Monthly Archive:: December 2024
Dec 31 2024
Twin Cities Geek Writers’ Favorite Films of 2024
As we head into 2025, three Twin Cities Geek film reviewers—Ryan Sanderson, Ali Rydberg, and Mark McPherson—looked back on all the new releases they watched in 2024. Here, they’ve summed up their thoughts on the current movie landscape and picked their favorites of the year.
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Dec 29 2024
This Week in Geek (12/30/2024–1/5/2025)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 30, to Sunday, January 5.
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Dec 25 2024
Minnesota Events for Writers and Book Lovers in 2025
Minnesota is a great state for conferences, conventions, fairs, and other events centered on books and writing. Whether you’re publishing your first novel, hoping to meet your favorite author, networking for your editing business, or looking to sharpen your skills as a writer, there’s…
Dec 24 2024
“Nosferatu” Asks Whether Evil Comes from Within
Gothic horror is, itself, an entity. A presence that possesses itself, shaped by the swarming collective of the concepts that animate it. Its tropes prove immortal, not only through their repetition but in their endless relevance. They apply everywhere and to everything people are because that is…
Dec 23 2024
Twin Cities Geek 2025 Minnesota Convention Guide
A new year is here, and that means it’s time to update your convention calendar! We’ve rounded up all the 2025 events for you in one place, and there are cons confirmed for almost every month of the year—including events focusing on gaming, comics, sci fi and fantasy, anime, horror, LEGO,…
Dec 22 2024
This Week in Geek (12/23/2024–12/29/2024)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 23, to Sunday, December 29.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our…
Dec 20 2024
Enter to Win a Nosferatu Prize Pack!
Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu comes out December 25, and you could see it with a friend for free—plus enjoy a bundle of other goodies! We’re giving away a special prize pack that includes:a pass for 2 guests to see Nosferatu in the theater
a $25 gift card for AMC concessions
a Nosferatu beanie…
Dec 15 2024
This Week in Geek (12/16/2024–12/22/2024)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 16, to Sunday, December 22.
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Dec 12 2024
“Us in Ruins” Crumbles Under Pressure
It’s always difficult to talk about a book I didn’t enjoy, but it’s even more different when I was convinced that book would be a new favorite. Rachel Moore’s Us in Ruins was a much more personal experience than I was anticipating, but it was also a book I struggled to get through—in fact, I couldn’t finish…
Dec 09 2024
How to Knit or Crochet Chain Mail for Cosplay
Several years ago, I made a chain-mail hauberk for a Legend of Zelda cosplay. It was steel rings in a simple four-in-in weave, and it looked pretty dang good, if I can be allowed to pat myself on the back there. However, it also weighed 13 pounds, and wearing it was desperately uncomfortable even though…