http://www.nerdculture.org Cutting through the hype. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:42:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-ca A short trailer was just put online for Michiko To Hatchin--the story of Michiko; a free-willed "sexy diva" who destroys a supposedly inescapable prison fortress and Hatchin; a girl fleeing her strict foster parents. The two join forces on an improbable escape to freedom. The trailer itself doesn't seem to ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/04/03/michiko-to-hatchin-the-trailer-doesnt-show-much-but-im-still-excited/ Yeah, I turned it off. It wasn't exactly all that active (see: no posts at all), so I decided to disable it for now. On the bright side; I finally finished Mass Effect and it was awesome. I might write a post about it soon when I can find the ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/04/02/no-more-forum/ I was hanging out with a friend of mine and he showed me a new card game he got recently called Zombie Fluxx. I had quite a bit of fun playing it and it's a very cool idea for a card game. Most card games have some set goals and ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/31/zombie-fluxx-whats-a-few-flesh-eating-undead-between-friends/ I've always been an avid supporter of web standards, so I was glad to here that Gecko 1.9, the layout engine used in the Firefox 3 beta, passes the Acid2 test, but I found the future version of Firefox is still lacking one single thing that I feel holds it back rather ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/13/firefox-two-brackets-and-a-number-from-being-perfect/ This is a somewhat pointless post, but I thought it was pretty funny when Google gave me this result on a search I made a few minutes ago. Anyone else have any amusing stories of the occasionally quirky behavior of Google's search system? http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/07/the-content-of-spain-google-cant-always-be-right/ For the longest time my MP3 Player was an iPod which, in all appreciation for how it changed the portable media market, is vastly inferior to some of the lesser known Portable Media Players to come out in recent years. The most significant, in my opinion, being the Cowon A3--the ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/06/cowon-a3-every-nerd-wants-one-they-just-dont-know-it-yet/ For awhile I've been using a video service called Stage6 which was similar to YouTube except they offered High Definition video uploading...it wasn't very ideal though as it needed a proprietary DivX Player to play the videos. Not long ago they closed up shop, so I decided to look around ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/05/forget-youtube-lets-vimeo/ Normally my tastes are more manly than chick flicks, like playing football and showering naked together with other men in the locker rooms...okay, maybe that was a bit of a lie, but I feel it needs to be emphasized that you don't have to be some scrawny, girly wuss to ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/03/nana-nana2-a-very-enjoyable-chick-flick-seriously/ I've been really busy with work so I haven't had any time to post anything...is what I really wish I could say right now, but that would be a lie. I was just being really lazy for a while there. I always seem to get really lethargic like this over ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/03/01/if-i-dont-actually-stay-this-time-you-have-official-permission-to-hurt-me/ I've been debating whether or not I should add a forum to the site for a while now, as they can become rather spam ridden. I decided though, that I would just make it anyways and do a sort of trial run. If I feel it's getting out of hand ... http://www.nerdculture.org/2008/01/16/introducing-the-spiffy-new-nerd-culture-forums/