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Geek Madness

The votes are in: Nintendo 64 is the greatest console of all time

The people have spoken, and the Nintendo 64 is champion. Our quest to find the greatest game console of all… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars Championship: Nintendo 64 vs. Nintendo Entertainment System

It’s an all-Nintendo battle to determine the greatest console of all time. We’re down to our final two devices in… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars Final Four: Xbox 360 vs. Nintendo 64; SNES vs. NES

It started with 24 epic gaming machines and just like that, we’re down to the final four contenders in Geek… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars: Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 2; NES vs. Atari 2600

And then there were eight. We’re more than halfway through our Geek Madness: Console Wars competition and have arrived to… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars: Xbox 360 vs. Nintendo Wii; NES vs. Intellivision

Just as a New York City man set an insane new world record today for video game collection, our own gaming competition… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars: GameBoy vs. ColecoVision; Playstation vs. Sega Dreamcast

The competition is are heating up over on the Geek Madness: Console Wars bracket. We’re through the first round of… Read More

Geek Madness Console Wars: Xbox vs. Sega Dreamcast; Nintendo Wii vs. PS3

Out with the old, and in with the new. We kicked off the Geek Madness: Console Wars competition (our quest to… Read More

Geek Madness: Vote for the greatest game console of all time

Earlier this year, we asked our readers to help us identify the greatest geek ever. We called it “Geek Madness.”… Read More

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek ever

Earlier today, GeekWire readers crowned Nikola Tesla as the Geek Madness champion after he trounced Linus Torvalds in the finals.… Read More

Geek Madness: Nikola Tesla named greatest geek ever after trouncing Torvalds

Follow-up: Why Nikola Tesla is the greatest geek ever ———————— Alternating current. X-rays. Robotics. Wireless communication. Particle beam weapons. The radio.… Read More

Vote for the Geek Madness Final: Linus Torvalds vs. Nikola Tesla

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time UPDATE: Voting has ended. Final tally: Nikola Tesla, 1,828 Linus Torvalds,… Read More

Vote for the Geek Madness Final Four: Turing vs. Torvalds; Einstein vs. Tesla

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time The Final Four teams of the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament… Read More

Geek Madness Elite Eight: Gates vs. Turing; Einstein vs. Newton

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time. Voting takes place on our Facebook page.  And then… Read More

Geek Madness Sweet 16: Torvalds trounces Musk; Darwin vs. Tesla showdown awaits

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time Geek Madness is moving right along and the final… Read More

Geek Madness Sweet 16: Elon Musk battles Linus Torvalds

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time The Sweet 16 is set and Geek Madness is… Read More

Geek Madness Day 4: Curie vs. Mendel; da Vinci vs. Edison

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time On Monday we kicked off the last four first-round matchups… Read More

Geek Madness Day 3: Newton ousts Hawking; Musk vs. Allen showdown awaits

Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time We’re only eight games through the first-ever Geek Madness… Read More

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