Welcome to the Week of Geek

Join us for a celebration of all things uber-nerdy

Words: GamesRadar UK on August 6, 2009

In an effort to show to the world that being geeky is a positive, healthy and mighty damn fun thing to do with your life, we at GamesRadar are dedicating next week to being as uber-nerdy as we can with an official Week of Geek. Going way above and beyond our usual level of insightful geekery, we're following up Shark Week with five days of the most unashamedly dorky, puristic and anally-retentive content we can come up with.

Every one of us is a geek. But don't go decrying that statement. The wrongly-maligned term is actually a compliment inferring a certain level of passion, knowledge and enjoyment of a particular aspect of life. The falsely negative connotations are merely a device of the world's knuckle-scraping jocks and bubble-headed cheerleaders, conceived as a way to take potshots at those of us who do interesting things that they can not. You know, like reading and speaking in sentences and stuff.

During the Week of Geek you'll discover our darkest, nerdiest passions. You'll see us pick pedantic holes in everything. You'll learn all kinds of obscure things about all kinds of obscure things you never even knew you wanted to know anything about. And you'll love it. It's going to be revealing. It's going to be lavishly nit-picky. And it's going to be fun. Who's in? Check out the complete schedule below.


Monday, August 10th


The Top 7... sexy text adventures


Tokyo's underground game bars


Tuesday, August 11th


Most accurate/inaccurate comic book games


Wednesday, August 12th


A celebration of C64 loading screens


Gaming's most incestuous soundtracks


Thursday, August 13th


The best TI-83 RPGs ever


How to play WoW properly


Friday, August 14th


25 years of Neuromancer: How cyberpunk became reality


GamesRadar's Shark Week
Bite the bait and join us as we feast on all things shark

 

GamesRadar’s Week of Hate 2009
Whining louder than the rest of the internet (annually)

 

GamesRadar’s Week of Babes
Shower scenes, cosplay cuties, the best Bond babes, and more

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Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PC, PSP, DS, Xbox, GameCube

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  • gatornation1254

    gatornation1254  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    I always get excited for the theme weeks. So two in a row is great.
  • disturbedanomaly36

    disturbedanomaly36  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    didnt get the point of shark week, but this is the best week since week of hate
  • snothammer

    snothammer  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    I can't wait! TI-83 RPGs for the win.
  • Rattlehead

    Rattlehead  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    I can't wait. To quote McBAne "The geeks shall inherit the Earth.".
  • manaconda

    manaconda  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    that ti-83 article promises to be amazing.

    pimp quest anyone?

    such a great game. i almost failed math cause of it
  • NanoElite666

    NanoElite666  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Holy crap, I remember playing games on my TI-83+ while I was in high school. Never had any RPGs for it, though, so it'll be interesting to see what that article holds...
  • waynski1457

    waynski1457  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Oh I am going to HATE that WoW article (my bro is a BIG addict, and hates that I always roll "Huntard").

    But FUCK YEAH NEUROMANCER! Gibson will always be one of my favorite writers.
  • Vagrant

    Vagrant  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    This one isn't related to another stupid American cultural/TV event I don't know, is it?

    (I only found out about the "real" shark week because of the Daily Show!)
  • Pr0fesserCha0s

    Pr0fesserCha0s  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Power to the Geeks
  • IGiveUFunkButt

    IGiveUFunkButt  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    You had me at, "Top 7... Sexy text adventures"!
    OH boy, oh boy oh boy!
    (This is not sarcasim. I serious)

    Ps: I vote "Adventureland". I don't no if it's sexy but it was an awesome cartrige on the Commodore VIC-20.
  • Frexerik

    Frexerik  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    EPIC!!

    i cant wait!!
  • hardcore_gamer1990

    hardcore_gamer1990  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Actually really excited for this... 0.o
  • SophiaDragonMaster

    SophiaDragonMaster  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Oh my gawd, geek week starts at my birthday! 8D Awesome. Geeks are the best yah.
  • Amnesiac

    Amnesiac  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    I actually programmed a very basic RPG for the TI-83+. Yep, I'm a geek.
  • lovinmyps3

    lovinmyps3  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    This should be pretty good. I already liked the thing about the jocks and cheerleaders (being a jock hater myself).
  • THORSTEINTHESTAFFSTRUCK

    THORSTEINTHESTAFFSTRUCK  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    What no g33K pr0n?
  • GoldenMe

    GoldenMe  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    WOO! August 13th= My Birthday!

    And after that is the GamesRadar 24 Hour Extravaganza!
  • KillDrone

    KillDrone  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Is this going to be a recurring thing for GamesRadar from now on? Week of Blank?
  • Cyberninja

    Cyberninja  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    whats next week of ninjas?
  • lucashintz

    lucashintz  - 2 years, 6 months ago  - Report

    Sounds a lot better than shark week! But will b.buttercup make an appearance?
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