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To the NRA, imaginary bullets are deadlier than real bullets

The Sandy Hook school shootings may have triggered a storm of political fervor for gun control laws, but there are those who are determined to distract us with tried-and-true diversions – most notably, blaming everything except for the ability to take human life. It began, once again, with NRA head Wayne LaPierre’s by-now infamous statement

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James Huneycutt

Real Talk – S.O.P.A. & P.I.P.A.

We don’t want to live in a world of censorship. We don’t want people to tell us what we can and cannot say. We don’t want a government so afraid of its people that it threatens to restrict their voices. If I can buy a shotgun in Walmart I sure as hell want to be

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Taylor Tate

SOPA – A Primer

The Stop Online Piracy Act is a bill before Congress that could very well affect every internet user in one form or the other. Its primary purpose is to prevent the spread and use of pirated, aka stolen or illegal, material across the web. However, the methods for doing so are proving to be more

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Justin Dean

Level Up: Why I am Doing This.

I made something. You should go buy it. Let me tell you why.  Many ask me what I plan to do with the money. I want to make my dreams happen, travel to more places, try some new foods, not worry about bills, but — most importantly — I want to make the world more

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Jennifer

What kind of geek are you?

The meaning of the word geek has changed quite a bit over the years. The following diagram helps show the changes throughout history and the meaning and use of the word “geek.”

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Justin Dean

Level Up: Let’s talk about Sex

Perked your little ears up now didn’t I? I’ve been thinking a lot about sex recently, mostly because I am a male and that is mostly what we think about. I had other reasons for thinking about sex not just from a reproductive or carnal sense, but from a intellectual level. Hot right? I was

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Catching up with Tony Hawk at LEGOLAND

While waiting for the ribbon cutting ceremony to start over at LEGOLAND’s new Star Wars miniland area, we caught up with a few celebrities.  One of which was San Diego’s own skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk.  I asked him the basic Star Wars questions, but also wondered if he is still making video games despite the fact that

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Alex

You should have seen the look on your face!

April fools everybody! Wow, we sure had you going didn’t we? Iknow that the ‘new look’ was sleek, shiny, difficult to navigate around, and … white, but it just wasn’t us. Why would we want to look just like our competitors, especially when we already look awesome? Never you worry loyal readers, the Pixelated Geek

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Alex

[April Fools] Pixelated Geek 5.0 is here!!!

The long wait is finally over. Pixelated Geek is, after much anticipation, proud to present our new layout, Pixelated Geek 5.0! We’ve been talking to our Marketing and Design Consultants and after much deliberation have discovered how to maximize our geeky awesome-ness to better provide you, our wonderful audience, with even more articles, videos, exclusives,

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