Tag: STARTREK

Spock portrayer Zachary Quinto (the adorable reason that girls everywhere enjoyed the new 'Star Trek' movie) recently endeared himself even more to his geek fan base. Joystick in hand, Quinto has decided to support 'Save the Arcade,' a campaign promoted by Stride Gum to keep iconic gamespots across the country from having to shut their doors. Quinto appeared at the Video West Arcade in ...

Wired.com's Geekdad blog always has great articles about living with tech and obscure pop culture in the 21st century. Last week's article focuses on an oft-stereotyped kind of kid: the female geek. Offering tips on how to support a girl with a penchant for reading and 'Lord of the Rings,' writer Natania Barron attempts to guide parents in guiding their children. "[Even] if you don't get the stuff ...

'Star Trek' characters and story lines have always been easy targets for double entendres and risque jokes. As a result, smut peddlers have been shilling 'Star Trek' sexiness since the '70s. And, tapping into an old stereotype, the chaste and nerdy Trekkies are easy marks for the pimps of the adult film and book industries. Fittingly, just for all you sex-crazed Spockaholics, the 'Star Trek' ...

Attention all Trekkies! If your La-Z-Boy just isn't cutting it, you may want to discover, shall we say, another frontier in furniture. Sorry, we couldn't resist... Serious Star Trek Fans usually own a variety of the franchise's memorabilia, so it's no surprise that some of the more hardcore are translating their love of the classic show into new home furnishings. Replicas of the Enterprise ...

Look, LeVar Burton and Twitter are both incomprehensibly cool, but part of the beauty of Twitter is that you can do so many other things while using it. So while you're, say, cooking, you can pay attention to the food and exchange messages on Twitter. Network World blogger Curt Monash didn't realize how easy it was to do other things while sending messages to Mr. Burton on Twitter. So, while Mr. ...

A recent Nielsen report revealed that viewership of all video mediums is up, including mobile viewing, which has witnessed the largest statistical jump with an increase of 9-percent since the last quarter. Eager to tap into this market, television networks have delved into the streaming video phenomenon. Perhaps the most well known (thanks to its Super Bowl ad), Hulu combines the formidable ...

Whoopi Goldberg is going back to her roots. Her science fiction roots, that is. The Oscar-winning actress and current host of 'The View' is starring in and producing a new online sci-fi thriller series called 'Stream' on FEARnet. FEARnet is a horror Web site and video-on-demand network. Goldberg had briefly retired as an actress, but the 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' alum saw the chance to ...

Finely riding that razored edge between tragedy and comedy, the New York Times reports that not only did the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket lose its three satellites and fail to reach orbit during a recent launch, but it also destroyed the remains of actor James Doohan, best known as the original 'Star Trek's' Chief Engineer "Scotty." The actor's ashes -- as well as those of over 200 others -- were ...

So you may be able to earn college credit learning to speak Klingon, and you can order yourself replicas of many bits of Klingon weaponry. But even though you may wish it otherwise, you have to face facts: Klingons are not real. That other bane of the Starfleet's existence, the cloaking shield, isn't real either. That said, it seems we may be getting closer to invisibility becoming a reality, ...

After the revelation that relative unknown Chris Pine would be taking the role of Captain Kirk in the next 'Star Trek' film, geeks everywhere revolted -- despite having never heard of the guy. But, Trekkies and Trekkers everywhere, put down your keyboards and stop it with the yelling and screaming: It looks like Shatner will indeed be making an appearance in the film. The next 'Trek' will take ...