on the diagonal — similarly geeky and nerdy. as you
       splay up toward more geeky, though, you see products, startups,
       brands, and more cultish technologies (“#apple”, “#linux”). as you
       splay down toward more nerdy you see more methodologies
       (“calculus”).
     * [del: #hashtags are geeky. ok, sure, hashtags are all over the
       place. but they do tend toward the upper-left. and since hashtags
       are “#trendy,” i take it to mean that geeks are into trends. :del]
        (i take this one back. the average pmi score for all hashtags is
       0.74 with “geek” but 0.73 with “nerd.” the difference isn’t
       statistically significant using a paired t-test or wilcoxon test,
       or practically significant using a common-sense test.)
     * hobbies: compare the more geeky pastimes (“#toys,” “#manga”) with
       the more nerdy ones (“chess,” “sudoku”).
     * brains: the word “intelligence” may be geeky, but “education,”
       “intellectual,” and “#smartypants” are nerdy.
     * reading: “#books” are nerdy, but “ebooks” and “ibooks” are geeky.
     * pop culture vs. high culture: “#shiny” and “#trendy” are
       super-geeky, but (curiously) “cellist” is the nerdiest…

   the list goes on. if you want to poke around yourself, download the raw
   pmi scores (4.2mb) and let me know in the comments what you find. since
   many people have asked: i computed pmi for all words appearing in the
   search tweets with “geek” and “nerd” (millions) and then manually
   scanned roughly 7,500 words with positive pmi scores for both. the
   scatterplot contains about 300 words that i hand-picked because they
   made sense.

   (update: i learned that olivia culpo — a self-described “cellist nerd”
   — was crowned miss universe on december 20, 2012. the event was heavily
   tweeted smack in the middle of my data collection, so that probably
   explains the correlation between “cellist” and “nerd” here. it also
   underscores the limitations of time-sensitive data.)

   conclusion

   in broad strokes, it seems to me that geeky words are more
   about stuff (e.g., “#stuff”), while nerdy words are more
   about ideas (e.g., “hypothesis”). geeks are fans, and fans collect
   stuff; nerds are practitioners, and practitioners play with ideas. of
   course, geeks can collect ideas and nerds play with stuff, too. plus,
   they aren’t two distinct personalities as much as different aspects of
   personality. generally, the data seem to affirm my thinking.

   i wonder how similar the results would be if you applied this method to
   the google books ngrams corpus, or something more general instead of a
   niche media like twitter. i also wonder what other questions might be
   answered with this kind of analysis (for example, my wife and i have
   a perennial disagreement over which word is wetter: “moist” vs.
   “damp.”).

   finally, when i mentioned to a friend that i was going to write up this
   post, she said “well, i guess we know which one you are.” but do we
   really? i may be a science nerd, but i’m probably a music geek…

   update (june 25, 2013): woah. this has gotten more attention than i
   ever anticipated. a few impressions. (1) prior to writing this, i had
   no idea there was a “geek vs. nerd” holy war in certain corners of the
   internet; fueling these flamewars was certainly not my intent. lighten
   up! (2) i fear i’ll be better known for this diversion than for any of
   my “real” research. to be clear: this was a fun way to kill a few hours
   on a saturday afternoon, not necessarily my best science. i think the
   writeup here is sound and self-evident, but i’m the first to
   acknowledge that there are better corpora, methods, and analysis
   techniques — which could use a grant, grad student, and/or more than an
   afternoon — for uncovering this all-important “truth.” (3) for those
   interested in the etymologies of “geek” and “nerd,” i found this cool
   writeup.

