This week’s Website of the Week is awarded to Geek Chocolate, which in a nutshell covers books, film, comics and TV. Just like it says on their logo in fact. I can see you’re already reaching for your mouse, but stop, wait. Geek Chocolate goes way, way deeper than that.
It’s not just a review site. Ok, it does reviews but they are not your typical “it’s great / good / bad / awful”, they’re more in depth than that, they tap into the background of the subject and its author / director/ illustrator. There is deep thought here.
The site will appeal to the geek, no question – the clue is in the name – but anyone with more than a passing interest in books, films, TV or comics will find it an enthralling read. And they’ll learn something.
There are opinion pieces that demonstrate just how immersed the writers and owners of the site are in their chosen subject. The majority of what’s covered is very niche but even the average film fan will find something – take this review of Resident Evil Retribution for example.
Where Geek Chocolate truly excels is at interviewing. A quick glance at their homepage today and there are interviews with Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga), Jane Rogers (winner of the 2012 Arthur C Clarke award for The Testament of Jessie Lamb), China Miéville (Dial H, DC Comics) and Hannu Rajaniemi (The Quantum Thief).
Not household names perhaps, but if you’re into reading science fiction and comics, chances are you’ve heard of these people and, more importantly, will want to know what they have to say.
Design-wise Geek Chocolate is nothing to write home about, but it doesn’t need to be. The beauty is in the content, in the writing. In fact, its simplicity allows for easy access to what can sometimes be heavyweight brain food.
posted on 19 February at 16:15
I have ONLY JUST found this; thank you for such kind words. I started GeekChocolate back in 2010 and it has sort of grown arms and legs...and tentacles. I think there's a tail.
Anyway, thank you for a lovely write up; deeper thought was exactly what I was going for when I started it. 5 years in meatspace is like 100 internet years and we need to modernise the look, so the design will be changing very soon, hopefully by the summer.