Geek Entertainment TV

We got wind of a big chess tournament happening with some of the big names in hip hop, so of course we had to see what this was all about. Turns out the Hip Hop Chess Federation was putting on the inaugural Chess Kings Invitational, an event with the brightest young minds of chess competing […]

Podcasters and videobloggers from all around the world converged recently on the eastern Los Angeles wasteland of Ontario, California for the Podcast and New Media Expo. As one can imagine, much incestuous self-referential media making went on among the attendees. And we at Geek Entertainment TV are no different. See which micro-celebrities Irina accosts with […]

On the eve of the heavily anticipated launch of Halo 3, Microsoft opened it’s Silicon Valley doors to developers and gamers for a sneak preview of the game that every kid in America wants. Irina catches the zeitgeist of a Halo 3 multiplayer tournament and has a chat with some of Microsoft’s Xbox hardware engineers […]

A million virtual boozers can’t be wrong, nor can they be drunk unless you bring them into reality. Reality is what happened at Booze Mail’s Million Booze March event where virtual boozers came out of the closet to embrace actual reality based booze drinks. If reality scares you like it does us, stick to the […]

It would really suck if your cell phone, iPod or Zune got you killed while driving which is why Microsoft’s got your back. Their new Sync platform hooks up your bluetooth device to your car, assuming you have a new Ford and a Windows 98 install CD. OK, install CD is optional. It’s all voice […]

The force is strong with this one, young geek viewer. We caught up with Mr. Cranky Geek himself, John C. Dvorak, while he was brushing up his crank skills with Master Yoda outside of George Lucas’ infamous Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco’s Presidio. Irina goes into deep history with Dvorak to discover it […]

Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and Irina suck on rocks, eat dirt and taste wine like superheros. If you’ve seen the Conan bit, this is similar until Irina turns the tables on Gary. Filmed at Technorati whom we love for putting up with our disruptions. Episode links: Wine Library TV, Gary on Conan, Technorati […]

We dropped by Linuxworld 2007 in San Francisco to see what’s new in the world of Linux operating systems, stacks, racks and porn. Irina goes deep among the penguins. Episode links: Linuxworld, ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, FreeBSD, FreeBSDGirl, LinuxQuestions Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) | Portable (iPod) | Ogg Theora (.ogg)

Violet Blue visits the Musee Mecanique at Pier 45 in San Francisco for a refreshing, nostalgic trip through mechanical games of fun and fortune from the past. Some of these relics are downright morbid, others are delightfully funny. Violet takes us on a tour and relays a bit of the museum’s history. Episode links: Violet […]

If you have any doubt that robots are taking over, can carry a tune and are mean fuckers, then check this video out. Captured! By Robots dragged their creator JBOT to the last show of their tenth anniversary tour here in their home destination of San Francisco. Irina corners JBOT around back of the Bottom […]

Yes, this music video will make you buy an iPhone if you don’t already have one. No, we don’t get kickbacks from Apple nor do we make any apologies. Directed, produced and edited by Nora McDevitt, featuring Randi Jayne, MC Prager & MC Slutsky. A collaborative effort. Episode links: iPhone, Nora McDevitt (imdb), Randi Jayne, […]

Violet Blue is back with an intimate interview with Audacia Ray, a sex blogger, virgin author and nerd of the highest order. Audacia just released her first book titled Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration. Episode links: Violet Blue, Audacia Ray, Naked on the Internet, Center for Sex and […]

The culmination of all the hype finally hit on iPhone d-day. We went down to the Apple Store in San Francisco and spoke with a few potential iPhone owners waiting in line and a couple excited newbie owners with booty in hand. Irina takes the pulse. Episode links: iPhone, SF Apple Store, Santa Inc : […]

We took a trip down to Los Angeles for the first inaugural Pixelodeon online video festival. Irina chats up a handful of the creative minds that made this a weekend to remember. Episode links: Pixelodeon, Can We Do That?, Rick Rey, Eric Rey, Josh Cohen, TheHill88, Fred Seibert, [full interviews: Can We Do That?, Rey […]

To scale or not to scale Ruby on Rails, that is the question at the first geekSessions event in San Francisco. Using her super reporting powers, Irina finds out from attendees and presenters how Ruby scales in comparison to… other things. Episode links: geekSessions, Ruby on Rails Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Portable (iPod) | Ogg […]