Category Archive: General Geekery

The “Mainstreaming” of Geek Culture

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Lately, I’ve been hearing/reading a lot of complaints about “poser geeks”, “hipster geeks”, “geek chic”, “fake geeks/fake geek girls”, and the like. Now, to be fair, I’ve also seen plenty of people putting… Continue reading

Kickstarter: Scary Godmother

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Jill Thompson, the creator of the book series, Scary Godmother started a Kickstarter campaign for a Scary Godmother fashion doll. For those not familiar, Scary Godmother are books based on a Halloween Godmother… Continue reading

Kickstarter: Scary Godmother

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Jill Thompson, the creator of the book series, Scary Godmother started a Kickstarter campaign for a Scary Godmother fashion doll. For those not familiar, Scary Godmother are books based on a Halloween Godmother… Continue reading

The “Welcome To Night Vale” Pandemic

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The Welcome to Night Vale fandom just sort of… appeared. Like the Hannibal fandom, it just kind of slipped onto Tumblr subtly at first and then suddenly one day it was everywhere. For… Continue reading

GISHWHES 2013 – What Crazy Crap Awaits Us This Year?

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The time has come. GISHWHES registration has begun! For those of you who don’t know, GISHWHES stands for the “Greatest Internet Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen.” It was started back in… Continue reading

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