The Saga of Ball
For many, the highlight of last year’s Penny Arcade Expo was entirely unplanned: A crowd of people made the best of their long wait in line by knocking a big, blue ball around. Later, while Gabe drew a...
View ArticleChecking in from Seattle
I’m in Seattle for a couple more days, but I thought it was about time to check in now that things are quieting down following the Penny Arcade Expo. I should mention, too, that I passed my...
View ArticleConvention-related Links
Very soon, I would like to put the post on Bioshock I’ve been taking occasional notes for, reflect a bit on the dissertation proposal writing process, and discuss how the image of the Jewish male fits...
View ArticleNearly-mid-October Link Drop
What can I say? The links just pile up sometimes, and they must go somewhere. On Comics: Chris Ware’s introduction to The Best American Comics 2007 (via the Comics Reporter, I’m pretty sure). I found...
View ArticleLinks: Music, Miscellanea, and a Ton About Comics
I haven’t been posting much lately as I attend to other tasks, so once again I must dump a whole ton of links with little commentary. I hope to post again soon with something a little more in-depth. On...
View ArticleLinks: 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 ArticleFrom the Floor of CES
Yesterday I was walking through the exhibitors’ booths in the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, carrying a colorful box with large, plastic toys inside. The toys—a giveaway by Cartoon Network to promote a new...
View ArticleGeek Weekend
The problem with being a lone ethnographer working on a multi-site project is that you can only be in one place at a time. This weekend is an exciting and devastating example of that problem, as a...
View ArticleWeb Geeks (and Geek Studies) in the News
I recently had a nice conversation with Carolyn Johnson for a Boston Globe piece on ROFLCon and internet fame, “Web celebs consider their role: Internet ‘geeks’ gain niche in mainstream culture.”...
View ArticleLinks: The State of the Geek in May, 2008
All right, here are all the links that didn’t make it to one of the “themed” posts I did recently. Please pardon me if you suggested one of these links a long, long time ago and I forgot to give you...
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