Links: Geek Activism, Virtual Worlds, and the Nerd Code for Love
Lots and lots of links this week, starting with a few about people promoting geeky causes. Comics Activism in the University Library: Comixology offers the first part in a series on how one university...
View ArticleTime, Top Tens, and Tastes
On Joystiq‘s post covering Time’s top 10 games of 2007, the writer and commenters repeatedly lambaste the magazine for putting Halo 3 at the top of that list. They are working under the assumption that...
View ArticleLinks: From Closet Geeks to Sexiest Geeks Alive
Christmas was typically geeky (for me) in the Tocci household this year, netting one Mario brothers t-shirt, two comics, four Xbox 360 games, one PS2 game, one DS game, and the new They Might Be Giants...
View ArticleWill [insert geeky medium] ever grow up?
Kotaku recently compiled a bunch of articles and quotes from critics in a debate about whether games would ever “grow up.” To summarize, some arguments include: Comics and games are “infantilized”...
View ArticleLinks: Stuff I’m Posting Really Quickly
There’s no overarching theme to today’s links; I’m just trying to clear up my bookmarks and tabs, and this stuff seemed worth sharing (albeit hurriedly). Blogging for Health, Knowledge, Fame: Grand...
View ArticleThe Motivations and Problems Behind Geek-Media Activism
You might recall that I wrote a recent post about the oft-heard question of whether geeky media, like comics and video games, would ever “grow up.” In it, I suggested that video games and comics can be...
View ArticleA Few Things I’ve Noticed About Geek Fashion
This is a short list of links with some brief observations I felt like sharing. (Some of this information is likely going into a paper to be revised for journal submission shortly.) 1. Gaming clothing...
View ArticleReflecting on ICA 2008
I just got back from Montreal, where I was attending the International Communication Association 2008 conference. Due to cost and scheduling issues, I wasn’t able stay for as long as I might have...
View ArticleLinks: Games, Comics, Community, Feminism
I’ll be honest with you: I need to put these links somewhere before my browser crashes again under the combined weight of all my tabs. Please accept these half-formed thoughts. From Games to Comics: I...
View ArticleScott Pilgrim vs. the Cultural Critique
For a movie that hasn’t made much of a splash in box office take, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World certainly seems to have people talking. The movie opened 5th in the box office last weekend. It was beaten...
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