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Last week, we attended our local comic convention, Rhode Island Comic Con, with the goal of interviewing some of the cons amazing guest lineup for Hey You Geeks. Turns out, the con was a case-study on how not to run a convention. The geeks came in force, but the con just wasn’t equipped to handle the masses. This got us to thinking about the state of geek culture. As experiences have shown, geek culture is booming, but we wonder; Is this the peak? In the long shadow of geekdom, a sub-culture built from outcasts and niche obsessions, what does it mean to be a geek today? After pondering these questions, we end the show with the two fun interviews we did manage to grab at Ri Comic Con, one with Reb Brown, the first Captain America, and the other with Sesame Street and Great Space Coaster puppeteer, Jim Martin.

"Captain America: The First Avenger" takes place way back during the WWII era, so you can bet your baseball bat making it look believable takes a lot of work. One of the most important things in recreating any past time period? The vehicles.

After working on "Tron: Legacy," vehicle designer Daniel Simon came back from the future, so to speak, to create cars for "America."

Simon created a whole fleet of vehicles for the Hydra baddies that fit right in to the time period while still appearing advanced. He told NextMovie all about designing vehicles for one of summer's most anticipated movies.

Simon has an impressive background that led him to the job… I am a vehicle concept designer with a background in real car design for brands like Bugatti or Volkswagen. I published a book with my own vehicle creations called "Cosmic Motors" which brought me to Hollywood to...

She was the world's most famous female boxer. He was her trainer and loving husband. But when she tried to leave him for a woman, he hatched a plot to K.O. her for good.

There is a story Jim Martin liked to tell about the first time he met the woman who transformed female boxing, who put the sport on the map, about the first time then-Christy Salters walked into his gym in Bristol, Tennessee, her mother and a Pomeranian in tow.

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Jim took one look at the entourage and figured on the best way he could scare her off: He'd put her in the ring with a male boxer, maybe have the guy crack her ribs, and she'd be out of his hair.

That's not the way the story goes, though-at least not for the next two decades.

Faith No More have reformed and will play a number of festival dates in Europe this summer, it has emerged. The reunited band will feature frontman Mike Patton, though it is rumoured that guitarist Jim Martin, who left in 1993, will not return, thetripwire reports. Patton's publicist confirmed that the group will play their first gigs since splitting in 1998, but added that there (more)...