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    1. davmin says:
       july 31, 2013 at 2:37 am
       interesting that attributes tend to be nerdy, but products and
       consumables tend to be geeky.
       reply
    2. danny yee says:
       august 13, 2013 at 6:39 am
       the problem with this is that anyone using twitter is ipso facto
       pretty nerdy and geeky… so this doesn’t give you good coverage of
       how, or if, a typical person distinguishes “nerd” from “geek”.
       reply
         1. rudeboybert says:
            december 27, 2013 at 7:06 pm
            true, this is not generalizable to the entire population since
            there is a selection bias going on. but on another level,
            people who aren’t geeks/nerds probably don’t care about the
            difference to begin with!
            reply
              1. famrussell says:
                 september 20, 2016 at 4:57 pm
                 i’m not sure about that last statement. i’ve always
                 envisioned geeks aspiring to be nerds as congressmen from
                 the house aspire to be in the senate.
    3. gill bates says:
       august 20, 2013 at 3:11 pm
       please produce a venn diagram of geek and nerd attributes, there is
       a lot of overlap.
       reply
         1. alicia secord says:
            april 29, 2016 at 1:09 pm
            that would not be as useful as the scatter plot is. it shows
            trends upward into geeky and forward into nerdy. but it’s
            impossible in this case to definitively say one word is geek
            only and other is nerd only, etc. even the demarcation that
            appears in this chart due to the color choices is not entirely
            accurate. it would be better served with a gradient from top
            left to lower right where in the middle along the slope the
            words are most likely to be associated with either geek or
            nerd.
            reply
    4. mathgrant says:
       august 20, 2013 at 10:01 pm
       as a boardgamegeek user, i’m disappointed that “board games” aren’t
       on there (aside from the one “chess”). 😦
       reply
    5. uldissprogis says:
       august 24, 2013 at 2:26 pm
       the real problem starts with your definitions of geek and nerd.
       they both use inaccurate and overlapping words which don’t uniquely
       define one or the other. perhaps you should try to redefine geek
       and nerd with precision and not make dubious statistical
       associations without a one to one correspondence. i have redefined
       about 7000 words in the english language using logical definitions
       with clear one to one correspondences. i have eliminated synonyms,
       antonyms, and multiple meanings and the words do not need ballpark
       statistical associations to give them meaning. the book is called
       scientific thesaurus and it currently has no definition of nerd or
       geek. if you come up with a logical accurate definition i will add
       it to my list of logical words and give you credit for it. best
       wishes. uldis
       reply
    6. georgeumbrasileiro says:
       august 24, 2013 at 8:42 pm
       fascinating stuff!
       came rather late to your blog although following your amusing
       interview for the poddelusion. unfortunately your link to “this
       cool writeup” from your update no longer works 😦
       george
       reply
    7. hannah fry (@fryrsquared) says:
       september 4, 2013 at 1:41 pm
       dear burr,
       because i absolutely loved this blog post, i did a bit more
       research on the differences between the two words & used it as the
       basis for a video version of the discussion on bbc’s headsqueeze
       over on youtube. thought you may like to see it:

