Carlos and BJ cover the Avengers vs. X-Men comic event and then discuss the epic Avengers movie soon to be released in the States.
In the most recent Coming Out of the Basement Podcast, we discuss sexism in geek culture, with a bit of a closer look at comics (along with the Mass Effect 3 ending). For the first subject, I had enough sources and examples that I thought it made sense to do a post on the topic. […]
Carlos and BJ discuss various forms of sexism in geek culture including comics, video games, and professional competitive gaming. Finally they discuss the ending of Mass Effect 3 and all the drama surrounding this fan reaction. [Edit from CJ: And a friend mentioned we might want to mention a trigger warning, which is a good […]
Carlos and BJ discuss different issues facing e-book distribution and some great books, then they delve into 5th edition speculation. Finally, they revisit the new 52 and many of the issues facing the new comic universe.
Over the past 4 years, I’ve gone from a board game fan to a true believer. Perhaps even a *Hobbyist*, gods forbid. And it’s a great time to be gamer, thanks to technology. I think.
An old friend from high school has written a comedic Web series about a superhero sidekick-in-training, “The Trainee.” Check it out. The Trainee Webseries
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This week is Speak Out With Your Geek Out, which seems appropriate for this blog. ^_^ Take a stance against baiting nerd rage and stereotypes of geeks. Post about how much you love your geeky hobbies or vocation from Monday, September 12th, 2011 to Friday, September 16th on your blog, website, social media account or […]
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As mentioned here, my laptop has been angry with me for going on 4 months or so. This cause me to retreat away from my usual comfort space of Team Fortress 2 and MMOs, and try to find ways to amuse myself. I went two totally different directions – Facebook games, and diving back in […]
Carlos’ gift guide prompted this – it was originally just a comment, but once I noticed the size, I figured it needed a post of its own…. For the Board Game Geek (see what I did there?), Ascension: Rise of the Godslayer is quickly coming to be the new Dominion. It’s another “build your deck as […]
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Computer Geek! The story of Apple’s Dog Cow, Moof! Shared by our friend Jeff in a chat. ^_^ RPG Geek! Aaaaand… in case you hadn’t seen it yet… Weird D&D Questions of the Past.