http://www.iamnerd.org Join Andy Hayes and his panel of nerd experts (Chandra Free, Jim Zello, Jared Bones, Rob Spencer, Crystal Davis) on a discussion of everything geek. en-us Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License andy@mindjobonline.com Nerd-Day birthday bash LIVE from Tatami (sakibar.com) The Secular Humanists vs Ben Stein This week we look at what role a console developer should play in order to drive innovation in the game industry. Of course, it degrades into Wii bashing pretty quickly. On the return of I Am Nerd, we take a look at recent GDC announcements and talk about the world of indipendent and casual games. With the new year ahead of us, we find ourselves at the start of a new console war. Who will win? Why do we care? We don't know, but it sure gives us something to talk about. On this week's IAN, we discuss the pros and cons of fan art. Then we take a sound-seeing tour of Chandra Free's first art show at Tatame in Winter Park, FL. With X06 and the Tokyo Game Show now behind us, I Am Nerd's resident gamer geeks takes a moment to look at the future games coming down the pipeline. What should you be saving up for? This week we discuss. This week on I Am Nerd, Andy Hayes attends the BlogOrlando Unconference and brings back more then just SWAG. Dave Coustan from Earthlink has a session on corporate blogging and we interview organizer Josh Hallett. It may have been Walt Disney and the Fleischer Brothers that helped to popularize animation throughout the world, but it wasn't until Japan left their culture of isolation that the seeds of the real animation revolution began to bear fruit in America. This week, the panel talks Anime and its impact on US culture. A new Wired article claims that, if the PS3 isn't a grand slam, Sony may strike out for good. As problem after problem for the media giant arises, we have to wonder: could this really be the end? This week we discuss. This week we take a look at webcomics and ask if there's really a business model in free. Then Chan and Jim talk about their adventure at DragonCon and Andy Hayes gives his first impression of the upcoming NBC show Heroes. It's the I Am Nerd pilot episode, and we're celebrating our launch with some [mother fucking] Snakes on a Plane!