I’m going to attempt to write this piece without using “in my day…”. I grew up in the 80’s. I remember playing Gauntlet in the arcade, I had a Barbie and Jem and the Holograms sticker book. I collected Garbage Pail Kid cards, even though secretly they kind of grossed me out. I had a…
Curated Boxes: The Unboxing
As many of you may have seen, there are a mess of subscriber based, curated boxes available on sale. Whether it be for your pet, your beauty needs, your geek needs, or your snacking needs, there are several out there to suit your whims. Because we love geek stuff, we ordered two boxes. One was…
Simon Pegg Conspiracy Theory
Social media and it’s short attention span has taken on it’s banner of pugnacious injustice based on writer/actor Simon Pegg’s truncated conspiracy theory below: “Nerd culture is the product of a late capitalist conspiracy, designed to infantalize the consumer as a means of non-aggressive control.” If you want to read his full response to the…
Only Someone With Color Will Understand – Racism
I hate that I have to write this. I hate it even more that I have to write this here. But this exchange pushed me over the edge. For some clarity, Dan Slott is a writer for Marvel Comics, particularly for Amazing Spider-Man and Silver Surfer. I don’t think he realized the two-fold racist act he…
Beyond Toast
Even if you’re not a hipster in New York or part of the social elite, you tend to be part of the 30% of the US population to know of a trend before the rest of the country, and by the time it becomes a regular thing on a menu here, the rest of the…
You Like to Watch? Video Game Voyeurism
You may have heard about Twitch.TV and their recent deal with Amazon for $1Billion dollars. That’s right, B as in Billion. Even Doctor Evil from the Austin Powers movies wouldn’t go so far. And the next question is “Who watches other people play video games”? This person, as well as over 45 million viewers worldwide…