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Justin Dean

Level Up: A Lesson in Failing

Veteran. Hard Core. Legendary. Epic. These are all difficulties that we ratchet up to challenge ourselves in game, but in real life we wuss out to the challenge of increasing the chance of failure. We wuss out hard. Failure will happen to you just like death and taxes. I know most self-help gurus won’t tell

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Justin Dean

Time is On My Side!

Most people feel that time is this celestial jerk that is bearing down on them stomping out any fun that they have with a giant Galactus foot keeping your demise punctual and painful. We are always racing against time, but there are some plusses to having a time limit that we take for granted. I

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Geek Style: The Thesis

It’s an early geeky morning, which roughly means noon, or one-ish in the afternoon. You stumble over to your closet, after no shower, and throw on…the Doctor Who t-shirt sounds good with…the pants you wore yesterday. Good to go. This is a problem we as a culture need to counteract. I have no problem with

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Valentine’s Gifts: Be Sweet to Your Geek

So you don’t have any clue what to get your loved one this Valentine’s Day? Well, you don’t have to  smash the Piggy Bank and spend your Spare Change to send a message! Here are some unique and definitely geek worthy ideas that are sure to please that special someone.

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Justin Dean

Level Up: V-Day Blues.

While Blue Valentine may be an Oscar-nominated movie, it is a real life occurance for most of us geeks. We would all like to sit back and be told that it doesn’t really matter if you have a significant other or not on a day like Valentine’s. Frankly, it doesn’t help. Maybe, some honest truth

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JJ Crass

Exclusive Interview with MC Frontalot

When you think of rap, you think of tricked out cars, large jewelry, and really nice cribs. When you think of nerd, you think of calculators, Dungeons and Dragons, and proper grammar. MC Frontalot has merged the two worlds together.

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Justin Dean

Geek Counseling: All is Fair in Love and Zombies

hey Justin I remember you guys covering HVZ a couple whiles ago here at -college- we are doing it up again. WoooohoO! The “Problem” is that a girl that my squad runs with is everything I want in a relationship. How do I ask her to hang out during these Zombie attacks? -bleedingheart

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Justin Dean

Mold Breaker

Currently, twelve Pokemon have the ability Mold Breaker, defined as: moves that can be used regardless of ability.  For us Poke-freaks, that means that we can, on my count, ignore  42 opposing abilities in combat that would normally hamper us. Sweet! Are you facing a Rhyperior with Lighting Rod that’s forcing you to hit him

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Confessions of a Disney Employee

As a former Disney Cast Member, this vlog/rant by sWooZie is amazingly accurate. Full disclosure: I performed as Goofy for 1.5 years in Orlando. And yes, we would steal food like nobody’s business. I remember the old cranks at Space Mountian, Dino Rama, and the extra-TERROR-estial alien encounter. Damn I miss those days.

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