Miss Dawn’s Musings – The Importance of Cosplay Etiquette

Blog-MDMThis one is going to get a touch rant-y, but I make no apologies. Cosplay is a growing passion among geeks, showing up more at conventions and even being noticed by the mainstream. Unfortunately, this means there are a lot of people out there who don’t know cosplay etiquette. I’m not referring to the “norms” who gawk at it either. I’m talking about fellow geeks who attend cons and seem to think that it’s ok to make negative, often derogatory comments about cosplayers. And then there are the touchers and picture takers, but we’ll get to those. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – The Importance of Cosplay Etiquette

Best Geeky Finds – Gravity Falls but Needs to Rise Again

Blog-BGFI’m not the first to point out I’m far too old to not be a parent and yet still be watching Disney XD, unless it is a Star Wars-related program. And yet every week, for 2 years, I have been watching the TV guide on Monday nights for new episodes of what can easily be described as a show about 12-year-old Mulder and Scully living in Oregon in the 90s while everybody else lives in present day. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Gravity Falls but Needs to Rise Again

Irregular’s Intel – Marvel’s Future Fight

Blog-IIMy latest portable gaming obsession? Marvel’s Future Fight. The story is that, in the future, Ultron has calculated a way to destroy the earth and has killed all of the heroes trying to stop him. Wolverine and Nick Fury had come to the present day to warn the heroes, and to offer help in some way from time to time. The beauty of this game is in it’s simplicity and how increasingly difficult it gets as you progress. Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – Marvel’s Future Fight