Month: January 2026
From Cowboy Diplomacy to Radical Empathy: 60 Years in the Captain’s Chair
The year 2026 marks a staggering milestone for science fiction: 60 years since a yellow-shirted James T. Kirk first graced our television screens. Over six decades, the ships have become sleeker, the visual effects have moved from cardboard to “The Volume,” and the galaxy has expanded. Yet, the heart of the franchise has never been […]
Rip and Tear: How Doom Wrote the Rules of the FPS
In the early 90s, the gaming landscape was a digital frontier, but in December 1993, id Software didn’t just plant a flag—they detonated a nuclear device. Before Doom, we had first-person perspectives; after Doom, we had a genre. For years, we didn’t even call them “First-Person Shooters.” They were simply “Doom-clones.” I was given a […]
The Computer That Thinks Like Nature
How Quantum Tech Could Save the Planet We often hear that the fight against climate change will be won with solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars. But there is a hidden player entering the game—one that lives inside a gold-plated refrigerator kept at temperatures colder than outer space. It’s called a Quantum Computer. While […]
Beyond the Shadow of the Ring
Comparing the timeless classic of Middle-earth to the sprawling, post-apocalyptic epic of the Four Lands.
Saving Our Gaming Past
Ever fire up your old NES and find your favorite cartridge just doesn’t work anymore? Or maybe you’ve scoured eBay for that rare Playstation game you loved as a kid, only to find it’s going for a small fortune (if you can find it at all!). This, my friends, is why preserving retro games is […]
Welcome to Petey the Geek.
This blog started because I don’t know how to do things halfway. I don’t just “watch” a movie; I dissect the lore. I don’t just “check the score” of a game; I fall down a rabbit hole of advanced analytics and trade history. For me, discovering a new interest is like opening a door and […]