Yearly Archive:: 2018
Dec 11 2018
Aquaman Overflows with Adventure and Fantasy
After decades being the butt of easy jokes, Aquaman has finally gotten his own movie. Even this year’s Teen Titans Go! to the Movies made a slam on him: “If Aquaman can get a movie, anybody can.”
Thanks to the bearded charisma of Jason Momoa and big action from director James Wan, one could argue this hero…
Dec 10 2018
Jump into the Spider-Verse for the Best Spider-Man Tale to Hit the Big Screen
Over the past two decades, there have been somewhere around 67 different Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?) swinging into theaters as part of their respective re-reboots of the franchise. It’s easy to feel exhausted at the idea of sitting through yet another Spidey origin story, disillusioned by…
Dec 09 2018
This Week in Geek (12/10/18–12/16/18)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 10th to Sunday, December 16th.
Creative Night
What: Arts, Community
When: Monday, December 10th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon at the Waterbury Building
Let your creativity…
Dec 07 2018
Enter to Win a House with a Clock in Its Walls Prize Pack!
The House with a Clock in Its Walls is coming to Blu-ray and DVD December 18, 2018, and we have a giveaway just for you! Enter on Twitter and you could win:(1) Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital combo pack
(1) adult T-shirt
(1) youth T-shirt
(1) drawstring bagAll you have to do to enter is:
1. Follow @TwinCitiesGeeks…
Dec 07 2018
Pokémon: Let’s Go! Delivers a Wonderful Update That Effectively Combines Old and New
As an avid Pokémon fan from the very beginning, I was cautiously optimistic when Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! were announced in May 2018. On the one hand, the franchise was finally coming to the Switch, even though it wasn’t a mainline release or even the rumored…
Dec 06 2018
Rob Guillory’s Farmhand Proves You Really Can’t Go Home Again
A Louisiana farmer named Jedidiah receives a vision giving him the information to grow and harvest human organs. His children, Zeke and Andrea, who left the farm years ago, returns upon his request to help him take care of things. The farm is now a super-high-tech, booming business that gives organic…
Dec 05 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 Shows What Video-Game Storytelling Can Do
Regret is powerful. And while it affects everyone differently, it’s how we deal with our regrets that defines who we are today and who we will be tomorrow.
In a medium known for virtual killing and dying without consequence, regret is a theme almost never explored in video games. It happens to also…
Dec 05 2018
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Lives On After Death
One of the feelings familiar to anyone who is invested in a customizable card game (other than Magic: The Gathering, perhaps) is the fear of their favorite game being discontinued and the player base subsequently drifting off, their investment becoming all but worthless. But some CCGs persist afterward,…
Dec 04 2018
Comics I’m Picking Up the Week of December 5, 2018
Here are the books I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic store the week of December 5, 2018.Black AF: Devil’s Dye
Publisher: Black Mask
Words/Story: Vita Ayala
Art/Colors: Liana Kangas
“When a new drug called VANTA hits the streets, word is it’s the hottest thing since…
Dec 03 2018
The Favourite Is a Sharply Faceted Costume Drama
The Favourite, the newest film from Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, tells you right up front what it’s about: it opens with a scene of Queen Anne, having just made a speech, being divested of her ermine-trimmed cloak and crown. In the next scene, in deliberate contrast, we meet Abigail Hall,…