How to tell and be told that a fandom is problematic

sucker punch

Late breaking news: TV shows, movies, manga, anime, video games and other geeky media are problematic. They feature sequences, scenes, characters or entire storylines which can be sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, sizeist, classist, and any other unpleasant –ist you care to name. Some people never notice, while others notice but don’t care. And some decide to do something about it… they confront it head on. Chances are that, in the course of your geek career, you have … [Read more...]

A Little Dice Music

In one of the inevitable Laws of Nature in the digital age, gatherings of web-savvy gamers can often lead to a YouTube party where we endlessly share links of our favorite cartoons and videos. The sharing of Geek music isn’t just fun, it’s also a musical vortex akin to midnight Wiki-hopping. These are five of my favorite geek/gaming songs, and they’re the seed for a geek culture playlist I continually promise myself I’ll write. After I watch all of these again. Really. Totally going to … [Read more...]