Yearly Archive:: 2018
Nov 04 2018
This Week in Geek (11/5/18–11/11/18)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, November 5th to Sunday, November 11th.
Frankenstein at 200!: The Monsters of Beowulf
What: Books, Educational
When: Monday, November 5th at 2:30 p.m.
Where: University of Minnesota,…
Nov 04 2018
Jodie Whittaker Is Off to a Fantastic Start in Doctor Who
It felt like an eternity floating through all that wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff for the 13th Doctor to make her proper premiere. But nearly seven months after regenerating and being blown out of the TARDIS, Jodie Whittaker became “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” starting a brand-new…
Nov 03 2018
For Better or Worse, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Is More of What We’ve Seen Before
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a very strange game to try to pin down. Among of all the Assassin’s Creed games—and there are 12 of them in total—it is the only one to not feature any actual assassins. In fact, it is basically a reskin of 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins with a few…
Nov 02 2018
Raise Money for Kids through Games with These Minnesota Groups on Extra Life Game Day 2018
In November every year, awesome people converge to game during a 24-hour period known as Game Day. Not only do they get to play games of all kinds, but they also get to raise money to help out sick and injured kids. The movement behind this combination of playing games and raising money for a good cause?…
Nov 02 2018
Dungeons & Workouts Mixes Fitness Science with a Fun D&D Twist
There are many similarities between D&D and fitness I never considered until recently. When I exercise, I am “leveling up” my body, whether it’s through strength training, aerobics, or holding a yoga pose for an extended period of time. D&D allows me to level up my character and survive…
Nov 01 2018
Soulcalibur VI Welcomes Players Back to the Stage of History
I spent the second half of October diving into Soulcalibur VI, and as a fan of the popular fighting-game series, so far I feel this installment stacks up to the standard set by its predecessors. It’s also a convenient entry point for players new to Soulcalibur, as instead of advancing the already…
Nov 01 2018
Minnesota Goth Events and Gatherings for November 2018
Well, my dark friends, our gloriously spooky month is now behind us. However, there are a ton of great events this month of turkey and terrifying family gatherings. If we missed anything, be sure to let us know in the comments!
Special Events
Wax Poets
What: Club Night
When: Thursday, November 1st at 9:30…
Oct 31 2018
Win FREE Tickets to The Greatest Generation Podcast Live!
The crew of The Greatest Generation is back in Minneapolis, headed to the Cedar Cultural Cedar for a show at 7:00 p.m. on November 3, 2018. This “Star Trek podcast by two guys who are a bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast” covers a different episode every week with plenty of fandom, humor, and…
Oct 30 2018
Suspiria Spills Over with Stimulating Shocks
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria is every bit as twisted, stylish, and violent as its 1977 counterpart. In the same way that David Gordon Green’s Halloween is a faithful throwback of the John Carpenter classic, Guadagnino adheres greatly to the creepy uneasiness that made Dario Argento’s original film…
Oct 30 2018
#1 Comic Issues I’m Picking Up the Week of October 31, 2018
This Halloween week in new comics, we have an embarrassment of witches. (Not to be confused with a A Discovery of Witches, which is not yet a comic book.)I remember those summers when multiple blockbusters were competing for the best take on the same premise—say, an asteroid hurtling toward Earth or…