Traversing the world of geek!

So my first on Geek-Speak, what should I do? Should I reinforce my geekness, demonstrate my powers of geek-fu? Should I delve deep into the quagmire of technological and scientific issues that abound, or political matters facing geekdom?

Nah.

Lets go for a news round up of recent geek news from the silly to the “what the…” :)

Ok, so first up: Sign that we are become TOO reliant on technology over our brains… (link, via Engadget)
Really, I mean come on people! Just because a GPS tells you to go one way and all the road signs say “Wooh there really don’t come this way!” does not mean we listen to the GPS. Take a diversion most decent GPS systems can cope. Technology should never replace our higher functions which have evolved over the millennia for our survival, they should enhance it… either that or this is natural selection at work…

Next up: Superman will have his day in court! (link, via Newsarama)
The above link is a look at the ongoing series of law suits between DC and Siegel, its quite a mess (well, maybe not mess…) and one that has potentially wide reaching implications for not just comics, but tv series, movies, and the like. Its well worth a read, especially falling the many links within the article.

Next: Get away from her you b… (link, via BBC News, and Angry Zen Master)
This is rather cool. Power armour, a sci-fi stapple (hence the Aliens link, which if you didn’t know, shame on you, shame!), it becoming a reality. For those not in the know basically power armour amplifies human capabilities of strength and speed by making them super-human. Of course this is not as cool, nor as worrying as 4 legged walking robot (Big Dog) which really is a sign that Skynet is building its forces.

Finally: D&D 4^th Ed GSL (link, via Slashdot)
Let me expand, that is the Dungeons and Dragons 4^th Edition Game System License. Yup, Role Playing game time. D&D is the classic role playing game (whose system is simply known as “d20”) which gets reaches its fourth edition this year (or is it early next, anyway…) Not that big a deal you say? Well, there a number of computer based D&D/d20 games, such the popular Neverwinter Nights series. This new revamp supposedly changes a lot in the way the game works and feels, wither that is for better or worse will of course remain to be seen.

So there you go, four pieces from across the geek world, so until next time… “May your CPU run cool, and may your geek-fu be strong.”

Laters

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