       iframe:
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       best,
       nerdy hannah
       reply
    8. bani medina (@bani_ish_medina) says:
       september 10, 2013 at 9:21 am
       this is very interesting… people think that if you read as a hobby,
       you are a nerd.
       reply
    9. schroedinger's cat liberationarmy says:
       september 11, 2013 at 11:20 am
       clearly, i’m a nerdeek
       reply
         1. anish says:
            april 25, 2016 at 10:44 pm
            same
            reply
         2. adam says:
            august 28, 2016 at 10:47 am
            i guess that makes me a gerd?
            reply
   10. vasilis hatzopoulos says:
       october 3, 2013 at 3:44 pm
       good stuff. may i ask how you selected the terms to test for
       co-ocurence with geek and nerd? also did you impose a cut-off for
       p(w)?
       reply
         1. burrsettles says:
            october 3, 2013 at 4:41 pm
            you’re not the first to ask, so i added an explanation above.
            in short, i computed pmi for all words (millions), but only
            looked at words with positive pmi for both (a few thousand).
            reply
   11. stbob says:
       october 4, 2013 at 6:35 am
       to see how the pmi relates to relative probabilities suppose we
       choose the word “genetics” which has pmi(nerd)=5.4 and pmi(geek)=4
       (i am reading off the graph here to the left of the word). then the
       relative probability that a tweet which contains “genetics” comes
       from a nerd tweet to a geek tweet or
       p(nerd)/p(geek)=exp(pmi(nerd)-pmi(geek)) where exp() is the
       exponential function (which all nerds will know and love). so for
       “genetics” p(nerd)/p(geek)=exp(1.4)=4 so it is 4 times more likely
       to come from a nerd tweet as a geek tweet (also assuming there are
       equal numbers of nerd and geek tweets). if you want to do these
       sums and don’t have a calculator handy then type “exp(1.4)” into
       google and it will give you the answer. nerds of course know this
       already.
       so basically for every pmi interval of 1 you move up or across you
       are increasing the relative probability, on that axis, by a factor
       of exp(1)=2.7.
       if you understand all that then you are probably a nerd – if you
       are a geek and don’t understand that i suggest you print it out,
       frame it and add it to your collection.
       reply
         1. burrsettles says:
            october 4, 2013 at 12:56 pm
            that is, unless i computed the logs in base 2… or 10… 🙂
            reply
   12. gwo says:
       october 4, 2013 at 7:34 am
       really “raspberry pi” (cheap, ugly, endlessly modifiable) and
       “macbook” (expensive, pretty, locked down beyond belief) end up
       right on top of each other? that’s just … wrong.
       reply
   13. joy says:
       october 4, 2013 at 8:37 am
       am definitely a geeky nerd!
       reply
   14. stephanie darrall says:
       october 4, 2013 at 9:53 am
       i like to think of myself as a neek, or a gerd. i have attributes
       of both really.
       reply
   15. william h. stoddard says:
       october 6, 2013 at 2:07 am
       i’ve never used a hashtag, but then i don’t tweet. i find it
       challenging to express a thought in as little as 144 *words*.
       reply
   16. mikee says:
       october 6, 2013 at 4:48 pm
       i do my chores, i think firefly is “shiny,” i know a cellist, i
       wear glasses and like james garner movies.
       apparently this explains why i am neither a successful nerd nor a
       committed geek.
       reply
   17. boehr himself says:
       december 5, 2013 at 4:52 am
       when i shared this post on facebook, i had the option of using the
       scatter plot or the simpsons image. i chose scatter plot. i must be
       a nerd.
       reply
   18. robynmcintyre says:
       december 21, 2013 at 12:02 am
       in my corner of the world (santa cruz, ca), a geek is a technophile
       with an extreme interest in scifi and/or fantasy and science who is
       fairly cool and hip. a nerd may have similar interests but isn’t
       cool or hip. a dork is someone who is not into these interests and
       is also not cool or hip.
       reply
   19. stacey.lyn says:
       december 24, 2013 at 5:26 am
       interesting stuff! i especially like how you point out that people
       can be a “geek” in one subject and a “nerd” in another– they really
       are two distinct terms.
       reply
   20. andrew breckenridge says:
       december 31, 2013 at 10:52 pm
       i’m trying to recreate your experiment for two other words (apple
       and windows), i have the background corpus. so the raw information,
       i’m trying to figure out how you got to the pmi….
       i have a json of about 500,000 tweets, now how do i do the search
       for my word (apple) to get a pmi for that word and another word?
       did you use regex script?
       thank you for any help
       reply
         1. andrew breckenridge says:
            december 31, 2013 at 11:12 pm
            ok, so i just read through all the comments, you used your own
            software to compute the pmi. is there any way you’d consider
            sending me your tool so i can compute the pmi for other words?
            of course, i’ll give you credit.
            then r to plot the data
            reply
              1. burrsettles says:
                 january 2, 2014 at 1:12 am
                 i’m not quite sure where the python scripts are that i
                 used to do this, after some hard drive reorganization.
                 but i’ll have a look and throw them up on github if i
                 find them.
                 at any rate, i computed the \log p(w|v) and \log p(w)
                 terms separately by processing the “search” and
                 background copora (respectively) with different scripts.
                 these converted json files from the twitter api to a
                 tab-delimited “word & log-prob” format, one word per
                 line. then i ran another script to glue these together
                 into the pmi values in the spreadsheet linked to above.
                 a simple script in python using defaultdict objects as
                 counters should work fine.
              2. andrew breckenridge says:
                 january 3, 2014 at 5:22 am
                 i don’t completely understand how you do a pmi test. so
                 i’m hoping you still have the scripts 🙂
