Twenty Years of Love and Justice: Sailor Moon Then & Now

Is the new Sailor Moon the guardian we’ve boon looking for?

When Sailor Moon Crystal was first announced, I wasn’t sure how to feel. It was the reboot I never knew I wanted, though I remained concerned about the quality of the series. After all, we live in the Age of Reboots and it’s typically a heck of a coin toss whether or not they will be any good; I’m looking at you, Spider-Man, Total Recall, and Star Trek: Into Darkness. If Sailor Moon Crystal was a dismal wreck of a revival, I just wasn’t sure my heart could take it.

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Judging by Covers

When it comes to comics, you should totally judge a book by its cover

We’ve all been told not to judge a book by a cover, and typically this is actually referring to people, and I have to agree with this idiom.  But when it comes to books, especially comic books, judging by the cover is typically a large factor in the decision making.  That’s like saying we shouldn’t judge a movie by its trailer, when in fact that is exactly what you should do. 

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Nabisco Enters the Console Wars (April Fools)

Project Saltine takes aim at the big three

In a surprise move, snack manufacturer Nabisco has announced that they will be entering the video game market later this year. During a press conference held earlier today at Nabisco’s headquarters in East Hanover, NJ, CEO Daryl J. Brewster made the announcement to a stunned crowd. 

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Lost at Sea

Time travel, sinking ships, and the total aversion of World War I

In the late 90s, James Cameron’s Titanic began an obsession for millions. At the time, the special effects were unprecedented, the scale was grand, and posters of Leonardo DiCaprio were decorating the walls of countless girls. The film made record-breaking numbers in movie theatres and won a massive amount of awards. Fascination with the Titanic itself experienced an upward trend, although it’s safe to say curiosity surrounding the ship, its passengers, and the sinking has, and will always remain, deeply embedded in pop culture and history.

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Going Small

When games get too big, sometimes it’s refreshing to go small

Back in 2013, Keiji Inafune started a revolution. As the “father of Mega Man”, Inafune had become something of a celebrity in the gaming community. Over the years, he oversaw a multitude of Mega Man projects for Capcom, but nothing lasts forever. Inafune eventually left Capcom and decided to strike out on his own. Not long after, he decided to create a spiritual successor to the classic Mega Man titles of old. Thus Mighty No. 9 and its legendary Kickstarter campaign were born. 

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Closet Cosplay Challenge #1: Wednesday Addams

Samantha takes on the Closet Cosplay Challenge

We’ve all been there at some point. You need a costume for a last minute party invite, but don’t want to wear the same thing you wore for Halloween just a few months ago. Maybe a friend of a friend bailed on a convention outing, and now you have an unexpected 3-day pass and nothing to wear to celebrate your favorite fandom. Perhaps you are a new (or seasoned) cosplayer, and the piece you’ve been working on all year just won’t be finished in time—or worse, a vital prop broke days before the con, and there’s no time to repair it.

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Elusive Women: Girl with a Pearl Earring and Flaming June at the Frick

A timeless classic is coming to a museum near you!

My (now) fiancé proposed to me in the Frick Collection in Manhattan during the exhibition: Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis. Specifically, he proposed in front of my favorite Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring

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In the Meantime: Downton Abbey

Downton is gone! What do I do???

We here at Geekade strive to provide our readers with the best in geek services. In our new series, In the Meantime, we recommend media and pop culture to enjoy when the TV/movie/book/game series you love ends or goes on hiatus. This week, when we’d normally be tuning into PBS for the latest episode of Downton Abbey, we see what else there is to read and watch in the long wait between seasons. (Seriously, BBC and PBS? Series 6 premieres in JANUARY?!?!)

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Comics Are My Drug, and I Need a Hit

Alex has issues. (Get it?)

For every collector there is that “Holy Grail” item that a collection could not be complete without.  If you’re a philatelist (stamp collector) it may be the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp, or if you prefer coins you might be in the hunt for an 1849 Double Eagle (Google these to see how much they’ve sold for).  If, however, you happen to be a comic fan there’s usually two different comics at the top of your list.  One of them is either going to be Action Comics #1 or Detective Comics #27, the first appearances of Superman and Batman respectively, for obvious reasons.  

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Good-bye, Mr. Spock

Rest in peace, Mr. Nimoy

Hello, there! Allow me to introduce myself. I’m a weirdo. You may recognize me as the quiet girl from school who always knew how to answer the teacher’s questions but never knew how to talk to other kids; or the strange kid on the bus that was reading actual, not assigned books instead of talking and laughing with everyone else like she was supposed to. Yup, that’s me. Some people thought I was elitist and didn’t talk because all you plebeians were beneath me. Some people thought I was a dweeb and therefore unworthy. Whatever they thought, very few made the effort.

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