A biography for Chris Hardwickhasn’t been written yet.
“The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.”
“Every year on my birthday, I start a new playlist titled after my current age so I can keep track of my favorite songs of the year as a sort of musical diary because I am a teenage girl.”
“The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.”
“In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.”
“I've gone from being bullied by jocks as a kid to being bullied by nerds as an adult.”
“I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.”
“Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture.”
“You don't need 30 million people to listen to your podcast. If 10,000 people listen to your podcast, which is not a hard number to achieve, then 10,000 people are listening, and you can build a community, and literally change the world just recording into a microphone.”
“My best friend, Wil Wheaton, identifies himself as a geek.”
“We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age.”
“Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most science-y sports, because it literally is just a ball and a surface and objects to knock down.”
“Videogames make you feel like you're actually doing something. Your brain processes the tiered game achievements as real-life achievements. Every time you get to the next level, hot jets of reward chemical coat your brain in a lathery foam, and it seems like you're actually accomplishing stuff.”
“We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience... you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.”
“Comic-Con is nerd Christmas. People go wanting to have fun.”
“If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.”
“The lifeblood of YouTube is sharing.”
“Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don't like something, they let you know - with silence.”
“Comment threads are the new therapy for people. They just go and post the worst things they can think of because they feel bad, and then other people start attacking them, and then they attack back.”
“A big company is like trying to steer a luxury liner.”
“What's more unnerving than magnetism, ghosts, and unpurified water? Gadgetmongers who purport to protect us from metaphysical monsters that go bump in the New Age night.”