Monthly Archive:: April 2018
Apr 30 2018
Your Native American Cosplay Is Racist AF
Every spring, as Coachella wraps up, I breathe a quick little sigh of relief knowing that it’ll be a while before my Twitter feed fills up again with white kids in Urban Outfitters headdresses, Party City chokers, buckskin bikini tops, and Revlon war paint. You know, redface. Also known as cultural…
Apr 29 2018
This Week in Geek (4/30/18–5/6/18)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 30th to Sunday, May 6th.
Creative Night
What: Arts, Community
When: Monday, April 30th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon at the Waterbury Building
Let your creativity shine with…
Apr 27 2018
Kings Is a Mismatched Battle Between Drama and Comedy
This article includes spoilers for Kings.
I’m struggling to fully grasp what Deniz Gamze Ergüven was going for with her film centering around the Rodney King riots. My best guess is that she wanted to create an all-encompassing aspect of the chaos, brimming with rage, love, and euphoric release. This…
Apr 26 2018
Here Is Your Spoiler-Free Avengers: Infinity War Review
The year 2008 was an interesting time for me. Back then, I had grandiose dreams of managing my own GameStop, convinced that writing wasn’t a real job, so there was no point in giving that lofty idea my all. Now, 10 years later, I’m sitting in my home office where I write for a living, trying to figure out how…
Apr 25 2018
The MN Guide to Independent Bookstore Day 2018
April 28, 2018 is a great day for book lovers: it’s Independent Bookstore Day! Minnesota has a huge number of indie bookshops, and most of them will be celebrating in one way or another. Certain officially participating stores will have exclusive Independent Bookstore Day items—which can include…
Apr 24 2018
With Infinity War Almost Here, It’s Time to Revisit Marvel’s Villain Problem
With Avengers: Infinity War rapidly approaching, I’ve found myself thinking far more about Marvel movies than I ever thought I would. In fact, originally I didn’t expect to even like them that much at all.
I’ve never been the biggest fan of action movies—I enjoy them as much as the next guy, but they don’t…
Apr 23 2018
Vermintide 2 is the Co-Op Game We’ve Been Waiting For
A charnel bell tolls in the distance. It signals the death of a world and the coming of the vermintide. Four heroes face the endless hordes of ratmen. Just another day as the world rips itself apart around you. A sequel to 2015’s surprise hit Warhammer: End Times—Vermintide, Vermintide 2 is set in Games…
Apr 23 2018
Give a Girl a Knife Gives a Taste of a Minnesota Chef’s Journey
Amy Thielen’s memoir, Give a Girl a Knife, tells the story of a food geek’s journey (with her partner, Aaron) from suburban northern Minnesota to a homestead in the woods, to gritty line-cook gigs in Manhattan, and back again. It’s a harrowing tapestry of hotdish-centric Midwest…
Apr 22 2018
Children of Blood and Bone Succeeds as a Fantasy Novel and a Call to Action
Children of Blood and Bone follows the tradition of using fantasy as a way to bring light to pressing social issues in our culture. It is an adventure story in which a woman is discovering her magical abilities and the people in her community are looking to her for leadership to rise against the oppressive…
Apr 22 2018
This Week in Geek (4/23/18–4/29/18)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 23rd to Sunday, April 29th.
Creative Night
What: Arts, Community
When: Monday, April 23rd at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon at the Waterbury Building
Let your creativity shine…