Not sure I agree with Dan (at the risk of being labeled an Apple fanboy by him).
It can lead us towards the same kind of fanboy enthusiasm that obscures reviews of AAA games.
The growing popularity of the Marvel series has also helped the movies expand beyond the core fanboy audience.
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Del Toro filled his bedroom with comic books and figurines, but he was not content to remain a fanboy.
So what's missing from the fanboy equation when it comes to Curiosity?
ENGADGET: This is the Modem World: Curiosity Killed the Fanboy
At present, the white hot center of fanboy excitement is located in the Galen Center, where Microsoft is preparing to host a keynote presentation.
Of course this is what every HD DVD fanboy is predicting, at this point it is all a dream that the studios will switch because HD DVD out sells Blu-ray.
It is a never-ending cycle fueled by eager reporters, fanboy bloggers and a company that is reluctant to talk about its products until just before their release.
But there were plenty of vocal critics, people who threw around the phrase "Apple fanboy" and demanded to know how we could forecast success without actually having used the phone.
Here we go again.. without fail, when ever there is an article or a discussion about a good looking console game..some PC fanboy always must through low blows on console games.
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And that, my friends, is precisely why we continue to argue about technology, get branded as a "fanboy" and wage wars of words about the ways that we all use our stuff.
Maybe, back in the day, American and Soviet kids pitted Apollo against Soyuz and, if there was an internet available, they would have waged the most epic fanboy war of all time.
ENGADGET: This is the Modem World: Curiosity Killed the Fanboy
Gwyneth Paltrow has significantly less to do this time than in the prior pictures, spending far too much time in peril, even if that peril threatens to become a sly comment on fanboy sexism.
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Well, we think our resident ThinkPad Fanboy-in-Chief Tim Stevens would disagree with that, but nonetheless, this is still an excellent keyboard, even if it does take diehards a little time to get used to.
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Unfortunately, the online gamer community has reacted so violently to day-one-DLC that just the whiff of a developer working on extra content before the game has finished has forums exploding in blind fanboy rage.
You're either an Apple fanboy or you're not.
ENGADGET: This is the Modem World: Curiosity Killed the Fanboy
We're definitely not writing off the rumor entirely, according to some "leaked info" from Microsoft's planned X06 announcements this week, they'll be announcing Xbox 360 Black for the holidays, along with 1080p Halo3 and other fanboy pleasers.
Fanboy forums comparing him to Chuck Norris!
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Of course, we can only reserve judgment until we wrap our paws on a real production model, but we hope it all turns out well -- even if only because we're sincerely frightened of an iPhone-incited fanboy riot in the streets.
It certainly isn't inconceivable that Apple will start selling high-def video through some sort of iTunes-like online store ( Steve Jobs talked a lot about HD during his Macworld keynote this past January), but an Apple satellite network (at least as described) just sounds like some Apple fanboy's wet dream.
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While we broke the news of the ZuneHD to the world as we did the original, we have no way to verify the authenticity of this new image originating at Windows Mobile Power User and now trotting itself around the Intersphere fueled by the adrenaline of fanboy fantasies.
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