Way OT: What's your geek?
With only a few weeks left, and football news coming in still pretty slow, I'd like to start one of the last OT threads of the summer.
The Mgoblog community is a diverse, intelligent community, with lots of great interests. So my question, what is your geeky thing you are into? Can be games, books, movies, cars, historic timeframe, some collectible you are into.
Here are some of mine;
I played D&D growing up with friends and brothers. I actually highly recommend any parents with kids support this, as there is lots of story telling and character development in this gameplay. We actually were able to play some last year.
X-wing miniatures: Is a table top game with models where you simulate a dog fight between Star Wars space ships. I've recently gotten into this, and I'm currently obsessed
Reading: I've read a lot of books, but are probably not considered as nerdy or geeky as the popularity has grown. Ender's Game, X-wing series, A Song of Ice and Fire series (GoT), Harry Potter.
This can also apply to Michigan Football, as I'd consider WolverineDevotee, Mathlete, WolverineHistorian to have taken their fandom to geek status with the amount of knowledge and devotion they've made to their hobby.
August 13th, 2015 at 9:57 AM ^
I've been getting into running this past spring and summer. Makes eluding the authorities much easier.
August 13th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
If you see this guy - run the other way
August 13th, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
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August 13th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
Are there more games that I could play besides Pokemon? As much as I love Pokemon, I don't really want to buy a console just for one game. One of the biggest reasons I was turned off by Nintendo was because they stopped making good single player games and focused more on "fun for the family" which is great for a party, but everyday not so much.
August 13th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
I enjoy Phoenix Wright games a lot. Think anime-style Law and Order where you play as the defense attorney clearing your clients from wrongful convictions. Mostly mystery-solving and figuring out just how all the evidence/testimony fits together, but the writing and storytelling is excellent. Despite the style, every case is a murder case, so games are rated T or M.
Check out Professor Layton games if you enjoy solving puzzles. Easily the best collection of puzzles I've found in any medium.
I'd have more recommendations, but ultimately it depends on what kind of experience you're looking for. Regarding ODS/3DS exclusives*, the above I'd recommend to anyone.
*I think the first Professor Layton game is available on iPhones now-a-days.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
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Good beer, better whiskey, great music on vinyl, and whittling chess pieces out of basswood.
Oh and also literally any educational piece presented/narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
Are you Nick Offerman?
In all seriousness, that's some pretty cool stuff.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Andy Dufresne?
August 13th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
the most hipster thing ever written.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:07 AM ^
No, he hasn't defined "good" on completely arbitrary terms that all exclusively revolve around not rarity, but how well-known an item is in the public eye.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
But he posted it from a typewriter.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^
For beer "good" often means super hoppy IPAs (although during the winter I tend to gravitate to porters). That being said I am in no way above ordering and enjoying a bucket of Budweisers if that's on special when the Tigers game is on or somesuch.
Whiskey - my personal favorite is Four Roses Small Batch so not super obscure, but not super popular.
And I have an extremely broad taste in music. Some days I listen to Louis Armstrong vinyls some days T.I. vinyls, so it varies...
August 13th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
I cannot stand IPA's, but I enjoy sours, which I guess are the new up-and-coming trend...
Same -- except less Budweiser and more Corona or Miller Lite -- I can't justify giving AB my money after their pretty offensive Super Bowl commercial.
Heard good things about Four Roses.
And anyone who owns a record player *has* to have Kind of Blue, right?
August 13th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I hate IPA's too and while I like sours, they seem to be beer for people who don't like beer, so I'm torn on them.
What commercial during the super bowl was offensive?
August 13th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
I will try a sour if I see one at a brewery that I have never tried, but I don't generally love them and don't typically repeat that purchase.
And see I hate all Miller. I am not sure why exactly, but I do. Love Coronas on the beach but never indoors.
I do own Kind of blue, I think I prefer Birth of the Cool though. My collection runs at about 650 records right now, most of them are ones I got in large collections on the cheap over Ebay or at the local flea market.
August 13th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
I hate all Millers as well. Give me any beer as long as it is not a Miller.
August 13th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
Won't drink this shit either haha.
August 13th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
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August 13th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
Play some Kerbal
August 13th, 2015 at 10:01 AM ^
Not sure why, but my ultimate dont care about money dream job would be google streeview driver
August 13th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Sampling and estimation.
Trains, especially Japanese.
Modern Chinese history.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
"Well, I believe in the soul... the cock...the pussy... the small of a woman's back... the hangin' curveball... high fiber... good scotch... that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent overrated crap... I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a Constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. Goodnight."
August 13th, 2015 at 10:25 AM ^
That Tom Brady courtroom sketch is classic!
August 13th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
I loved playing D&D when I was in high school. I was the DM for our group and ran my own self-designed campaign for a couple years before the other core players and I went off to different colleges, and that was pretty much the end of it. I kept all my old books and miniatures and stuff in my mom's basement for years, more out of nostalgia than any serious belief that I'd return to the game.
A while back, however, I noticed that the game started to make a bit of a comeback in the pop culture. The geek stigma had receded a bit, probably because of the commercial success the LOTR and Hobbit movies and then Game of Thrones have had. The new 5th Edition D&D books were drawing favorable reviews. And I started seeing articles about "vrtual table-tops," which are basically videoconferencing websites for role-playing games. As a guy in his late thirties with a kid and a pretty serious job, I was still pretty hesitant to start playing D&D again. But then I turned 40, and was like "fuck it. I'm a man. I'm 40. I'm going to do what I like to do. And what I like to do is play Dungeons and fucking Dragons."
So, a few months ago I started desigining a new campaign world. I bought the 5th Edition books, recruited some players, and then launched my new D&D campaign on the Roll20 virtual tabletop website. We've only managed to play two sessions so far, but it's been great. We do have space for a couple more players if you're interested OP, or anyone else (we play Sunday nights from 9-11 Pacific; we try to play every other week but so far that hasn't happened). You can find the game at Roll20 using this LINK.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
I am sorely tempted. Will likely pass, but thanks for sharing the information. It's good to know there are ways to keep up gaming even after marriage/kids/job/etc.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
try a geek weekend every year where there are no kids and spouses/ GFs. We played the 2nd Edition DnD, which is what we played in HS. I heard there were a lot of changes in the recent editions, but we played what we knew since there is limited time.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
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August 13th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
I realize making and eating breakfast foods of all kinds doesn't constitute geeky-ness, but that's what I like to do.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
Bourbon (have like 30 bottles, 1/3 of them open), BBQ (have my own smoker) and history.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
What do you smoke? What kind of smoker?
August 13th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
On how cupcake I'm feeling.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
Star Wars and video games (currently obessesed with Destiny).
August 13th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
cant wait for The Taken King to get here!
August 13th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
Same here. Pretty pumped for the changes and additions that have been reported so far.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
If youre on PS4 and need an extra to raid, my psn is Gorrilacookie.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
I am. If I can't add you first, go ahead and add me, Darth__Wolverine (double _)
August 13th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
Nice name.
Mine is DarthWolverine7, so I'm biased.
August 13th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^
Haha awesome. If you are on PS4, feel free to add me.
August 13th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
I'm excited too. I play as often as I can, which amounts to only a handful of hours a week.
XBoxOne is my console of choice.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
I am a D-1 athlete with a degree in English turned MCSD VB.NET expert
August 13th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
I'm sorry, on so many different levels.