Now I have been fairly slow to hop on the High Def bandwagon for many reasons. I don’t like being forced into buying a new technology, nor have I fallen for the claims of how HD is the new standard bearer. HD still is vastly inferior to film, and no amount of campaigning by Sony is going to change that fact. But that all being said when it comes to home viewing HD is the best option. And my 25 inch analog set has hit 15 years old and is ready for a well earned retirement, leading me to have a less then ideal home viewing environment for the oodles of movies I watch on a weekly basis. So while I wasn’t ready to proclaim my undying love for all things HD, that didn’t change the fact that I needed a new television set.

So this week Anna and I have begun to do some shopping. Unlike most shopping, for example the kind where I have to find clothes that I don’t particularly like but try on simply because a certain someone thinks I look good in them only to discover that I feel even less attractive and by the third or fourth trip to the dressing room I have what could only be described as a meltdown in which I threaten to buy a Family Guy t-shirt or some other ridiculous advertisement of stupidity if I am not allowed to immediately leave the store, I quite enjoy shopping for televisions and home theaters. Probably because I don’t feel the need to immediately go on a diet after completing the entire ordeal.

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So I was reading the latest issue of Wired when I stumbled upon an article on the making of WarGames that absolutely fawns all over the movie. Since this is the 25th anniversary of the release of the film this year it seems as if geeks are coming out of the woodwork praising the film for introducing the world to computers, the various precursers to the Internet, and hacking.

So yes, lets hear it for the film responsible for that series of tubes that sends you daily reminders on how you can claim billions of dollars that are just sitting around with nothing to do in Nigeria.

And closed circuit to my girlfriend Anna, who was just a wee babe when the movie was released and thus has never seen the film, be prepared to get your geek on for the next week as I force you to watch Tron and The Last Starfighter in a stunning display of 4-bit special effects glory.

Nerd up!