random bits of geek

‘Like an old friend’ – Doctor Who’s Sonic Screwdriver, a History

It opens doors, it hacks computers, sometimes it cuts steel. Fans of Doctor Who are intimately familiar with the image of the Doctor holding his sonic screwdriver, (looks like a fancy noise-making penlight) up against this or t...

SHMOO’S BOOZE REVIEWS: AVERY BREWING CO. HOG HEAVEN

So I just got finished reading A Dance With Dragons. Like a few minutes ago. I’m still trying to accept everything that happened to all my favorite characters and not knowing exactly how long it’s going to be before...

Youtube Roundup: Pulp Shakespeare

This is pretty much genius. Best of Fest winner at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011. -Shmooie Bueno

RBOG Episode 15 – Top 5 Horror Movies

Diana Sparx sits in with Reverend Grimes and Bear Zombies as they bitch and moan about their favorite and not so favorite horror movies. They also pretty much decide to dig up Stanley Kubrick’s body and make sweet love ...

Comic Review: Chew #24

Chew is a book you might not be reading right now but really should be reading right now. There is quite simply nothing else like this on the stands. Hell, there’s really nothing like this anywhere. Chew # 28 does...

RBOG Supersode – February Previews

Bear Zombies, Reverend Grimes, and Enrique Requero get way off target in this very special Supersode discussing all the goodies about to be headed your way! Grendel Omnibus! Avengers vs. X-Men! Grandpa Won’t Wake Up...

Shmooie Bueno Hates Crystal Hippies

Let me preface this by stating that I am not a god damned hippie. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the dreadlocks or the massive beard, they don’t mean anything. And just ignore my love for folk music and folk festiv...

Mindcore/RBOG Podcast Extra! – Star Trek

Reverend Grimes, Enrique Recuero and Diana Sparx show serious nerd love to the ultimate geeky universe.

PSA: Walking Dead Midseason Premiere Sunday Night!!!

Park your butt on the couch and prepare for the guaranteed high point of your otherwise miserable week. In the meantime, here’s the trailer. See you back on Monday for the post game recap! - Reverend Grimes

Flash Game Review- Titan Lunch Retaliation

Since this is my first review, I feel like I should give you folks a little background about me. Feel free to skip ahead if you trust my credentials. I LOVE videogames. I have ALWAYS loved video games. Any time I’m stress...

Comic Review: Carnage USA (3 of 5) (groan…)

I think Bear Zombies is fucking with me. For our first printed comic reviews, he picked the books. He also split them up, choosing which of us read each book for review. You may have noticed that he’s tackling ...

Old School Video Game Review- Yoshi’s Island

Let’s take a journey back to 1995. To be honest, I don’t remember much from that year- but one thing I do remember is Yoshi’s Island. Yoshi had been featured as a side character in a few games, and even had a ...