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Idols of Geekdom: Saint Bartlet

Saint Bartlet

The Story Oh, fine New Hampshire! Awasiwi Odinak! You gave us the best president that never was. He came from a lineage of politicians, from privilege and power – and yet – with education, and consideration and, yes, some humility. He came with a confidence in the divine nature of human goodness and in the miracle of pluralism. He came as a surprise, as an underdog. He came as a good man. Let us…

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Oscar Derby 2017: The Nominations!

The 2017 Oscar nominees are out, darlings! Let's arbitrarily comment on them!

In case you missed it (or missed hearing about it) the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced yesterday. So I’m about a day late to the proceedings here; but hey, we don’t publish on Tuesdays. But I am here now to give you the run-down of nominees! In short: this year we have 9 Best Picture nominees, La La Land (grrrr) has tied Titanic and All About Eve (grrrr) for most…

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Bad Movies with Brad: Futilism

Bad Movies with Brad: Futilism: Even Anglo-Saxon classics aren't safe!

Welcome to our 2nd Year of Bad Movies with Brad! This month we Killer Moose are going to be talking about something that’s a challenge for even good filmmakers: adaptations. But just as good filmmakers are picking up their favorite books and saying “This would be a great movie” terrible filmmakers are always looking at some place they can grab a story, preferably for free. The public domain is…

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Friday Jambalaya: Books, Archer, Reboots & Adaptations

It's the first Friday Jambalaya of 2017!

It’s the first Friday of 2017! And that also means the first Friday Jambalaya of 2017. This past week Cole posted the first of his monthly book recommendations and Hanna posted the latest Idol of Geekdom, none other than Leia Organa herself. And now, of course, the links! Broadway will dim its lights today to honor Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Nine modern women science fiction writers you…

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Cole's Book Recs: Monstress & Binti

It's a new year and new features on the website! First up, book recommendations from our resident bookseller!

Welcome to one of our new spangly 2017 recurring features! Every month I’m going to be talking about a book (or books) that I read and loved and then will be giving recommendations based off those titles. This is something I do pretty much every day in my other career as a bookseller. These recommendations will be, by and large, science fiction, fantasy or some level of fantastical. Huge…

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Idols of Geekdom: Saint Leia Organa

Saint Leia, may the Force be with us.

The Story Saint Leia is a diplomat and a fighter. An idealist and a rebel and a courageous commander. And we know but a part of her story. A great and evil power arose in the galaxy – a forces for destruction in the hands of the careless and the power mad. And in this desperate hour arose heroes of all sorts – many whose praises, whose names and stories are lost. And a few remembered: among them,…

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Friday Jambalaya: The Last One of 2016!

It's the last Friday of the year and the Moose are doing a round up of our favorite posts and links of 2016!

Before we get into anything else today we have to take a moment to express our sadness over the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Both wonderful women who fought for both themselves and others. They will be sorely missed. Today is the last Friday of the year and so we’re going to do this a little bit different from most Fridays. We’re going to review this week’s posts (obviously) but…

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The Moosies 2016 (Part 2)

The last of our Very Official awards for media: The Moosies 2016 Part Two!

As 2016 draws to a close (finally) we Moose wanted to share some media that brought us joy this year. You can find our selections from cinema and television here and below are our very-official-and-important awards for the Print and Random categories! Enjoy! PRINT Cole So I’m going to have to call it a tie with this one. I did not get to read as much as I would have liked in 2016 but there were,…

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Rogue One: A Partial War Story

It's time for this month's Impolite Conversation! Cole & Clarice are talking about Rogue One and they have more than a few opinions to share.

Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One released in theaters two weekends ago. And though the Moose were there, dutifully, that very first night to witness the latest Star Wars story, Cole & Clarice confess it’s taken a while for their feels to fully brew. But brew they have! And now the time has come for Impolite Conversation’s take on this most recent Star Wars film. SPOILERS ABOUND BELOW THIS POINT…

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Friday Jambalaya: Art, Reviews, Trailers & the Word Surreal

It's Friday! Have some Jambalaya!

