After a long campaign against the best and brightest geek luminaries, Wil Wheaton has emerged as the people’s choice to hold the office of the (yet to be officially recognized) Secretary of Geek Affairs. Nearly 90,000 total votes were cast in determining the Geek Madness Tournament outcome, and Mr. Wheaton vanquished an impressive list of […]
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GEEK MADNESS: Final Battle! Whedon vs. Wheaton
March 8, 2009 – 7:59 pm
We started with 64 entrants, and after a series of brutal and bloody campaigns, only two survive for the final, alliterative battle. Winner of the Final Battle will be recommended to President Barack Obama to fill Secretary position of the as-yet created Department of Geek Affairs. All results to this point can be found on […]
GEEK MADNESS: Geek 16, Part 2
February 15, 2009 – 8:00 pm
The culling continues, and decisions only get tougher as the second half of Geek 16 voting begins, ending next Sunday, February 22. Survivors graduate to the Reasonable 8, and all four battles to determine the Penultimate Four will then commence. All results to-date are on the main Geek Madness page. Review all the matchups and […]
GEEK MADNESS: Geek 16, Part 1
February 8, 2009 – 7:27 pm
Now it really starts to get cruel. After eight grueling weeks, sixteen remain to tussle it out for the title of Secretary of Geek Affairs. All results to-date are on the main Geek Madness page. Yes, we’re well aware that many of you will find it impossible to decide. But you must. Be brave! Review all […]
GEEK MADNESS: Lobot Region, Round 2
February 1, 2009 – 10:06 pm
Can you feel the heat from the fever, currently hovering around 312 K??? (Check it and see!) Well it’s about to get even hotter as the last four members of the Geek 16 are decided—voting is now open for Round 2 of the Lobot Region, and will close on Sunday, February 8th at 7 pm. […]
GEEK MADNESS: Lobot Region, Round 1
January 4, 2009 – 11:57 pm
Voting is closed for Jor-El Region, Round 1—results are posted on the main Geek Madness page, along with the Bombadil and Do’Urden Region, Round 1 results. And now the last of the Round 1 brackets, Lobot Region is now open for voting, and will close on Sunday, Jan. 11th at 8 pm EST. Next up, […]
GEEK MADNESS: Bombadil Region, Round 1
December 21, 2008 – 6:12 pm
Voting is closed for Do’Urden Region, Round 1—results are posted on the main Geek Madness page. But the Battle for Secretary of Geek Affairs rages on and voting for Round 1 of the Bombadil Region is now open, and will close on Sunday, Dec. 28th at 6 pm EST, at which point the next round […]
GEEK MADNESS: Do’Urden Region, Week 1
December 15, 2008 – 12:13 am
Let the games begin! Our first sixteen competitors jump into the fray for the inaugural round of the Battle for Secretary of Geek Affairs. Voting for Round 1 of the Do’Urden Regon is now open, and will close on Sunday, D discount cialis ec. 21st at 7 pm (a completely arbitrary stop time, as is […]
GEEK MADNESS: Revised Brackets!
December 14, 2008 – 2:09 pm
Our Geek Madness Tournament kicks off tomorrow; and just in time, we’ve posted revised brackets. Over the past week, we’ve heard your requests, suggestions, complaints and threats; we’ve ignored the vast majority of them, but a couple have made some degree of sense. Those particular ideas have been especially ignored; but we did indeed change […]
