Every year I try to read something set in the Star Wars Universe around May 4th. The last few years have been exclusively comics. This year I decided to give a book a chance. I was a little nervous about this because the Star Wars books have been very hit… Read the Rest »
I was a young boy when the first Star Wars movie came out. I actually experienced it for the first time in comic book form. I bought number one off a spinner rack because the cover looked interesting. At that time none of my friends had seen the movie. It… Read the Rest »
If you read my blog with any regularity you know how much I respect and admire Felicia Day. It is not easy to have a career in Hollywood. It is particularly hard to do it on your own terms. She has accomplished a lot with intelligence and sheer force of… Read the Rest »
It appears the “what makes a geek” question has reared its ugly head again. Miss USA Alyssa Campanella got it started by gushing her geekness. She is beautiful, so of course she must be pandering. While reading the current fight I noticed one of the arguments against being able to… Read the Rest »
It has been an interesting week in the geekosphere. First, the New York Times slams women geeks and the Game of Thrones. Then, Slate follows it up with a slam on fantasy literature in general. Apparently, fantasy is unsophisticated, juvenile crap. This review was written in some sort of mocking… Read the Rest »
You know how you know your a geek? When you see an article online about a star going super nova and possibly allowing our skyline to have two suns in the year 2012. This then sends me scurrying all over the internet looking for other research confirming the science and… Read the Rest »
I once wrote an opinion piece for my college newspaper about the whole idea that women by the way they dress can somehow be asking for mistreatment. This mistreatment can be anything from inappropriate and rude language to the ultimate crime against a woman, rape. It was a fairly straight… Read the Rest »
We geeks take our entertainment seriously. If you are going to mess around with something we love then be prepared for the inevitable backlash. If you are going to reach out and try to appeal to the Kingdom of Geek than don’t pander. Make it count, treat us with respect,… Read the Rest »
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