By: Meg Humphrey While watching The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, I kept thinking that Peter Jackson let more of his earlier film history influence him. There were more kitschy moments in this last installment of Middle Earth than the other five movies combined. This isn’t a complaint, in fact, I think […]
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November 14
Featured Kickstarter: Geek Fuel
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By: Meg Humphrey Item-of-the-month clubs have been around for quite some time whether its fancy cheeses or specialty coffees. Lately, monthly subscription boxes have been populating all areas of life. From snacks to cosmetics to clothing, you can order a box of whatever you’re looking for to your doorstep. We all know that nerds […]
October 31
I Can’t Even: Horror Movies I Will Never Watch Again
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By: Meg Humphrey It’s no secret I love horror movies of all kinds. I’ve even sat through Cannibal Holocaust and The Human Centipede 2. Sci-fi Horror, psychological horror, super gory horror, totally weird horror that doesn’t make any sense – I’ll take it all. But despite my strong stomach and tolerance of staged depravity, […]
October 03
5 Fandom Friday: Star Wars was My Gateway Drug
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By: Meg Humphrey The Nerdy Girlie and SuperSpaceChick have created “5 Fandom Friday” to help bloggers get through the busy Autumn season by supplying us with with weekly topics that let us explore our fanoms with our readers. This first Friday’s theme is “Gateway Fandoms that Made Me Who I am Today” and boy, […]
September 05
Adorable Artist Spotlight: The Gorgonist
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By: Meg Humphrey The Gorgonist, AKA Robin Kaplan, has been one of those artists I always look forward to seeing at conventions. I have many of her pieces hanging up in my apartment and it’s great to see what new art she has added since I saw her last. Her original artwork […]
August 27
Music to (not) Sleep to: Question Bedtime
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By: Meg Humphrey I’m a huge sucker for fairy tales of all kinds. One of the best things about fairy tales and legends is that they can be retold and expressed in so many different versions, but still retain their meaning. When I saw that MC Frontalot’s latest album, Question Bedtime, is all about […]
August 22
Always Dependable: Expendables 3
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By: Meg Humphrey Date night was once again a killer action movie! As a fan of ridiculous, over the top action movies, I knew Expendables 3 was going to deliver. I was right and after rewatching the first two, it is my favorite out of the trilogy. I think it’s because it’s more personal […]
August 15
Adorable Artist Spotlight: Elsa Chang
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By: Meg Humphrey I hopped onto my personal Tumblr for the first time since May and I was lucky enough to come across some of Elsa Chang’s art in the less-than-twenty-minutes I spent on there! Elsa Chang is currently a character designer for Nickelodeon, but has worked as a character designer and in visual […]
August 11
Giggling in the Galaxy
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By: Meg Humphrey Like much of the nerd community, I was eagerly awaiting Guardians of the Galaxy. I even stayed up late to see a Thursday night showing (I am usually promptly in bed by 10:00pm). Thankfully the movie delivered beautifully and was completely worth the loss of sleep the next day! This […]
August 01
Shoujo Manga Maniacs: Sugars
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By: Meg Humphrey I stumbled upon Sugars one night while I was half-heartedly reading through a couple other manga. Sugars, by Yamamori Mika, are compilations of one shots. Each chapter is a different story revolving around a different way to love. It’s also very interesting that although each story focuses on different characters, there […]
July 30
Star Trek in the Park
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By: Meg Humphrey I have become a Star Trek fan thanks to the 2009 reboot movie. I know that there are a lot of old school fans who scoff at this, but that’s just fine with me. Since my first taste, I’ve gone back and all of The Next Generation and parts of Deep […]