Category: Uncategorized
-
3-D Printing: Desktop Manufacturing Overview
Earlier today I presented our 3D printer to the Dominican University faculty. I demonstrated how our Cubify printer (the type seen in the featured image) works, and I discussed what 3D printing is. I also focused the discussion on the possibilities of 3D printing, both how the process is currently being put to use in…
-
The Demon Within: Tensions in Exorcism Cinema
This year, while concluding the virtual world television project with Pooky Amsterdam and continuing projects on gender and media engaging (such as My Little Pony and cross-gendered media engagings), I will also be working with Christopher J. Olson on a number of projects. One of the new ones is a consideration of the representation of women and feminist discourses in…
-
Producers’ Retrospective: Flufee On A Meshion
How does a digital creation experience life as the star of virtual world television and machinima? Well, here is Flufee, star of the series Flufee on a Meshion, as well as numerous other machinima encounters produced in Second Life. He (she? does it matter?) is all to happy to tell you about his/her life as a digital…
-
2013 and the Future of Gaming
My last two posts for Clearance Bin Review as Dr. Geek have been considerations for the future of gaming given some technologies that are scheduled to be released this year. These technologies all share a common aspect: they appear to be challenging the traditional console gaming market, whether by hardware, interface, or game distribution. In…
-
David Tennant: The Sexy Doctor
For many fans, the return of Doctor Who to BBC had its highlights during the David Tennant years as the 10th Doctor. During his reign, he was consistently voted highly in public polls on favorite actor, best actor, and sexiest actor by British fans, and by fans from around the world. 10Rose was a favorite shipping…
-
Wii U: Whoopie?
At E3 today, the boffo electronics bazaar in Los Angeles where companies unveil their latest and greatest to tantalize the geeks in all of us, Nintendo unveiled their (much) anticipated new system to answer PlayStation 3’s Move and X-Box 360’s Kinect. While Nintendo’s Wii was revolutionary when it first came out, its sales have been…
-
The Mainstreaming of Geekdom?
You can’t get tickets to Comic-Con that easily anymore. Back in 2007, the passes were already being sold at a record rate. It’s accelerated since then. My boyfriend and I were thinking about going this year, but everything is sold out. So until we can find a new time to get there, I’ve been reflecting…
-
Awesomest Cookbook Ever
Every once and awhile, you’ll go into a used bookstore, and after you finish wondering about the future of the print industry thanks to e-readers, you’ll browse the musty collections and find a gem. A gem like what I have deemed to be the “Awesomest Cookbook Ever” — and that’s awesomest in the original sense…
-
Equality Studies: A Call to Action
I respect the work that has been done by critical scholars to point out the ways in which people have been created/oppressed by the social/cultural conditions into which they were born. However, much work in qualitative studies remains focused on how such conditions creates differences in how people see themselves and each other; in…
It's Playing, Just With Research 