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Writing and musings from Shawn Struck on "geek culture" like video games, technology, web design, tabletop games and more.

Friday, December 9, 2016

Guest Post: Undertale, Emotion, Pain & Love

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Nicole Johnson, my sister from another mister, was also a contributor to an Undertale fanzine I solicited for last year. Unfortunately due t...

Retro Video: Classic DOS-era Art Step By Step

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For your morning retro-game pleasure, I humbly present to you the following: A video from the wonderful channel "DOS Nostalgia"c...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Helluva Composer: Behind The Music of DOOM and more

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PC Gamer has a great interview (and over-view) of the work of Mick Gordon, who most recently won praise for the bone-crunchingly, demon-sl...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

[VIDEO] Holy Crap! Atari 2600 Emulator Runs In Minecraft

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Description: Screenshot of aerial view of  a grass field in Minecraft with grooves carved out to spell "Holy Crap!!!" We inte...

Knit 1, Pwn 2: Learning Programming Via Knitting Games

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Description: Illustration of a knitting work in progress of a heart pattern using a knitting guide. Illustration courtesy Idea Studios. ...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Bringing Arrival To The Big Screen: Screenwriter Speaks

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Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life" stuck with screenwriter Eric Heiserer long after he put it down. Heiserer had wr...

Empowering Roles With Dice Rolls: D&D, Women & Feminism

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Rat Queens fan art. Illustration courtesy of nebezial at  nebezial.deviantart.com The notion of women finding empowerment through media ...
Sunday, December 4, 2016

December Patreon Thanks & How You Can Get Free Stuff!

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Here's this month's Thank Yous: Cargo, who had nothing to link to, but is a great dude! Thanks, Cargo.  Daphny Drucilla Delight D...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Anime Fandom Needs A Wake-Up Call

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Anime fandom in the US has come a long way since the early 1980s when you'd be hard-pressed to find much available commercially outsid...
Monday, November 21, 2016

New Multimedia Short Story: Afrofuturist 419

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Award-winning Author Nnedi Okafor and science fiction magazine Clarkesworld have teamed up to bring you "Afrofuturist 419". It...

Social Anxiety Guide To Calling Gov't Representatives

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In the wake of the recent United States elections, calling your state and local representatives as a means of taking direct action and affec...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Lost 17th Century Music Lives Again With Musician & Historian Team

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This is so cool! Musical Passages is a collaborative endeavor by Laurent Dubois, David Garner, and Mary Caton Lingold to document, ex...
Friday, November 18, 2016

WLW Ask: Where Are Queer Butch Women In Video Games?

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In the media landscape of video games, there has been a noticeable rise in the amount of visible queer characters in everything from indie...

Leading Pinball Maker Still Crafts Cabinets By Hand

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Description: A row of pre-assembled pinball board for Stern Pinball's Ghostbusters cabinet await assembly. Photo courtesy of Brian Cre...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Patreon Stuff: Thanks, Sneak Peeks & Getting In On The Action

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See the picture to the left? That's going to a patron this month who is supporting my work at the "Surprise Mystery Care Package...

Facebook Employees Meeting In Secret In Hopes of Busting FB B.S.

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Description: A hand making a thumbs-down gesture next to the word hoax as a parody of Facebook's thumbs-up next to the word Like icon....
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Shawn Struck's writing has appeared on the front page of Yahoo!, in 1UP.com, PC Magazine, 411 Mania, and Associated Content. He lives in a secret hideout in Somerset, NJ. Any posts made here are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the author's employers or affiliates. All posts are controlled solely by the author and produced independent of any employer, organization, or entity unless otherwise noted.
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