Monthly Archive:: August 2016

Throwback Thursday examines films from the past, “classic” films that might not be in the current cultural zeitgeist but can still be important, interesting, fun, or all of the above. A good parody will take something popular and put a funny spin on it. A great parody will do that with love. Today we have…

A new menu was rolled out at Roseville’s Fantasy Flight Games Center in July, and I’ll admit that, as a regular, I was very excited. Lucky for me, restaurant and games center manager (and fellow Twin Cities Geek contributor) Kyle Dekker invited a few of us down to try the new dishes and give him our…

Late in July, I was taken by surprise when a coworker reminded me that my long wait for the release of the animated Batman film The Killing Joke had finally come to an end. I believe that DC’s animated films are far better than their efforts toward live-action ones, so this was much more than another notch…

Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, August 8th through Sunday, August 14th. Summer Music & Movies: The Honeydogs with Hairspray What: Music, Screening, Movies When: Monday, August 8th at 7:00 p.m. Where: Loring Park…

Throwback Thursday examines films from the past, “classic” films that might not be in the current cultural zeitgeist but can still be important, interesting, fun, or all of the above. Beginnings are hard—harder than endings, in my opinion. There’s not a lot that’s infinite, so endings are much easier…