https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Sat, 02 Nov 2013 03:30:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/geek-haven-halloween-squashtacular/ https://nerdspan.com/geek-haven-halloween-squashtacular/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:38:09 +0000 Byron Campbell https://nerdspan.com/?p=19892 If there’s one demographic that knows how to get into the spirit of Halloween, it’s gamers. Every year during the month of October, there’s at least one spooky little gaming treat to get us all into the mood. In 2010 it was Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare; in 2011, we got Infamous: Festival of Blood; 2012 [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/geek-haven-halloween-squashtacular/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/geek-haven-shadows-noir-spies-and-steam/ https://nerdspan.com/geek-haven-shadows-noir-spies-and-steam/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:58:39 +0000 Byron Campbell https://nerdspan.com/?p=17516 Wagooo! Welcome back to the Geek Haven, where we sift through the latest and greatest gaming projects on Kickstarter and see if we can catch a glimmer in the pan. In this installment we’ll be adventuring in steam empires, outwitting Russian spies, puttin’ on the ritz, erasing ourselves from existence, starting all over again, lighting [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/geek-haven-shadows-noir-spies-and-steam/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/emperors-new-clothes-is-crowdfunding-laid-bare/ https://nerdspan.com/emperors-new-clothes-is-crowdfunding-laid-bare/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:44:15 +0000 Byron Campbell https://nerdspan.com/?p=9089 Kickstarter, the sovereign of the people’s crowdfunding revolution, has risen far from humble beginnings. For 22 consecutive days in 2006, its most-funded project was New York Makes a Book, which raised only $3,329 over the life of its campaign, a hair over its $3,000 goal. Progress was swift, however, as chatter about the site took [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/emperors-new-clothes-is-crowdfunding-laid-bare/feed/ 1