Forgotten toys of the 80s
When people of the Gen X persuasion look back on the 80s in a nostalgic fashion, I feel like there’s a sort of filter that Continue Reading
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Episode 76 – Spider-Man
We have wanted Spiderman all along in the MCU, and on this podcast we are so jazzed that Sony has seen the $$$ light! Continue Reading
What My Impostor Syndrome Feels Like
I, like many others, suffer from Impostor Syndrome – where in some facet of my life, I cannot internalize my accomplishments (for me it’s playing Continue Reading
Viable Paradise
This October, I was fortunate enough to attend Viable Paradise XVIII, an annual workshop meeting in Martha’s Vineyard for the XVIII-th time. We twenty-four happy Continue Reading
GamerGate: Why is this still a thing?
I’m a gamer and a writer, who since August has been trying to ignore the hashtag movement known as GamerGate to no avail. I have Continue Reading
Top 5 experiences of PAX Prime 2014
I’ll come right out and say it: best PAX in years! The community seemed, on the whole, much more positive, the games and panels were Continue Reading
PAX Prime 2014 panel: Not Us Not Here – Examining Bullying, Harassment and Misogyny
(If you would like to see the presentation from the panel Not Us Not Here – Examining Bullying, Harassment and Misogyny, here is the link Continue Reading
Tales From The Borderlands – PAX Sneak Peak
I walked into PAX Prime this year with a plan. I was going to run first to play the co-op of Dragon Age: Inquisition, then Continue Reading
Blindness is Intense and Brilliant
Few movies demand to be described as lyrical as this one does… Several months ago while going through a box of books I found a Continue Reading
PAX Prime 2014 – The prep
In but a few short hours the gathering horde will be released from the queue room and they shall flood into the expo hall like Continue Reading
The Earth Dies Screaming: Zombies, Robots, and Fear
Not to be confused with the band, the Tom Waits song, the UB40 song, or the Atari 2600 game of the same name. The concept Continue Reading
Diary Of My First Cosplay – Part 3
Diary of my first cosplay: DEAR DIARY, At this point it is only 10 days until PAX and I may or may not be freaking Continue Reading
Diary Of My First Cosplay – Part 2
Because I’ve made the mistake now since starting on this journey to look at some professional cosplayers sites, I want to remind everyone that this Continue Reading
PAX Prime 2014 Badge giveaway!
PAX Prime 2014 Badge giveaway! So when the Dorkadia staff got together to confirm that everyone had their badges for PAX, we found that we Continue Reading
Diary of my first cosplay – Part 1
Diary of my first cosplay – Part 1 of a weekly series documenting this process! I’ve been going to conventions for years, and I super Continue Reading
Why I quit Gamefly
I feel like I need to justify why I quit Gamefly. Don’t get me wrong, I love them! I think they have a great service, and Continue Reading
The Wolf Among Us and My Expectations
The Wolf Among Us and my expectations for it didn’t jive at the end. I think I need another 3 days to play multiple rounds Continue Reading
Sailor Moon Crystal Act 1 – Roses, Sparkles & Awesome
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is not the first anime I ever saw (I think that honor goes to Project Ako) but it is the anime Continue Reading
Push: the Movie of Verbs
Pushers, Movers, Watchers, Sniffs; ignore the less-than-stellar Rotten Tomatoes scores and settle in for an original sci-fi flick. A few weeks back I reviewed a Continue Reading
Midweek nerd musings
I just started playing Kentucky Route Zero, and i’m waiting to go home tonight to play The Wolf Among Us: Cry Wolf, so i’m not Continue Reading