• Adventures in Akihabara

    “Otaku ( おたく / オタク ) is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, commonly the anime and manga fandom.” - Wikipedia If there is a “geekier” place in the world than Akihabara, I don’t think my poor body could handle it. For those of you unfamiliar…

  • I didn't choose the "geek" life...

    Members of the element14 community, I have a confession to make. I am a nerd. Of course, this isn't much of a confession if you spend any amount of time with me outside of a professional setting, but I digress. I am a nerd. A geek. A medically confirmed…

  • Making Fantasy Real

    Considering we’re celebrating all things Geek with the imminent arrival of Geek Pride Day, it got me thinking about things in Anime, literature, films and books. The fact they are so fantastical that we may never see them here, in the real world, in our…

  • Celebrating Geek Pride Day: What Do You 'Geek Out' Over?

    It’s not just technology that gets the geek juices flowing. With the culture around what a ‘geek’ is and does changing, people are happy to say they geek out over everything and anything from video games to literature. Geeking out has actually become…