Yearly Archive:: 2016
Dec 21 2016
Twisty, Turny Board Games to Play with Your Tiny Geek
Geeks of all sizes tend to enjoy games, but the trick is finding games that everyone can play together and enjoy. Many games aimed at children consist of rolling a die (or flicking a spinner) and moving, which can get pretty old before too long. Why not look for games with mechanics simple enough for the…
Dec 20 2016
Make Your Holidays Bigger on the Inside with a Gingerbread TARDIS
The holidays are well and truly upon us! You probably have a billion things to get done this week, but might I suggest slowing down a little, taking some time, and building a gingerbread TARDIS to deck your halls for the what remains of the Yuletide season?
At its core, a gingerbread TARDIS is actually far…
Dec 19 2016
Clockwerks, Minneapolis’s Steampunk Brewery, Opens for Business
The Twin Cities have no shortage of breweries—we are lucky enough to live in a city where it seems as if a new brewery or taproom opens around the corner every day. But when I learned that one of these new openings involved a steampunk-themed brewery, I needed to know more. The cofounders and co-owners of…
Dec 19 2016
Rogue One Promises a New Hope
Writing about a Star Wars movie presents a certain set of, shall we say, opportunities . . . particularly for someone who was born on the right side of the “Ewok Line.” We, as fans, can choose to revel in the nostalgia of the original series as presented long ago in local theaters such as the Cooper or Southtown.…
Dec 18 2016
What If Wolverine Were Reimagined with a Native American Origin Story?
Wolverine’s first appearance was in 1974, but he went more than two decades without anyone knowing much about him, including himself. Young fans like me were content with this status quo, though when writers gave us nuggets of information through new characters and villains who had a secret history…
Dec 18 2016
This Week in Geek (12/19/16–12/25/16)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 19th through Sunday, December 25th.
Figure Drawing Salon
What: Arts
When: Monday, December 19th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon
The Geek Partnership Society’s Arts Initiative…
Dec 17 2016
A Geek’s Guide for Sleep and Fulfilling Emotional Health
Health is a broad, umbrella term with different categories besides just physical health. As an exercise-science major, I address physical health frequently, but that’s not the only component of health that should be on your radar. Emotional health—your sense of well-being and your ability…
Dec 16 2016
Save Baby Toby from Becoming a Goblin in Labyrinth: The Board Game
Labyrinth lovers! Did you know there is now a board game based on the movie? I preordered this game last spring and checked my email weekly once I knew it was finally being produced. Then I received the notification that my game was headed to my doorstep, and my anxiousness grew. I started planning for my…
Dec 15 2016
Throwback Thursday: Humor and Frights Combine in Night of the Creeps
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.
It’s hard to get horror comedy right: you don’t want to be too over the top in either direction. Most films skew one way…
Dec 13 2016
Have You Heard of Gamecraft Yet? Twin Cities Geek Can’t Wait to Tell You About It
Are you up for the challenge of helping create a video game?
Global Game Jam is the world’s biggest game-creation event—“a hackathon focused on game development,” as its organizers say. Just like a group of musicians comes together for a jam session, Global Game Jam brings game-minded creators…