April 2010

FANTASY BASEBALL: What the Fukudome?!

After putting up consistently mediocre stats in 2008 and 2009, I wrote off Kosuke Fukudome as fantasy failure. His 2-year averages of .258, 10.5 HR and 56 RBI didn’t exactly project into fantasy usefulness, except in the deepest of leagues. And with an average groundball rate hovering close to 50%,...

NAUGHTY BEAR Gives Pre-Order Love!

505 Games and Artificial Mind & Movement (creators of Naughty Bear) are giving up MEGA goodies to those who pre-order their upcoming and highly anticipated Xbox/PS3 title from either Gamestop or Amazon.com. Pre-order from GameStop and you'll receive an EXCLUSIVE Slasher Bear (who I've nicknamed Jason Bearhees) costume equipped with...

Friday Frodos (4/30 Edition)

First Image Of CHRIS HEMSWORTH As THOR

Not too much to say on this one, just figured you folks would like to see the first shot of Chris Hemsworth as Thor in the new film by Kenneth Branagh. Don't forget there's a Thor teaser in Iron Man 2.

The DOVES Are Tapped Out

Our friends over at SupaJam have thrown us another bone and are giving you Geekweekers the inside scoop on the future of the indie band Doves: Doves achieved one of the most remarkable musical reinventions of recent times, moving from dance to full on indie, and their broad soundscapes have...

NHL PLAYOFFS: Sharks Survive Game 1 With The Wings

It was the beginning of the second round last night as the San Jose Sharks hosted the Detroit Red Wings in game one of the Western Conference Semi-final - which was also the only game on the league's schedule last night The Sharks used an early Joe Pavelski goal (...

DAILY COMIC: I Fight Crime #85

Strip #85 For complete archives of I Fight Crime check out Blastosaurus.com Follow Richard Fairgray on Twitter. Follow I Fight Crime on Twitter. I Fight Crime and all related characters are Copyright Richard Faigray 2010

World Soccer: Move Over IRON MAN 2, The WORLD CUP Is Coming...

As if we needed reminding, nothing, and I mean nothing, gets in the way of the World Cup. Not even you, Tony Stark. Via The Hollywood Reporter: "Many countries come to a standstill during the World Cup games, especially if the home team is playing," Warner Bros. international distribution president...

GEEKIEST WARRIOR - Solo vs. Kirk

Hello one and all and welcome to week one of the brand new series here on GeekWeek.com, GEEKIEST WARRIOR. Every Thursday we will pit two characters that you know and love up against each other and leave you to decide who the winner is. You have all weekend to leave...

Ron Howard's THE DARK TOWER?

Via Deadline.com : In a whopping deal coming together quickly, Stephen King, Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road are in discussions to make a screen trilogy and TV series out of King's epic novel series The Dark Tower. Akiva Goldsman will write the script, Ron Howard will direct it, and his...

Soldiers In Afghanistan Face Down Lady Gaga. And Win.

Full of win. So full of win I can't even talk. (thanks Amanda Schweitzer for posting this!)

CHAD, MATT & ROB vs The Mountain Devil

Earlier this month, I introduced you to Chad, Matt & Rob and I told you that they were working on some new shorts....well, the boys are good to their word-- A few days ago they dropped "Mountain Devil Prank fails Horribly" An unofficial sequel of sorts to Alien Roommate Prank...

Official JONAH HEX Trailer Released ... It Ain't That Bad

V Ridaura also contributed to this story. A new trailer for the upcoming film JONAH HEX, based on the gritty Western comic of the same name, was released today. Check it out and mark your calendar for June 18! Further commentary from V Ridaura There's been a lot of hub-bub...

FANTASY BASEBALL: Who's Hurt, Who's Hot & Who's Not

Here's TheFantasyGeek.com's weekly list of players to keep an eye on... KEEPIN’ IT ON THE D.L. Jorge De La Rosa is not feeling rosy. He’s got a torn tendon in his left middle finger. Makes it kinda tough to flip people off. Don’t go near Greg Smith or whoever else...

FANTASY BASEBALL: Re-Ranking The Top 15

A lot can happen in less than a month. At the end of March, many fantasy owners were feverishly plotting who to select with their top pick. They either formulated their own rankings or obsessed over the ones put out by their favorite web sites and magazines. Well, now those...