Wil Wheaton On Why It's The Best Time Ever To Be A Geek

The creator of SyFy's new series The Wil Wheaton Project talks to Co.Create about the unprecedented opportunities for people to enjoy what they love in increasingly nerdy ways, and how to put their fandom to creative use.

Before he starred in films like Stand By Me and brought polarizing youth appeal to Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wil Wheaton was already entrenched in nerddom. He grew up loving sci-fi, comic books, and gaming, and he self-identified as awkward. "I was not good at the things that elementary school kids care about," Wheaton says. "I was not athletic. I was super uncoordinated. To this day, dexterity is my dump stat." Cut to 2014, however, and the situation has radically changed. Not only has the adult Wheaton found a platform where what he once feared was weakness is definitely a strength, but the entire culture has shifted too.

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