The Elsa is starting to look like an Elsa. It’s very exciting to see a costume begin to take its final form, and this time is no exception. Once Lizzy and I got the pattern cut and started pinning pieces together, it was quick work getting the...
Halloween Prep as a Cosplayer
posted by Margaret
It’s September. The season of “Pumpkin ALL the things” is upon us. The official start of autumn is coming. The first Spirit Halloween popped up last month in my area like a zit on a kid hitting early puberty. It’s also...
What is LARP?
posted by Alana
I was recently at the very first Twin Tiers Comic Con and was asked to help out with a panel about LARP, Live Action Roleplay. I hang out with some of the Storytellers from Hellmira, a Vampire LARP here in Elmira/Binghamton, NY. I hope you enjoy our...
Sailor Moon? Heck Yes!- Margaret’s Take
posted by Margaret
Ah, youth. I remember the days of sprinting off the school bus to watch anime. I come from the Toonami generation, and that, combined with the influence of my school’s Anime Club, was the gateway drug into serious anime love. Important...
Digital Chic
posted by Ang
In real life, I wear jeans, sneakers and comfortable shirts. I’ve talked before about how I’m not really a girly girl, but I’m also not completely immune to style considerations. While my wardrobe in ‘meatspace’ is pretty limited...
Waiting for GoT Season 5
posted by Alana
Things to do with your Sunday now that Game of Thrones Season 4 is over: 1) Find a friend who hasn’t seen it yet so you have a reason to re-watch the previous seasons. 2) Try to read the books. (Or if you have read the...
Is It Still “Legend” of Zelda?
posted by Margaret
Warning for the tl;dr crowd. This is a long one! The discussion of narrative in video games is a relatively new topic in academia given that the medium hasn’t existed nearly as long as literature or even film and television. In the brief time...
The Art or the Artist
posted by Ang
Where do you draw the line between the artist and the art they create? If a piece of artwork, whether it’s a painting, a book, a song, or heck, even a game, touches you in some meaningful way, is that experience ruined by a later revelation that...
Game Review: Sentinels of the Multiverse
posted by Caitlin
Much like a couple of my fellow Princesses, I am a huge fan of superheroes. I grew up watching Batman: The Animated Series; Spider-Man; X-Men; and many other cartoons where people in tights saved the world. When the first Wolverine & Friends...
Old or New, A Convention Question
posted by Ang
Today I get in a car and start driving towards Columbus, Ohio with a couple of good friends and all the supplies I need to survive five days of gaming awesomeness that is Origins Game Fair. Heck, by the time I woke up today, there were already early...
Family Reunions
posted by Alana
As we move to the summer months many families have large get together over BBQ and pasta salad. Nerds do this type of get together as well but instead of a watermelon or hotdogs we bring a new board game for the family to try out. With great...
Fallen London: Come Play with Me
posted by Elle
The year is 1861, and London has been stolen by bats. Except no one says that anymore, except the Revolutionaries. Welcome to Fallen London. In December of 1861, Prince Albert, the Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, ruler of the United Kingdom of...
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