Category: List

  • Top 5 Nerd Holidays

    In addition to all of the traditional and national holidays printed on our calendars every year, there are other, equally as important holidays that deserve recognition.  As nerds, it is up to us to ensure that these glorious tributes and anniversaries get the attention they are due. In honor of Towel Day, here is my…

  • Lucky 13: Maxim’s Hot Nerd Women of 2011

    We’ve pretty much established that I appreciate hotness, be it male or female, human or alien.  I only bat for one team but that doesn’t mean I can’t understand the other team’s perspective. My 10 Hottest Babes of Sci-Fi post is by far the most read HNG entry I’ve ever written and it’s not exactly a…

  • Attack of the Top 10 Sci-Fi Mustache’s

    There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to decide whether or not he wants to sport some facial hair.  Trends have come and gone but one style remains a classic. The mustache. Some men prefer a classic lady tickler, others are more creatively inclined.  The 80’s sparked what I like to…

  • 5 reasons why I heart Stephen King

        5. Hollywood can’t get enough of him, but he’s not a snob about it As I mentioned in my previous post Top 10 Campy Horror Films, there have been over 80 film adaptations of King Stephen’s work.  That doesn’t just include literal adaptations like Carrie or The Shining, but less obvious ones like…

  • 7 of 9 – In Memoriam 2010

    ‘Tis the time of year for In Memoriams and there will be plenty of them.  All of the awards shows and news organizations will have them.  Heck, I even saw one last night on Turner Classic Movies (after watching the original 1968 version of Night of the Living Dead, of course). My 95-year-old Danish Grandmother…

  • 10 Hottest Babes of Sci-Fi

    There is nothing quite like seeing a hot chick in a hot outfit kicking some alien ass. Maybe it’s the funky hairdos, or the skin tight outfits, or the technobabble being spoken by a pair of ruby red lips. I don’t know, but can you honestly tell me that there’s anything greater? Honestly. Honestly. I…

  • My Top 10 Campy Horror Films

    In honor of Halloween, or Samhain, or however you choose to refer to it, here is my list of the most awesomely cheese-stastic and hi-larious horror flicks of all time. 10. Anything based on a Stephen King novel From Carrie to The Mist I counted 82 (!!!) film adaptations of Mr. King’s work.  That’s no…