Yearly Archive:: 2019
Dec 08 2019
This Week in Geek (12/9/19–12/15/19)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 9, to Sunday, December 15.
It’s an Honorable Life: A Star Trek-Fan Production
What: Theater & Comedy
When: Friday, December 6, through Saturday, December 28; various times…
Dec 07 2019
Scientists Have Achieved Human Suspended Animation for the First Time
Maybe, while out on a pizza delivery, you slip and fall and find yourself waking up 1,000 years in the future. Or perhaps you wind up caught by a bounty hunter and wake up a year later in after being stuck in carbonite in the lair of a large, slug-like gangster. Suspended animation can be a pain.
On the other…
Dec 07 2019
A Locally Created Magic: The Gathering Format Thrives in Twin Cities Game Stores
On September 26, 2019, Wizards of the Coast held the prerelease for Throne of Eldraine (ELD), the latest expansion set to Magic: The Gathering. Based heavily on the themes of Arthurian legend and the Grimms’ fairy tales, this standalone set was accompanied by the full PC release of the Magic: …
Dec 06 2019
Age of Ashes: Hellknight Hill Is a Rich, Flexible Adventure for Pathfinder 2nd Edition
In October, I had the pleasure of reviewing the shiny new edition of the Pathfinder role-playing game. I found it to be an engaging and superb new game that retains the spirit of its predecessor while streamlining nearly all of its processes. In short, I still really like it.
Apparently not wanting the…
Dec 06 2019
12 Holiday Craft Markets at Twin Cities Breweries and Distilleries
Despite, or perhaps because of, all the relentless holiday cheer, gift shopping for all the people in your life can build up tremendous pressure. Fortunately, the Twin Cities are outstanding when it comes to breweries and distilleries, and many of them are running arts and crafts markets this month,…
Dec 05 2019
This Renovated Futuro Home Is a Unique Glimpse into Architectural History
Would you live in a flying saucer?
Conceived and built in the late 1960s, reflecting the sense of optimism and appetite for exploration of the time, Futuro houses were designed as lightweight, prefabricated plastic homes that could be built in a wide variety of locations. According to the Futuro House,…
Dec 05 2019
When Goblin Colored the Fitz Deep Red
The band Goblin has the rare distinction of being close to the convoluted hearts of fans of both prog rock and the golden age of Italian horror. Claudio Simonetti, the musical visionary at the heart of Goblin, has been a key soundtrack collaborator with names such as Lucio Fulci, Lamberto Bava, and Dario…
Dec 03 2019
Comics I’m Picking Up the Week of December 4, 2019
Here are the books I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic store the week of December 4, 2019.
Kicking off the gift-buying season, I’m highlighting a few of the new collections and graphic novels that showcase the wide variety of stories that can be (and are being told) in the medium of sequential…
Dec 01 2019
This Week in Geek (12/2/19–12/8/19)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 2, to Sunday, December 8.
Six
What: Music
When: Monday, December 2, through Sunday, December 22; various times
Where: The Ordway
The wives of Henry VIII had a rough go of it, between…
Nov 29 2019
The Wickerlight Takes Readers Back to Mary Watson’s World of Irish Mythology
Note: This review contains spoilers for The Wren Hunt and reveals minor plot points for The Wickerlight.
In preparation for Mary Watson’s new novel, The Wickerlight, I read its predecessor, The Wren Hunt, over the summer. The book is lush with Irish lore and an ages-long feud between druid clans that…