Before geek culture went more mainstream, being a nerd in the 1970s and 1980s meant living a very different lifestyle than it does today. It entailed afternoons spent hunched over graph paper mapping dungeons, feeding quarters into arcade machines, debating starship schematics, or programming in BASIC on a beige home computer. Not to mention the … Read more
Gamers have a language of their own. It is built on patch notes, rage quits, inside jokes about lag, and the shared trauma of impossible boss fights. Over the years, that culture has turned into a relentless stream of memes that perfectly capture the highs, lows, and absurdity of gaming life. From grinding for hours … Read more
The knives have been out for Scream 7 since well before its Ghostface was cast. They were unsheathed years ago when an entirely different version of this movie, starring a different pair of actresses and with another director at the helm, imploded into a million angry tweets. Given the controversy around Melissa Barrera’s dismissal from … Read more
The following contains spoilers for Star Trek: Starfleet Academyepisode 8. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s first season returns to excellent form with “The Life of the Stars,” an emotionally complicated hour about healing and growth in many forms. A satisfyingly layered, creative installment that sees the return of a Star Trek: Discovery fan favorite and the … Read more
In the very first shot of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Oscar-nominated One Battle After Another, Perfidia Beverly Hills pulls on a ball cap and strides toward the camera. Casually pulling the hat over her face as trucks pass by, but not so obviously that she attracts attention, Perfidia stakes out the detention center below. Back with … Read more
With a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations under its belt and certainly some wins in its near future, Sinners has been at the center of cinephile discussions. As moviegoers think about what the movie means for the past and future of the medium, some have resisted the temptation to describe the film as a “horror movie.” … Read more
Nathan Fillion built plenty of credibility with sci-fi fans back in 2002 with his starring role as Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds in the one-season cult hit Firefly, and his geek star has never really fallen since. From his role as Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog to his turn as Guy Gardner in … Read more
The following contains spoilers for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode 8. Since Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set during the years immediately following the events of Star Trek: Discovery, it’s natural that the former should reference the latter fairly regularly. Admiral Vance makes frequent appearances, Commander Jett Reno is an instructor, and there are frequent … Read more
Any universe as sprawling and full of lore as George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is bound to be full of unanswered questions, narrative gaps, and unconfirmed theories. Granted, the smaller scale of something like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms doesn’t lend itself to the scope of the theories fans regularly … Read more
How Small Businesses Can Grow Their Own Talent written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Listen To The Full Episode: Episode Overview In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, John Jantsch interviews workplace futurist Alexandra Levit about her new book, Make Schoolwork: Solving the American Youth Employment Crisis Through … Read more