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.
“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!
The Death and Return of Superman
“The Death and Return of Superman,” acted out by many famous nerdy people. (Thanks, Mark!)
Idie’s New Hair Cut
At Digital Femme Online, Cheryl Lynn thinks about Idie Okonkwo’s change from an afro to a pixie cut in Wolverine and the X-Men, and is sad that ” no other character is willing to address what is a glaring problem with this child in regards to her mutancy […]
“Jersey Shore Gone Wilde”
Characters from Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest perform transcripts from The Jersey Shore, showing an amazing continuity in dandyism society life in-fighting and the importance of trivial comedy for serious people from Wilde’s time to today. (Thanks, Mark!)
The Cultural Gutter 