Archive for the ‘video games’ tag

Blizzard Slays with the new Cataclysm Commercial!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 17, 2010 at 7:10 pm | No Comments

Deathwing blows it all away on December 7, 2010

I am not too proud, or too “adult” to say that when I watched this commercial, I sat here with my mouth agape, swept away under Deathwing’s destructive spell. This commercial made it’s debut during the Cowboys/Vikings game. So one form of gaming glory was the vehicle for another….Of course, if it had been a [...]

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BlizzCon or Bust! Tenacious D to Play! FourSquare Up with GSB in Anaheim!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 11, 2010 at 9:58 pm | No Comments

Tenacious D at BlizzCon

As I may have mentioned, I’ll be at BlizzCon this year, along with thousands of my closest gaming buddies. If you’ll be at BlizzCon, too, you can say “Mok’ra!” or “Bal’a Dash, Malanore!” (I’ll even be nice if you come up and say, “Ishnu-alah!”) Simply find me through FourSquare; I’ll be posting locations throughout the [...]

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The Squee Heard ‘Round Azeroth

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 7, 2010 at 5:45 pm | No Comments

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm drops 12/07/10

Blizzard Entertainment has upped the geek ante with the release of the Cataclysm “dump your gold HERE!” announcement. Yep, you guessed it. We now know that Cataclysm will be dropping on December 7, 2010. Not resting on their virtually enhanced laurels, though, they’ve also released the schedule of events (there’s also a printable version, that’s [...]

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From Meez to Yooz-Timey Wimey Wibbly Wobbly Friday Fun!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on August 20, 2010 at 5:08 pm | No Comments

Geek Gyrl playing Nerd Herder on Meez.com

I had a bit of fun playing around on the Meez website, today. Meez are not “new” online dress up dolls, by any stretch; however, they’ve updated a lot of the accessories, backgrounds, etc., including a nice array of geeky accoutrement. Some examples, you ask? Why certainly! How about Chuck and Matrix backgrounds; Doctor Who [...]

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Game On: Epic Tunes from The Guild

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on July 28, 2010 at 12:03 am | No Comments

Game On! - season 4 musical loot, courtesy of The Guild

The Guild hit monitors and portable digital devices all over the place on July 13, when Season 4 (finally!) began. Felicia, Sandeep and the rest of the crew rewarded all of us with epic tunes, this week, in addition to the second episode, by releasing their latest music video, Game On. To get your Guild [...]

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The Terrible Fanfiction Crossover Generator

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on June 2, 2010 at 8:54 pm | No Comments

I’ve never been a huge fan of fanfic. I understand the appeal, and I know there IS such a thing as “good fanfic.” (Although, in my experience, you weed through an awful lot of dross before you find the gold. And DAMN, but there are a lot of people that seem to use it as [...]

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Spike TV Announces 2009 ‘Video Game Awards’ Winners

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on December 13, 2009 at 1:59 pm | 1 Comment

Spike TV's 2009 Video Game Award Winners Announced

*** PRESS RELEASE *** ‘UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES’ CROWNED GAME OF THE YEAR Legendary Musician Stevie Wonder On Hand To Pronounce The Beatles: Rock Band As Best Music Game of 2009 LIVE Show Unveils World Premiere Footage From Twelve Of The Industry’s Most Anticipated Titles LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Featuring world premiere footage [...]

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Sequel to Best Selling Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game Announced

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on at 1:48 pm | 2 Comments

Batman and Joker will be back on video game consoles everywhere when the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum is released

Comic Book Resources is reporting that a sequel to the best selling Batman: Arkham Asylum video game is already in the works. The announcement came during Spike TV’s 7th Annual Video Game Awards. The site reports that, while the game didn’t win any awards, everyone’s favorite Dark Knight was present throughout the ceremony, with the [...]

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