   21. aqilaqamar says:
       february 7, 2014 at 6:26 am
       reblogged this on iconography ♠ incomplete and commented:
       this was actually a good way of explaining some of the attributes
       of each title 😀
       reply
   22. panika m. c. dillon says:
       july 21, 2014 at 3:29 pm
       as a word nerd, i’ve always felt that “geek” referred to a “nerd”
       whose subject(s) is(are) either pop culture or new technology
       related. in essence: all geeks are nerds, but not all nerds are
       geeks. this clears up the tendency to use “tech” and “geek”
       interchangeably. it also clears up the fact that i am not a
       practitioner in a scientific field, but consider myself to be
       “nerdy”, not “geeky”, about several scientific areas of study. i
       can’t claim to be “geeky” about anything. it just feels wrong–even
       when applied to contemporary poetry or politics (both of which i
       follow, am a practitioner of, and have collections related to).
       reply
   23. hsutherlin says:
       september 4, 2014 at 4:09 pm
       reblogged this on a table full and commented:
       forget foodie! i’m a food nerd! who’s with me?
       reply
   24. paktc says:
       september 24, 2014 at 7:40 am
       “moist” is wetter than “damp”.
       reply
   25. napow27 says:
       november 13, 2014 at 9:25 pm
       reblogged this on napowblog and commented:
       ever wanted to know the difference between “geeks” and “nerds”?
       check this blog out to find a scientific explanation.
       reply
   26. jane philby says:
       december 28, 2014 at 11:20 am
       in other words, market segmentation for the “merchants of cool”
       (pbs frontline) works.
       reply
   27. lexidanielle98 says:
       february 20, 2015 at 6:39 am
       i believe that while geek and nerd have negative connotations
       neither of them are bad things. most of the time these are both
       just used as insults that are used to someone that tends to do well
       in certain fields. i do not believe it is important to know the
       difference between these two words because both of them should be
       seen as compliments, saying that you excel in that field.
       reply
   28. thingsppldontthinkabout says:
       march 25, 2015 at 4:15 am
       this is the most brilliant blog on the difference between nerds and
       geeks. thank you, burr, for creating this incredible chart. it has
       enlightened all of us in both the geek- and nerd-doms.
       reply
   29. th0rtilla says:
       june 30, 2015 at 6:49 pm
       reblogged this on some loser with a blog and commented:
       this is really interesting, i think it sums it up well too!
       reply
   30. the dm's apprentice says:
       august 28, 2015 at 3:07 pm
       totally reblogged this. i love it! have to say, i do fall into both
       categories, but i definitely tend to lean more into the nerd
       category.
       reply
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   34. eric rawlins says:
       october 9, 2015 at 7:12 pm
       inre your follow-up indicating stoking the geeks vs. nerds flame
       wars, i’ve never understood this whole xbox vs. playstation,
       northern california vs. socal, patriots vs. giants thing. i grok it
       intellectually and understand that it has to do with ego and
       projection identification (if your self-image sucks, there’s an
       easy solution: just identify with a team or device or region or
       movement that already has a huge following, and wham, instant ego
       bolster!), but it always seems so arbitrarily, needlessly limiting
       and wasteful. with the exception of “cellist” (although i would
       have been a violinist if i had the talent), i identify with/am
       represented by all of these words. being non-exclusionary when it
       comes to a home console means i can have twice (oh, wait, there’s
       nintendo, too – thrice) the fun of the warring, raging, flaming
       fanboys around me. can’t we all just geek/nerd along?
       reply
   35. cevdet bartu saraÇ says:
       december 25, 2015 at 11:47 pm
       so inspiring
       reply
   36. anish says:
       april 25, 2016 at 10:42 pm
       lol, i’m both nerd and geek.
       reply
   37. tinker duck says:
       may 26, 2016 at 10:47 pm
       “….the average pmi score for all hashtags is 0.74 with “geek” but
       0.73 with “nerd.” the difference isn’t statistically significant
       using a paired t-test or wilcoxon test…”
       using statistical tests on the usage frequency of twitter content
       definitely makes you a nerd (welcome to the club)…. xd
       reply
   38. dawen says:
       august 17, 2016 at 4:17 am
       i find it interesting that your data shows people more likely to
       either self-identify or not feel bad when identified as a geek
       rather than a nerd. i’m the opposite – i do consider myself a nerd
       but am more ambivalent on the possibility of being a geek, and
       being called a geek rubs a little wrong in a way that being called
       a nerd doesn’t. it seems that in my main social circles –
       washington state and my corner of tumblr – agree that “nerds” are
       better than “geeks”.
       that said, i’ve heard some explain “nerd” as primarily
       fandom-oriented and “geek” as primarily real-life-science oriented
       (in which case, i’m both). this seems to be the definition my
       social circles tend to use. but i’ve never seen any data, let alone
       this extensive sort of thing, applied to that assertation.
       out of curiosity, how do you think a person who creates fanworks
       would fall? an author who writes fanfiction, for example? would
       that be a nerd, because we “practice” our interest in the form of
       making new stories about our favorite characters?
       reply
   39. raider badlands says:
       december 28, 2016 at 4:40 am
       a geek is someone who bites the heads off of chickens for money.
       reply
   40. j.q. says:
       march 18, 2017 at 1:08 pm
       a few months ago my kid pointed out i was a nerd and all of a
       sudden it started making sense.
       p.s.: moist is the wetter word.
       reply
   41. nerd#1 says:
       february 26, 2018 at 2:35 am
       “or, to put it pictorially à la the simpsons”…rotfl that’s pretty
       much how i’ve always envisioned it.but honestly, i don’t think one
       is better or worse than the other…who cares what you like??? as
       long as you’re comfortable being your true self.
       reply

