Yearly Archive:: 2018
Nov 12 2018
Yuri!!! on Ice Is a Delightful Anime That Will Leave You Wanting More
It’s always an unpredictable experience jumping into a mainstream anime series you’ve heard a lot about. By the time you sit down to watch it, you’ve probably heard so much about it that it’s hard to know what to expect, or even to be able to predict whether you’re likely…
Nov 11 2018
This Week in Geek (11/12/18–11/18/18)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, November 12th to Sunday, November 18th.
Creative Night
What: Arts, Community
When: Monday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon at the Waterbury Building
Let your creativity…
Nov 10 2018
Overlord Reanimates a Dead Genre
If you told me a year ago that I would be walking through the rain to see a late-night screening of a World War II zombie movie, I would scoffed and gone back to researching New Zealand immigration laws. Things change, of course, and the great thing about movies is that all it takes is one or two totally solid…
Nov 08 2018
The 2018 Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive Is Here!
It’s that time of year again, geeks! Last year’s Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive was a huge success—we set a new record by collecting over 4,900 donations of games, toys, books, and other items for deserving recipients! This year, with even more great donation locations on…
Nov 08 2018
Noises Off at the Guthrie Is So Nice I Saw It Twice
It is said that theater is the result of a series of happy accidents magically culminating in a successful show. While that criminally understates the efforts of a staggering number of people—most of whom never even get the satisfaction of taking a bow for all their work—there is some truth to it. Any…
Nov 07 2018
My Own Devices Explores Dessa’s Relationship with Love, Heartache, Science, and Music
Dessa’s book My Own Devices has been towards the top of my list of books I have been most excited for this year.
Dessa is best known as a rapper and a singer. Not only did she grow up in Minneapolis, she started her music career with Doomtree, a hip-hop collective based out of Minneapolis. My Own Devices:…
Nov 06 2018
#1 Comic Issues I’m Picking Up the Week of November 7, 2018
Here are the new books I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic store the week of November 7, 2018.Marvel Knights 20th
Publisher: Marvel
Words/Story: Donny Cates, Matthew Rosenberg, and Vita Ayala (issues 1–6)
Art/Colors: Travel Foreman, Niko Henrichon, Damian Couceiro, Joshua Cassara,…
Nov 06 2018
Egypt’s Sunken Cities Brings a Showcase of Ancient Egypt to the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Over 1,200 years ago, two of Egypt’s northern coastal cities succumbed to the same fate as Tool’s Los Angeles: they were swallowed by the sea. While there remained some accounts of their existence, and their grandeur, these mysterious cities stayed lost to the depths of the Mediterranean.…
Nov 06 2018
Marissa Meyer’s Archenemies Favors Romance and Secrets Over Action
I was unbelievably excited for Archenemies. I read the first book in the series, Renegades, back in January and fell in love. I was looking forward to another book that would continue the stories of Adrian Everhart and Nova Artino, and I hoped that all of my burning questions would finally be answered…
Nov 05 2018
Escape from Tarkov Is Stress Inducing in the Best Way Possible
I really didn’t like Escape from Tarkov when I first started.
I’d load into a map and be dead in less than five minutes. Rinse and repeat. To put it bluntly, I was miserable. Then, I had my first big score. I had some middling loot—just some ammo and other junk, but I was alive. Nearing the extraction point…