Writing TheG33K.com

Here's a sampling of what Chris Eng has been up to, writing-wise, over the years.


G33K:
Between 2005 and 2008, if you were looking for one-stop g33k culture and news, there was G33K. Each week, Chris Eng culled the ‘Net, magazines, and word of mouth to cram a week’s worth of information into three convenient sections: a main article focusing on something of note, a brief news rundown, and a summation of recent g33ky merchandise.

January 3, 2006: A run-down on all the latest salvos in the Copy Protection War, Devo's new children's album, Time's TV show of the year, Warcraft's long-awaited lag reduction, and Jon Stewart's much anticipated new gig.
October 20, 2005: Infinite Crisis, Time’s Top 100 modern English language novels, the Princess Bride musical, Scotty getting shot into space, and Windows turning 20.
September 29, 2005: Finding Serenity, Finder becoming a webcomic, Kirsten Dunst spilling the beans on Spidey 3’s villain, and Banned Book Week.
September 15, 2005: Dungeons & Dragons marathon, three more years of South Park, animation Emmys, rising graphic novel sales, and seven different versions of Windows Vista.

VICE:
“Hello?” “Hi, may I speak to Chris, please.” “This is.” “Hi, you don’t know me. My name is Gavin; I’m calling from Vice magazine in Montreal. We hear you’re a good writer—would you like to write a column for us?” “Uh... okay.” “It’s called Recordings for Deviants. You’ll be reviewing weird albums. Can you have the first column to us by next week?” “Uh... okay.” “Cool.” Chris wrote RFD from 1997 to 2002. Here are PDFs of some of his favourites. Venom vs. the Legendary Criswell and Harry “The Hipster” vs. Shatner & Nimoy.

INTERVIEWS:
The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets – A Lovecraftian-themed pop-punk band—interviewed in Lovecraftian form. Iä! (DiSCORDER, 2002)
David Cross – Half of Mr. Show and owner of one of the most savage rapier wits in stand-up somehow still manages to be funny even in the midst of a blinding hangover. (DiSCORDER, 2002)
The Donnas – Sure you could sit down with The Donnas and ask them long and involved questions about what kind and how many amps they use, but that's boring and only other musicians care about the answers. No, what the public wants to know is the serious stuff like whether or not they kiss on the first date. (DiSCORDER, 2002)
Bratmobile – What do you do if you're a riot grrrl band that's not done rockin' when the media grows tired of the "fad"? If you're Bratmobile, you continue to kick ass regardless. (DiSCORDER, 2002)

ARTICLES:
Who Wants Brains? – First of all, zombie stories in our culture go back really far, and second, zombies are way more like us than we prefer to think. (Terminal City, 2004)
Underside Story – Who are more cinematically bad-ass: vampires or werewolves? At last, that question can be put to rest. (Terminal City, 2003)
Apology of the Sith – Let’s face it, our affair with the prequel trilogy was pretty much an absusive relationship. So did Lucas try to say he was sorry with Revenge of the Sith? (Terminal City, 2005)
Spoiled Daisies – The 1960’s Czech film Daisies is possibly the best art film ever. Here’s 70 reasons why. (Terminal City, 2003)

MISCELLANY:
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prog-Rock – An unpublished homage that mashes up T.S. Eliot's poetry and early '80s rocker culture. Hilarity and tragedy ensue. (Unpublished, 1998)

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