The Ladies from Stellar Four pop in to talk nerd!

If you like nerd you should be following these chicks! The talk about everything with a nerd twist. I love their blog. And all four have stopped in to share some nerd! Thanks again ladies for stopping in!

 You won't find a more passionate person than a hard core geek.  It's kind of our thing.  When we love a fandom, we love it with our whole entire being.  Whatever it is, we obsess.  So, when Ellie asked the ladies of Stellar Four for a little something on being a nerd, we thought what better to  write about than our latest obsessions.



From Kathy F.
Books are my obsession, so it is no surprise that the most recent thing I’ve geeked out about lately is a book, more specifically, a book series. There have been several recent reads that I’ve enjoyed, like Stephen Blackmoore’s Dead Things and Jesse Petersen’s Club Monstrosity, but Emma Newman’s Split Worlds series owns my nerdy little heart. I’ve read Between Two Thorns and
A fantasy spanning three connected worlds, very creepy Fae, sorcerer’s, a soulless police force, a talking gargoyle, a society stuck in the Victorian age and the women who try to fight for their place in it, conspiracies, mundane humans stuck in the thick of it – there are so many things in this series, but Newman ties everything together effortlessly. Fast-paced reads and a trilogy where you don’t have to wait years to find out what happens (book 3, All is Fair, is out in September).

From Sara N.
It can be daunting to learn a new board game, which usually means mastering complicated rules, unfamiliar game rhythms and nit-picky turn sequences. Why not stick with the games you already know, love and can play in your sleep? To this, I respond: Where's the fun in that? Some games are so highly enjoyable that it's worth the effort to add them to your repertoire. Lords of Waterdeep is one of those games.

This strategy game for 2-5 players, which was released last year, requires you to undertake quests throughout the city of Waterdeep, and the person whose completed quests have earned the most points by game's end wins and becomes, well, the Lord of Waterdeep.

I adore Waterdeep because it's based on completing personal quests, rather than taking on your opponents head-to-head as in Risk or Axis and Allies. You're competing for resource tokens and spots on the board that will allow you to perform certain actions (earn money, score a bonus turn, etc.), but in the end, you're focused on collecting the resources you need to complete your own tasks, rather than obliterating your opponent's forces. Doing your own thing while keeping an eye on the progress of your opponents is my favorite style of gameplay, so no wonder I flipped for Waterdeep when I was introduced to it recently.

It's set in a Dungeons & Dragons universe, but don't panic if you don't know your seventh-level elf from your gelatinous cubes. No knowledge of D&D is required to enjoy the game, and its setting in this universe allows for awesome artwork and character names on the quest cards.

If you enjoy Settlers of Catan, Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, and other strategy-type board games, you'll be pleased with Lords of Waterdeep's zippy play time, engaging quests, and challenging but not brain-melting play mechanics.

From Meghan B.
My latest obsession involves a video game, a game I fully believe will be the game of the year. It's a little thing Irrational Games likes to call Bioshock: Infinite. Irrational Games was the brainchild behind the horrifyingly and mindbendingly awesome Bioshock, a game that dropped you in an undersea city crawling with gene-spliced humans and terrifying creatures called Big Daddies who sound like menacing bull elephants.

Bioshock was the first FPS (first person shooter) I ever played and dear god did I eat it up. It was scary and trippy and absolutely wonderful. It kept me guessing and kept me screaming in panic. Sander Cohen, I will hate you until my dying day!

Bioshock:Infinite builds off of the unease of Bioshock. This time you're in a turn of the century, uber-religious floating city and while the people aren't gene-spliced maniacs wielding ice picks, they are just as crazy. You play Booker, a Pinkerton sent to "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt". What is the debt? You have to play to find out. The girl, however, is the star of the show. Her name is Elizabeth and she is incredible. She's the best non-player character I've ever seen and seeing her on screen was an absolute joy.

The story was fast paced, the action was incredible and the game play was solid. I've never been so excited by a game. If you haven't played Bioshock: Infinite, you have to go out now and get it. I'm serious. Right now. I mean it.

From Megan S.
You guys, I'm going through serious withdrawal.  My favorite show, the best thing on television in recent history, ended a few weeks ago and I've been jonesing for more ever since.  What am I referring to, you ask?  Why, Orphan Black, of course.  What else could I possibly be referring to?  NOTHING.  Orphan Black surpasses it all.

Most of you have probably heard of the BBC America show by now and some of you have probably watched it but I've been devoted to this baby before it even aired.  For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, here's the sitch:  It's about a grifter named Sarah who, after assuming the identity of a suicide victim who just happens to look exactly like her, stumbles into a mind blowing, international conspiracy surrounding human cloning.  The more she uncovers with the help of her family, the more she learns about her own mysterious beginnings.

Orphan Black is amazing.  It could have been totally cheesy (which wouldn't rule out me loving it as I am a connoisseur of le fromage.)  However, the acting, writing, music, and plot combine to make something truly fantastic.  I haven't been this excited about a show in years so you can understand why I've been in a deep dark geeky hole of despair since the season finale June 1.  What am I supposed to do until season two premiers in the spring of 2014?  The fan art is pretty awesome but it's no substitute!

This is the worst argument to use when trying to persuade you to watch the show, isn't it? "Watch Orphan Black! You'll consume the whole first season in one day and then be unconsolable for the next nine months."  Sigh.  My eleventh grade English teacher would be so disappointed in me.  That's alright, I suppose.  I probably also have three spelling and/or grammar mistakes in this post so I would have already received an automatic F.

Anyway, go watch Orphan Black. You won't regret it.