There have always been peculiarities between Nerd and Otaku culture and the rest of the known world. For example, when I say ADD, most people think of Attention Deficit Disorder. However, every nerd out there just thought of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Conventions are a lot like that. At times, you could almost believe that you had wondered into an …
Achievement Unlocked!
So here we are again. I never know whether to be pumped or feel like those old school toy monkeys that wind up and play the cymbals. Why, I know you didn’t actually ask, are you feeling this way? Consider this for a moment: Imagine you’ve spent your entire life walking in a straight line. This path you’ve always traveled …
New Nerds…You’re Doing it Wrong.
I might be becoming a hipster. Why, you’re curious and well-tuned mind may be asking, would you ever be in danger of becoming such a thing? Well, simply put, because I am now living in the Nerd Renaissance; a fact that should drive me toward elation but simply leaves me utterly depressed. I find myself saying such Hipster phrases as, …