About Us

PHOTO: PodCamp Boston 3: Chris Clark by Steve Garfield on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA

Geek Force Five is a blog dedicated to the study and analysis of modern popular culture, and of the geeks, nerds, dweebs, and dorks who obsess about it. Since February 2008, we've been discussing the most notable manifestations of awesomeness we can find online. Whether it's movies, television, music, comics, or video games—or maybe even something stranger still—Geek Force Five exists to provide a forum for geeks of all stripes to obsess over their passions with like-minded Fivers from across the Web.

The site is the brainchild of E. Christopher Clark, an author and all-around geek from the great state of New Hampshire. From 1999-2008, he ran the irreverent blog That Little Bastad, a sort of online scrapbook for his thoughts on life and pop culture. Geek Force Five rose from the ashes of its predecessor as an attempt to bring focus to Chris's blogging by narrowing down the list of available topics to his five greatest obsessions at the time (Nine Inch Nails, Apple, View Askew, Marvel Comics, and Lost). In the years since, the site's focus has shifted to include whatever topics are deemed the most geekout-worthy at the moment, but that early focus on digging deep into whatever subject we're covering has remained.

The site's name was inspired by Chris's college friend Zeke (now the co-host of Brilliant Gameologists and the Double Meat Podcast), who coined the term during their time at the late, great Bradford College in Haverhill, Massachusetts. We thank Zeke for not suing our pants off.

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Geek Force Five 3.0 was designed by Leah Creates, with illustrations provided by Erik "RoboYuji" Paul, and icons provided by IconDock. The site was coded by E. Christopher Clark and is powered by EllisLab's Expression Engine 2.1.0. It is hosted remotely on a Linux server provided by BlueHost.com [Affiliate Link].