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   from star wars to true blood to the vampire diaries and manga comics
   there’s a geek convention for everyone. here are just a few of the
   biggest and best geek festivals around the world…

#1 course of the force

   star wars day out star wars day out what is it? course of the force is
   “an olympic-style lightsaber relay, where participants will make a
   journey from santa monica to san diego while benefiting the make-a-wish
   foundation.” it’s like a relay race, but you pass the lightsaber as the
   stick. along the way there’ll be star wars themed parties, contests and
   live nerdist shows along the way.

   participants should come decked out in their best star wars, or pop
   culture-themed running gear. the best will win prizes.

   where? santa monica pier – redondo beach pier – huntington beach pier –
   oceanside pier – crystal pier, pacific beach – san diego

   when? july 7-11 2012

   €€? $500, with all proceeds benefitting the make-a-wish foundation.
   runners will receive a star wars ultimate fx lightsaber^ along with
   other gifts celebrating the force.

#2 comic con

   what is it? comic con showcases comic books, science fiction, fantasy
   and film, television, horror, animation, manga, video games and fantasy
   novels, among much other comic-related fun. more than 130,000 people
   attended in 2010 and it was a sell out. there are panels, seminars,
   workshops and previews. there are also awards ceremonies, a masquerade
   ball, a costume contest and the comic-con international independent
   film festival, which showcases shorts and feature length movies without
   distribution deals.

   you can also visit the autograph area and the artists’ alley where
   you’ll find your favourite writers and models will be.

   where? san diego convention center, san diego

   nearest hostel? hi san diego (downtown) the metropolitan | 60 metres
   away | shared rooms from €19.50pppn | privates from €24.20pppn

   when? july 12-15 2012

   €€? 4 days from $150, 1 day from $23

#3 the official star trek convention

   what is it? the world famous official star trek convention is a chance
   for hardcore fans to come and meet the cast and other passionate star
   trek fans. there’s always a huge turn out from guests, as well as over
   70 celebrities connected to the show – you can book a spot to get a
   photo and autograph with them.

   star trek star trek

   of course there’s plenty of food and drink available, but there’s also
   a casino, a sky masquerade show, state of the art theatres and hundreds
   of collectibles stalls. there’s also a bingo bash, auctions and
   even guinness world records attempts – last year they blew the previous
   record for having the most trek costumes in one place.

   where? the rio suites hotel, las vegas, nevada

   nearest hostel? aae casino hotel wild west las vegas | 2.7km away |
   shared rooms from €13.88pppn | privates from €6.94pppn

   when? august 9-12, 2012

   €€? special weekend packages from $319 | weekend tickets from $149 |
   day tickets from $35

#4 london film and comic con

   what is it?  london film and comic con is your chance to meet all your
   favourite comic and film heroes, including gillian anderson, hayden
   panettiere and jonathan frakes.

   there’s a video game zone, an artists ally and an anime zone too
   selling dvds, manga, merchandise and other goodies.

   where? olympia grand hall, london

   nearest hostel? access kensington olympia | 2 steps away | private
   rooms from €34.59pppn

   when? 6-8 july 2012

   €€? from £6pp

#5 board game geek

   what is it? board game geek is a convention for… board game geeks. but
   not your average weekend monopoly lover, this is for serious, hardcore
   gaming chiefs. there’s a game library with more than 3500 games,
   including texas hold’em tournament, game show, puzzle hunt and battlin’
   tops for you to work your way through. there are top prizes for winners
   and a flea market and vendors selling the latest releases too.

   where? hyatt regency dfw airport, texas, usa

   nearest hostel? comfort inn dfw airport north | 4 miles | privates from
   €26.93pppn

   when? november 14-18, 2012

   €€? $110 for 4-day pass

few more geek festivals for you…

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   centre, orlando, florida | nearest hostel: days inn orlando convention
   center/international d | 3 miles | private rooms from €35.12pppn

   #7 new york comic con | 11-14 october 12 | javits center, new york |
   nearest hostel: times square dream hostel | shared rooms €38.24pppn
   | private rooms €53.85pppn

   #8 brick world | 13-17 june 2012 | westin hotel, wheeling, il, chicago
   | nearest hostel: motel 6 chicago north – glenview #1040 | 5 miles away
   | private rooms: €19.51pppn

   #9 the cheltenham times science festival | 12-17 june 2012 | various
   locations in cheltenham, england | nearest hostel: cheltenham ymca |
   shared rooms from €19.77pppn | private rooms from €25.94pppn

   #10 pop art con |  10 june 2012 | hilton garden inn in fort washington,
   pa | nearest hostel: we have a few hostels in philadelphia, but none
   really close, sorry!

   #11 dr who convention 2013 | 15-17 february 2013 | marriott los angeles
   hotel, la | nearest hostel: the ritz milner hotel | 0.4 miles away |
   private rooms from €42.93pppn

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