One of the greatest joys of having Barack Obama as President of the United States is having a bona fide geek leading the country. The Pres is into comic books and Star Trek, and has even thrown up the Vulcan “live long and prosper” salute. When he was still a US Senator, he had on his website a photo of himself in front of a Superman statue. This is a man after our own hearts.

Now, the geeky Obama strikes again with a recent photo-op on the White House lawn where he’s wielding a toy lightsaber after a fencing demonstration. The event was held yesterday to promote Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic Games [...]

UFC Classics, Volumes 11 & 12
Directed by Mark Lucas
Starring, Tank Abbott, Mark Coleman, Dan Severn, Jerry Bohlander, Vitor Belfort
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release Date: March 10, 2009

For all of you hybrid geeks out there, such as myself, who love sports as much as they love movies and games — here’s some more good old fashioned Ultimate Fighting Championship action for you. This time we’re looking at the 11th and 12th volumes of UFC Classics.

The last time I reviewed UFC Classics, it was for volumes 5, 6, 7, and 8. When I did that review, there was oh, so much I could say about the UFC as a very passionate fan of mixed martial arts. Unfortunately, I didn’t know that I would have the chance to do more of these reviews, which leaves me with much less to say. This becomes a problem, as it’s very difficult to actually review fights. You can read my previous review here to catch up: DVD Review: UFC Classics Collection Volumes 5-8

These classic events are still back when the UFC was still a no rules competition that was banned in many countries. Being a big fan of the sport, I can watch these and find entertainment, but if you’re not a super-fan, you may not be as impressed. [...]

It’s usually the biggest TV day of the year: Super Bowl Sunday. If you’re a sports fan, you’re excited about the game, and if you hate sports, you still watch to see the legendary commercial lineup in hopes of seeing some marketing brilliance.

Among all of these commercials each year, we also get some peeks at the year’s biggest upcoming movies and this year is no slouch. In fact, this may just be the BIGGEST Super Bowl for movie previews that we’ve ever seen.

Personally, I’m a huge sports fan, so I’m usually watching the big game… but this year is a pretty boring match-up, so it’s fitting that the telecast will be riddled with huge movie peeks.

We’ve already posted the one for the new Star Trek preview, but here you can see the Super Bowl spots for massive summer fare such as: Up!, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Year One, Race to Witch Mountain, Land of the Lost, and yes, oh yes… Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Venture to the other side for all of the TV spot video goodness! [...]

To coincide with Super Bowl XLIII today, the Gold Box spotlight deal of the day is NFL Super Bowl I-XL Collector’s DVD Set for $54.99 (down 63% from the original price of $149.98).

This 20-disc collector’s DVD set contains 40 Super Bowl games, plus the seasons leading up to them, along with defining highlights, enhanced content, and exclusive memorabilia. This DVD set is obviously a great item for any football lover, but for this sale price — which is valid today only (February 1, 2009) — just the 40 Super Bowl games alone is worth having for even the average fan and a fun thing to throw on the big-screen TV for gatherings of family and fans during the off season.

There’s also a Super Bowl DVD Sale where you can get 60% off select Super Bowl DVDs from now til February 14, 2009.

Also, from now through February 28, 2009, if you buy a DVD from Amazon, they’ll give you a subscription to Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men’s Journal magazines for just $1 each [...]

You may be asking yourself “Hey, what the hell is this sports stuff on a Geek site!?” and the answer to that is… hell, I don’t know, leave me alone!

As you all know, we cover all forms of media, including DVDs. This paired with the fact that I fancy myself a geek/sports fanatic hybrid who loves himself a little UFC means, a special review for all the other hybrids out there, UFC Classics Collection, Vol. 5-8!

I’ve been watching Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) since around 1993, which is a little before when these DVDs took place. Here we have UFC 5, 6, 7 and 8 which was a time much different than what the sport has now evolved to. Fitting enough, we just very recently had UFC 91 take place, so it’s been a long road.

The sport is easily the fastest growing one out there right now, but it is commonly mistaken as barbaric and it is often titled “human cock fighting” — nothing like that super-duper boxing thing everyone cherishes. The truth is, MMA is the ultimate in human competition and it’s a hell of a lot more safer than it looks. Yeah, sometimes there’s blood and maybe a broken bone, but to date, only one death and that was at some very low, probably illegal event. Most of the time when a dude goes down in MMA the fight gets stopped, unlike boxing which allows men to repeatedly have their brains shaken around in their skull like a freakin’ maraca. Oh, and let us not forget… technically, fishing is the most dangerous sport out there. Case closed.

Alright, now that the love letter is over, on we go [...]

The Upper Deck Company marries politics with baseball to produce the Presidential Predictor card set of illustrated parodies that show several of the top Presidential candidates in rare form by tying each one of them to a pivotal moment or personality from baseball’s rich history. Enter here to win a set of cards from Geeks of Doom!

NY Giants win against the previously undefeated New England Patriots, 17-14.
THE NY GIANTS WON THE SUPER BOWL!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!
We here at the Geeks of Doom hub in New York City are fucking floored!!!! Fireworks are going off, people are screaming from their windows — what a glorious moment!
YES!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE: Check it here after the jump [...]

Of one of the most typically British sports, which modestly had its roots begin in Middle to Upper class ‘Posh’ England all those years ago, we come to today, a final being played by two typically non-British.