Nerdist was started by Chris Hardwick and has grown to be a many headed beast.

Star Trek's Nine Lives - How The Sci-Fi Saga Keeps Cheating Death

Right now, you can’t turn a corner and not see something Star Trek-related hit you in the face, with the theatrical release this past week of JJ Abrams’ long awaited sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. For nearly fifty years now, the Star Trek franchise has been a part of American popular culture in some form, and many out there see it as something perennial, something that is always there… more

Zombie Archie, Shredded Everything, And Remembering Dad: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

My dad wasn’t a nerd. Not at all. In his youth, he was a jock, a baseball star, a third baseman at Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey, the second… more

Booth Babes, Rat Fashions, And Falling Asleep In The City That Never Sleeps: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

I’m going to have to keep this short because I’m not in the office. I’m on the road, in a hotel room in New York at the moment. I’ve just… more

“Sasquatching,” Summer Tunes, And The Continuing Promise of Jet Packs: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

We’ve been promised the commercial availability of jet packs so many times in recent years that it’s become a universal shorthand for disappointment. About this time last year, in fact,… more
 

Putting The C In BBC America, Planking Sulu, And Slightly Overcooked Holiday Fun: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend in the U.S., which means that Monday’s a holiday, which in turn means that everyone’s mind checked out by, oh, about Thursday lunchtime…. more

Cursing Toys, Star Wars BBQ, and “I’d Like To Thank The Academy”: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

The honor bestowed upon Chris by LA Weekly in this week’s issue, in which he was named as one of the magazine’s “Best of L.A. People” for 2011. was… more

Yarn Bombs, Banjos, And Checking In: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

There’s an item at the L.A. Times website today about a ComScore study saying that a little under one in five smartphone owners use check-in apps like Foursquare and… more
 

A Slap, Some Poop Jokes, and The Big Empty: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

And sometimes, you get to the end of the week and there’s nothing left in the tank. Like, um, now. While Chris is enjoying his burrito with the good people… more

Three Podcasts, Three Dancing Blobs, And One Dirty, Low-Down, Lying, Cheating GPS: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

Sometimes, you have to make your own entertainment. This morning, I had to drive up to Hollywood at 6 am to cover another convention, so I played the GPS ETA… more

Pac-Man Fever, Walking With Wiis, and Cut-Price Candy: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

One of the year’s most important candy-buying days is here. What? No, not Easter itself. I’m talking about Monday, of course. Anyone who truly appreciates the greatness that is your… more