It’s Friday! This week, Brad gave us some of his thoughts on Rogue One and Leslie Knope joined the ranks of the Idols of Geekdom! And, of course, we have links! A collection of 2016’s best video game concept art. Speaking of art, Adam West just debuted some of his and it’s Batman-themed! More actors added to the cast of Fargo season three. Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “surreal“. Rest in…

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Idols of Geekdom: Zoe Washburne

Saint Zoe, watch out for our crew. Have our backs. Have theirs.

The Story You’ve heard tell, I know, of the good ship Serenity – of her captain and her crew and their adventures planetside and in the black. You know the Captain, gruff but ever a family man despite his protests. You know the peppy, flowery, effervescent Mechanic. You know the Gun, and the town they named for him. You know the Doctor and you know his Sister. You know the Lady and the Pilot. But…

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God Save the Queen and Let's Talk about The Crown

The British are Coming! To Netflix! In The Crown!

In which Hanna and Theresa (her alter ego) talk briefly about Netflix’s The Crown. Hanna: Costumes! Theresa: Drama! Hanna: British People! Theresa: A lot of British people.�� Hanna: All the British people. Is it just me, or do you feel like Jared Harris is taking on a bit of a Sean Bean issue? Theresa: He seems to be dying a lot on screen? Hanna: He does, he does. Theresa: I think that his deaths…

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Idols of Geekdom: Inigo Montoya

Saint Inigo, may our friends be with us in our hour of need -- with white horses as necessary...

The Story Once the greatest swordmaker in all the world was commissioned by the Six-Fingered Man to make the perfect sword. He set to work, obsessed with his task and when it was done, there was indeed no blade to equal it. The Six-Fingered Man returned to claim the sword. Yet the villain did not wish to pay what he had offered. The Swordmaker refused to be parted from his masterpiece for less…

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Luke Cage Binge Review, Part Two

Second half of our Luke Cage Binge Review is here!

Welcome back! If you missed it, then the mini reviews for the first half of Luke Cage are here. If you came looking for part two, then let’s get into this. Blowin’ Up The Spot We left off with Luke (Mike Colter) taking a bullet (that actually hurts him) in his stomach. He and Claire (Rosario Dawson) are on the run from Diamondback (Eric LaRay Harvey) — escaping from a flipped ambulance into a…

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Talking Tabletop RPGs

Brief pros and cons for Pathfinder, 5th Ed and Dungeon World!

I’m gearing up for a new campaign, and I don’t mean my campaign that’s currently funding on Inkshares for my novel, A Beast Requires. Which of course you should all totally check out. The campaign I’m gearing up for is a brand spanking new fantasy epic set in Ancient Rome, which has doubled as an excuse for me to reexamine the world of of dungeon crawling, and finding a system that that fits with…

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Luke Cage Binge Review, Part One

Have you binged Luke Cage yet? What am I saying, of course you have!

Okay, so I’ve been Team Marvel for awhile now. I particularly enjoy the serious tone and production values of the Netflix/Marvel collaborations. So I’ve been looking forward to Luke Cage since Daredevil’s first season was as fantastic as it was. As with all binge viewing, we have a lot to talk about. At first I told myself that I wouldn’t be doing an episode by episode commentary the way I did…

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Idols of Geekdom: Saint Pettigrew

"We pray for friends who are honest, and lovers who bring us champagne and strawberries -- whether they can play the piano or not."

The Story Saint Pettigrew, patron of quick thinking, hope eternal and transformations, is a London saint. Daughter to a clergyman, caretaker and provocateur of children, friend and accidental people person. The story of the holy Pettigrew begins with a job that is not what it seems. Between two wars, and with a sense of the world gone and the shifting world that is, she is lost. Desperate for…