Cosplay: Henching 4 Life

So it may seem like there have been far too many mentions of the costumes that will be making the trip with the GIR and I out to Gen Con, but very little beyond that. There are a couple reasons for that, one of which we’ve discussed a handful of times. The large size and multiple intended wearers of the Gen Con cosplay cache prompted me to tackle construction of the outfits a little differently than if I were making just one costume for a single wearer. This time around I’ve been plugging...

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This Week in Geekdom

Hey everyone. Hope you're all having a great weekend (or a phenomenal con, if you're among those lucky enough to be at SDCC right now). The news is coming out of San Diego at a breakneck pace so, while this post will include as many of those stories as possible (kudos to DeSlided for that compilation), keep your eyes on the social media sites for additional updates. In honor of Comic Con, let's start This Week in Geekdom accordingly. Comics Marvel's concerted effort become...

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Guest Post: Sex, Violence, Nerds, and the Media

With exactly three weeks left to go until Gen Con 2014, is it officially costume o'clock. While I'm feverishly sewing/gluing/engineering (posts on all this to follow!), my friend Oliver graciously crafted the post below. This marks the very first guest post on the blog. It's a thorny subject that we touched on in a broader sense last year and Oliver breaks down a few of the other, often darker ways that certain dichotomies and assumptions can manifest. I'll let Oliver take it from here....

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This Week in Geekdom

And what a week it was or, more accurately, still is! Aside from the multiple canonical shifts that we'll be getting in Marvel universe, this week features multiple milestone celebrations, the most prestigious of which we'll get to in just a second. So, without further ado, let's get down to the Week in Geekdom! Image courtesy of NASA Science/Technology 45 years ago today Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin descended from the Apollo 11 spacecraft and set their feet on the surface...

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Dropping the Hammer

Two posts in one week? What is this sorcery? It’s been a while since there’s been a multi-post week but there has been a lot of good fodder for nerdy conversation in the past few days that’s just too good to not explore. Of course, the subject at hand stems from Marvel’s announcement on Tuesday that, come this fall, the character of Thor will be a woman. Verily, 'tis a lady The announcement itself was fairly light on the details. What better way to drum up attention, interest,...

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Game "Review": The Lowdown on Castilion

It's no secret that the proliferation of the functions of Kickstarter has allowed all sorts of new games to contend for your hard-earned cash. Given the scope of your choices, it can often be difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, as it were.  Castilion is very much in the former of those two categories. This card-based euro is a strategist's dream: concise, tactical, and bereft of the often-cruel Lady Luck. You, the player, must defend your castle from invading forces...

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