Monthly Archive:: July 2021
Jul 31 2021
Jungle Cruise Is a Familiar but Fun Trip
Taking a break from its movie-based IPs, Disney is back to transforming its theme-park attractions into motion pictures with Jungle Cruise. Pirates of the Caribbean became a runaway hit, but it’s not looking as though this dive will warrant a franchise. However, for those fatigued with such sagas,…
Jul 29 2021
The Parkway Theater Will Be Transvestite Soup’s New Home for Rocky Horror
In June, the Twin Cities got the news that Landmark Theatres, which had operated Minneapolis’s iconic Uptown Theatre for over 40 years, was being evicted from the space. Besides being a venue for both new movies and old favorites, the Uptown had long been home to Transvestite Soup’s monthly…
Jul 29 2021
More Cubeamajigs Reusable CCG Packs Are Coming
Cubes, in the collectible card gaming lexicon, are a way for players to simulate the experience of drafting a CCG expansion set. By assembling the cards that make up the set of your choosing, or just building your own “set” from the massive library of existing cards, you can draft those cards again and…
Jul 28 2021
Despite Its Drawbacks, Biomutant Has a Lot of Fun to Offer
For all intents and purposes, Biomutant should not work. The map is too big, there are too many characters to interact with, too many quests, and just too much that could go wrong. Even when open-world games like this are made by the biggest studios in the business—looking at you, Bethesda—they come hot…
Jul 25 2021
This Week in Geek (7/26/21–8/1/21)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, July 26, to Sunday, August 1.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and limited…
Jul 21 2021
A Conversation with Lois McMaster Bujold on Penric, The Physicians of Vilnoc, and the World of the Five Gods
The eighth novella in author Lois McMaster Bujold’s Penric series, The Physicians of Vilnoc, is out in print this month. As with the rest of the Penric novellas, it was released first by the author as an e-book, but I like the solid feel of a book in my hands. Happily, while I’ve been waiting, the ninth novella…
Jul 21 2021
Matheater’s Nikola Tesla and the Mother of Invention to Premiere in Minneapolis July 23
Do you like science? History? Theater?
Then you should definitely consider checking out Nikola Tesla and the Mother of Invention, the newest musical production from Matheatre—the Minneapolis-based theater company that aims to tell stories that emphasize STEM topics. The show, making its world…
Jul 19 2021
Enter to See Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins for FREE!
Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins is almost here, and we have your chance to see it for free!
We’re giving away 5 pairs of Fandango gift codes so that each winner and a friend can see Snake Eyes in theaters. For your chance to win, just click the button below and enter through Gleam before noon Central time…
Jul 18 2021
This Week in Geek (7/19/21–7/25/21)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, July 19, to Sunday, July 25.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and limited…
Jul 16 2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy Does More Dribbling than Dunking
Warner Bros. is no stranger to the sharp roasting of their own lot that borders on satire. Looney Tunes set the bar pretty high early on, and that level of animated comedy has been met by the likes of Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain. Something like Space Jam: A New Legacy would appear…