10-11-2009, 06:58 PM
I am a cultural, rather than technological, geek.
Despite not having played a single game nor bought a single card for about a decade, I still religiously follow the development of Magic: The Gathering. I have seen every episode of Star Trek: TNG, in order. Ditto Buffy: the Vampire Slayer. I once performed a circus act where I tore the head off a live chicken - with my teeth. (Sorry, wrong definition of "geek".) I have read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ten times, Dune fifteen times, and Kim Stanley Robinson's gigantic Mars trilogy four times. I play old-to-ancient retro computer games when I get bored. My favourite web comic is XKCD.
However, without any appreciable computer skills, my geek cred is surely lower than many in the assembled community here.
-Jester
Despite not having played a single game nor bought a single card for about a decade, I still religiously follow the development of Magic: The Gathering. I have seen every episode of Star Trek: TNG, in order. Ditto Buffy: the Vampire Slayer. I once performed a circus act where I tore the head off a live chicken - with my teeth. (Sorry, wrong definition of "geek".) I have read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ten times, Dune fifteen times, and Kim Stanley Robinson's gigantic Mars trilogy four times. I play old-to-ancient retro computer games when I get bored. My favourite web comic is XKCD.
However, without any appreciable computer skills, my geek cred is surely lower than many in the assembled community here.
-Jester