Yearly Archive:: 2021
Aug 08 2021
This Week in Geek (8/9/21–8/15/21)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, August 9, to Sunday, August 15.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and indoor…
Aug 06 2021
Max the Library Cat Returns to Macalester College in Painting Form
Back in 2017, a sign posted on the door of a library at St. Paul’s Macalester College went viral. “Please do not let in the cat,” it read. “His name is Max. Max is nice. His owner does not want Max in the Library. We do not want Max in the Library.”
Max belonged to a couple who…
Aug 04 2021
The Suicide Squad Is a Delightful DC Comics Dirty Dozen
James Gunn has brought his craft antihero A-game to The Suicide Squad, and you can feel it with a jolt immediately from the opening sequence. Whereas 2016’s Suicide Squad spent far too much time trying to set up its own rickety premise, this version of Task Force X starts up with all vigor of that first cup…
Aug 04 2021
5 Things Geeks of Color Want You to Know
When the pandemic sent the world into lockdown in mid-March 2020, it seemed like dealing with the global health crisis and subsequent economic and educational impacts would be the biggest issues dominating the sociopolitical public consciousness for a while. Then, on Memorial Day, George Floyd…
Aug 02 2021
ZR Ellor’s Debut Novel, May the Best Man Win, Won My Heart
On Twitter, ZR Ellor tends to describe his debut novel, May the Best Man Win, as being about “a trans boy challenging his ex for Homecoming King,” which was more than enough to get me excited for the book’s release in May. Then I found out that the ex mentioned in the tagline is autistic, and my excitement…
Aug 01 2021
This Week in Geek (8/2/21–8/8/21)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, August 2, to Sunday, August 8.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and indoor…
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…