This week in Professional Nerds, an awesome interview with Remington and Shaun of the Anime out of Context podcast. It's a super fun look at some of the more popular anime through the lens of both a big fan of anime, and a... what's the opposite of a fan? Anyway, I highly recommend giving it … Continue reading Professional Nerd Series: Anime out of Context Podcast
This week in professional nerds - a librarian and graphic novel/manga/comic book advocate Shauna Darbyshire. She is doing awesome work in the sphere of literature and helping people understand the relevance and importance of books previously seen as inferior. I am so blown away by what she is doing and I am 100% on board … Continue reading Professional Nerd Series – Graphic novel, Comic, and Manga Advocate Shauna Darbyshire
This weeks installment for my Professional Nerd series is an interview with Hillary Laine, a semi-professional cosplayer. You can check her out on Instagram - @shinylikethesun (for those of you unfamiliar with cosplay, It refers to designing and wearing costumes modeled after characters from movies, comics, games, etc.) 1. How and when did you realize … Continue reading Professional Nerd Series: Cosplayer Hillary Laine
For the second post in my series of Professional Nerds, I spoke with Spencer Miller of Forever Summer Productions. He gave me some insight into what it's like to create entertainment content for a living. If you missed the first of the series, it's here. You can connect with Spencer and Blake on their - … Continue reading Professional Nerd Series: an Interview with Forever Summer Productions
Hey friends! This post is a bit different than my usual if you haven't already noticed. It's the first of a mini-series I'm calling "Professional Nerd", which will be guest posts and interviews with various people who are professional or semi-professional nerds, like cosplayers, Twitch streamers, Podcasters, and more! Make sure you're following me on … Continue reading Professional Nerd Series: A Recap of Patches and Pins Expo From ConventionNewz.com
We all know and love the characters from the Star Wars Universe, and everyone has their favorites. Porgs and Ewoks may have the cuteness, and C-3PO, K-2SO, and R2-D2 are certainly the foremost robots, but there are five characters in Star Wars that stand out far above the rest. 5. Jar Jar Binks Just kidding! … Continue reading Top 5 Best Star Wars Characters
Okay so I know I'm like... 7 full years late to the party, but I started playing Skyrim this week. It was on sale... We had a little extra in the budget... You know how these things happen. Also, according to this article, millions of people are still playing it every month so I'm not that … Continue reading 4 Reasons Skyrim is Totally Unrealistic
Everyone who has ever seen a movie about superheroes now owes me a million dollars. Cool, now I am the richest woman on earth. Stay tuned for my book: "How to make millions of dollars by just posting some nonsense on the internet". I will give it away for free since most of you are … Continue reading Why Are we so Obsessed With Superheroes? {Free PDF Download!}
Okay so like, this is not a new game. Don't Starve was officially released in 2013, and 5 years is a long time in gaming years. Even after all that time though, Klei Entertainment (the development studio behind the game) is still releasing new updates and DLCs, with the latest one announced for release in December. … Continue reading The One Game Everybody Needs: Don’t Starve
If you're unfamiliar, "anime" is just the Japanese word for cartoon, so in Japan, all cartoons are anime. In the western world though, anime is a more restrictive term, referring primarily to cartoons that are Japanese in either origin or style. That's the super condensed definition and like, some people way nerdier than me are … Continue reading Anime for Beginners
