Monthly Archive:: March 2019
Mar 06 2019
Up-Down Minneapolis Bottles Gaming Nostalgia for Twin Cities Millennials
When I first walked into Up-Down a few years ago, around the time it opened, I felt an instant nostalgic attachment. I noticed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game and nearby, an unused X-Men arcade cabinet. Both sat beckoning me to reclaim my youth. I was flooded with memories of a local pizza…
Mar 06 2019
Captain Marvel Blasts through Marvel’s Cinematic Glass Ceiling
Nearly a year ago, Avengers: Infinity War left us jittering with joy when Nick Fury’s uber-pager flashed that familiar eight-pointed star in red and blue. Captain Marvel was officially in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Flash-forward to today, and Carol Danvers is hitting screens to take…
Mar 05 2019
Comics I’m Picking Up the Week of March 6, 2019
Here are the books I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic store the week of March 6, 2019. After a slow February, spring is getting off to an explosive start, and costing me lots of money.The Six Million Dollar Man
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Words/Story: Christopher Hastings
Art/Colors:…
Mar 05 2019
If You’re Out There Gives Readers a Unique Mystery to Solve
Three years ago, I decided to take a chance on a couple of Internet friends and flew to Texas to live with them. It’s a very long, complicated story, but the gist is that things didn’t work out, and I was back in Minnesota five days later. I had hoped that maybe I could fix things with them, but…
Mar 04 2019
Twin Cities Players Take Magic Events outside the Game Store
Many local game stores hold regular Magic: The Gathering game events. These certainly can be a great deal of fun, but the stores can be intimidating spaces for some, and a player may like to have food and drink choices beyond just convenience-store snacks and drinks for more socialization. One of the…
Mar 03 2019
This Week in Geek (3/4/19–3/10/19)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, March 4th to Sunday, March 10th.
Creative Night
What: Arts, Community
When: Monday, March 4th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon at the Waterbury Building
Let your creativity shine with…
Mar 03 2019
Did the Punisher Kill It in His Final Netflix Season?
In between watching season 2 of The Punisher and sitting down to write this article, it became common knowledge that the series, along with Jessica Jones, had been canceled by Netflix. It was highly predictable this would happen, given that the other Marvel Netflix series had already been canceled,…
Mar 02 2019
Apex Legends Gets Battle Royales Out of a Rut
Let’s get one thing straight: battle royales are a dime a dozen these days. You could throw a metaphorical dart out and chances are good you’ll hit at least one. It’s tough to be a battle royale game; for every one that’s made it big, there are two or three that didn’t. Last year alone was littered with the…
Mar 01 2019
Dive into Vivid, Wild, and Surreal Animation in Ruben Brandt, Collector
There’s a refreshing air to the tale of Ruben Brandt, Collector, which dares to be more than just a showy festival piece featuring paintings coming to life. On one level, it’s an observation of art’s crippling obsession that drives one mad with possession. On another, it’s a psychological story about…