Originally printed on Media Gauntlet. I hate serial killer movies. I really do. I liked Silence of the Lambs. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre scared the be-jeesus out of me when I was a teenager. But by and large, serial killer movies just leave me cold. I just have no interest in the Saw or Hostel… Read More The Geek Girl What Rules’ Greatest Hits – #8 Why I Hate Serial Killer Movies
I have loved 9 Chickweed Lane for years. Ever since it crept into the comics pages here in Seattle, I’ve been reading it avidly. But something is starting to bug me, and it took today’s (4-8-08) strip to really get across what it was: For those of you who don’t follow the comic. The blonde, Edda,… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #45 – 9 Chickweed Lane
Mr. Geek Girl What Rules and I went to Gamestorm in Vancouver, WA this weekend. And boy, did I need that. With all the illness and the to do with NorwesCon, I just needed a chance to relax somewhere with no expectations on my person. We drove down in a series of snowstorms Friday evening,… Read More Geek Girls Rule #44 – Gamestorm 2008
(One of the original Media Gauntlet columns) Okay, it’s no secret. I am a huge fangirl for Nightcrawler. I have been since, oh, 1990 and no, I’m not going to tell you how old I was at the time. I collect Nightcrawler statues, busts and action figures. I have the Marvel Tarot set (Major Arcana… Read More The Geek Girl What Rules’ Greatest Hits – #7 Chuck Austen’s Head on a Stick
For those of you who don’t know, for the last couple of years I have done the Alternate Lifestyles programming at NorwesCon, a Seattle-area SF/F convention. What this means is that I get to do the programming for Polyamory, BDSM, Sexuality, Goth, Fanfic and a whole lot of other things that don’t really fit anywhere… Read More Geek Girls Rule 43.5 – LGBT Sci Fi/Fantasy & Comics Fandom and Gamers
Okay, I’ve started this column three or four times, and I could not figure out why I kept blocking on it. Then I figured out a couple reasons. A. I was trying to hard to sound polished and not my usual ranty self. B. I was afraid of sounding too shrill and alienating boys. Then, after a… Read More The Geek Girl What Rules’ Greatest Hits – #6 Comic Fangirl Angst
Playing Vincent Baker’s “In a Wicked Age” brought something to mind, that kind of drives me a little bonkers. Now, I want to start by saying that this is in no way a statement about the game or Mr. Baker. The game is really, really fun. I really enjoy the game, but there’s something in… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #43 – A Time Before Law…
Well, he lived to a grand old age. 90 years old is nothing to sneeze at. I think I was ten the first time I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was my Dad’s favorite movie at the time, so we rented it quite a few times. HAL’s voice still creeps me out. It is… Read More Not Arthur C. Clarke too!
When I read the news on the Story Games forums, I actually started to cry. “Wait,” I hear you say, “you don’t even LIKE D&D.” Well, I don’t really, not the system anyway, but to all the Geeks born since Mr. Gygax and Mr. Arneson created it, D&D really means more than just that one… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #42 – My Thoughts on Gary Gygax (1938 – 2008)
Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons passed away this morning, March 4, 2008. There will be a longer column about him and his influence later this week. Right now I’m just going to sit at my desk and be a little weepy.
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