Joel is an awesome guy and a terrific game designer, as well as being a terrific Dad. Check out his painful epiphany regarding children’s literature and media in his own blog. It’s well worth reading.
It would be way easier to enthuse about my subcultures if they weren’t so busy pissing me off. So, Wizards of the Coast (who in fairness pulled the article really quickly once the complaints started rolling in) allowed Uri Kurlianchik to write an article about girls and gaming and how girls game. Thanks to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #177 – Girls and Games. AGAIN.
Wow. I don’t think I have ever read such a damning review of a videogame in my life. Ars Technica’s valiant videogame reviewer, Ben Kuchera, has played Duke Nuke ‘Em Forever so that none of the rest of us ever have to subject ourselves to it. I knew it was going to be bad, what with… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #176 – Other People Have Played Duke Nuke ‘Em So No One Else Has To.
I just read the Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. Yeah, we’re back to reviewing books that have been out forever. A friend loaned these to me awhile ago and I just got to them. I’m kind of annoyed at myself for having waited so long to get to them. In an indeterminate future, not so… Read More Geek Girls Rule #175 – Old Man’s War
Simply put, this is the best X-Men film yet. In the early 1960s, young men Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender), not yet Professor X and Magneto, come together to form the first X-Men team to thwart the machinations of fellow mutant Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), who seeks to destroy humankind. Director/co-writer… Read More Review: X-Men: First Class
Ok, so the Generous Geeks contest for the second set of The Guild DVDs was less than successful. Back to the drawing board. I’ll give those away at some point in the future. But right now I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Surly Amy of Surlyramics has been kind enough… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #174 – A New Contest, Fund-Raising and the State of the Geek.
I know, I’ve actually read a new book in a timely manner! Timely enough that the review might actually do some of you some good. Shocking, I know. But seriously, I want you all to consider the ramifications of this. I not only liked Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) enough to get the sequel, but I… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #173 – Deadline by Mira Grant
The latest Marvel Comics superhero adaptation is an entertaining fantasy action film with some good performances. It has some issues, but not enough to keep it out of the winner’s circle. After an impetuous attack on the Frost Giants, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is banished from Asgard by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins). Banished to Earth… Read More Review: Thor
OK, I am a huge Takashi Miike fan, but I am the first person to tell you he is not for everyone. That said, if you have a good stomach for graphic violence, some of it sexual in nature, and you like over the top, bizarre homage films, I highly recommend Sukiyaki Western Django.. This… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #172 – Sukiyaki Western Django
Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant (alter ego of Seanan McGuire) has been nominated for a Hugo Award, and is well deserving of that honor. I downloaded it a couple of weeks ago, but hadn’t had time to really start reading it, until a few days ago, and I’ve been ripping through it, sneaking… Read More Geek Girls Rule #171 – Feed by Mira Grant
Geek Girls Rule!!! 