RIP, Don Cornelius
Soul Train creator and host Don Cornelius has died. The LA Times has an obituary and YouTube has many, many Soul Train clips.
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
“The Hey Sweetheart Scenario”
At The Mary Sue, Becky Chambers deconstructs, “The Hey Sweetheart Scenario” or how games respond to female characters in game. “We’re seeing more games with gender customization, armor is getting more and more reasonable by the year, and female characters are no longer exclusively sidekicks or support classes. […]
The 2011 Kitschies
Our good friends at Pornokitsch presented the 2011 Kitsches this weekend, click through for more and congratulations to the winners and to Pornokitsch for an amazing event!
Inimitable Rucker
Rudy Rucker doesn’t like watching the news too closely (” I only have the one life—must I spend all of it waiting for when it’s officially okay to be happy?”)… but what to think about instead? “Long live transfinite mountains, the hollow earth, time machines, fractal writing, aliens, […]
Austen vs Heyer
Sherwood Smith over at Book View Cafe has a great piece about why Austen is not romance (comparing her books to Heyer).
The Death and Return of Superman
“The Death and Return of Superman,” acted out by many famous nerdy people. (Thanks, Mark!)
The Cultural Gutter 