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Podcast 2: A “Podchat with Nick”

Baz Anderson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:33:35 +0000

photo credit: Vitorio Benedetti I want to introduce you to Nick. He’s someone I think you’ll find interesting, funny, smart and insightful when it comes to Pop Culture. In fact, he’s going to college to get a degree in it – seriously. Take a listen to my second official podcast, and I think you’ll see what [...] Related posts:

I’m So Gay

Baz Anderson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:06:22 +0000

photo credit: greenbroke There was a quote I cannot seem to find. It states basically that when one is confronted by Nazi’s, a moral man will declare himself Jewish. In the same vein, when J.R.R. Tolkien was asked by Nazi censors several questions about his background and his writings, he wrote back “But if I [...] Related posts:

MMO’s: Offering Players a Piece of the Action

Baz Anderson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:24:16 +0000

photo credit: fdecomite Lately I’ve been thinking about massive multiplayer online games. Players join them for the purpose of seeing new sights, explore new worlds and experiencing excitement in one form or another. For some it’s the excitement of a predetermined story; for others it is the excitement of being able to create their own [...] Related posts:

My Journey Through Pop Culture: Aside – My Family’s Influence

Baz Anderson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:46:41 +0000

photo credit: Just Taken Pics Looking at my life moving through pop culture, I can’t help but notice strong influences of my family. My family shaped me and influenced me in more ways than I could possibly express, but focusing on the idea of how they’ve influenced my view of pop culture, I can say [...] Related posts:

We Were Champions Once….

Baz Anderson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:27:00 +0000

photo credit: ÐIÐËO More than 20 years ago I can remember playing the Champions pen-and-paper role-playing game where instead of playing generic swordsmen and wizards, each player designed their own iconic superheroic alter ego and played his or her superhero fantasy right there on the tabletop. At the time, video games were about as sophisticated [...] Related posts:

In Praise of Geek Girls

Baz Anderson — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:28:09 +0000

photo credit: RyanWelshPhotography.com Geeks are a nation! Strong and proud! Well, to be fair, many of us don’t do as many pushups as we should, and we hide in basements staring at our computers all day, but still…..(pause for comedic effect) And like any strong nation, we need women. Straight or gay, a real geek appreciates women. [...] Related posts:

The First “Official Podcast”: Star Trek (2009): A Review and Overview

Baz Anderson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:19:00 +0000

photo credit: jot.punkt I thought about releasing this first “Official Podcast” where I ramble on for more than an hour about Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek the phenomenon etc. After some deliberation here it is in all it’s bloated, somewhat unfocused and hopefully still interesting glory. Enjoy, Baz Related posts:Star Trek: The Calm Before The RebootThe Only Star [...] Related posts:

P.J. Harvey:We Need More Madwomen

Baz Anderson — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:33:18 +0000

photo credit: Plastic Jesus Polly Jean Harvey smolders and smokes with the kind of feminine singer/songwriter intensity that hypnotizes audiences, and hits them below the belt, but leaves them begging for more. P.J., a skinny, waifish looking dark haired,dark eye woman from England, seems like the perfect example of the metaphor “rockstar as shaman”. Harvey is [...] Related posts:

How To Survive the Trekkie/Trekker Civil War

Baz Anderson — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:35:12 +0000

photo credit: bglasgow If Star Trek forums are to be believed, we are in the midst of the next Trekkie/Trekker civil war. “Begun, the geek wars have.” Amusing as that might be for some people, the truth is most fans (and most people for that matter) seem to have found J.J. Abrams new Star Trek film an [...] Related posts:

“Free Realms” and New Models of Income

Baz Anderson — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:40:41 +0000

photo credit: Olof S Modern human beings surrounded by machinery, hubbub and noise – not to mention throngs of people – seem obsessed with the idea of pastoral fields, wide-open spaces… and of course running through those fields swinging swords at horrific monsters. Modern massive multiplayer online games allow people to project themselves into virtual [...] Related posts: