Geekomancer Under Glass: Fall 2013 Pilots (Part One)
This year, I’ve delved into several pilot episodes, and will discuss them here for your pleasure. For Part One, I’ll discuss Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Blacklist, and Sleepy Hollow.
This Katamari Feels Halloweenish
(That’s probably because you rolled up nothing but costumes!) Greetings, fellow costume aficionados! October is here, and that means we have one more excuse to examine many many costumes! Other good excuses are Mardi Gras, DragonCon, Comic-Con, and pretty much any time we can convince large swathes of people to play dress-up. Because, really now, […]
Mining the Genre Asteroid: Jirel of Joiry
Mining the Genre Asteroid is Paul Weimer’s look at the history of the science fiction and fantasy field, bringing to light important, interesting and entertaining books from science fiction and fantasy’s past to you. France during the dark ages. The ruler of a feudal holding stands to protect the people and realm against usurpers and […]
169. Sharknado (2013) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure”
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode169TortureCinemaMeetsSharknado/SandF%20–%20Episode%20169%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20Sharknado.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSSharks, tornadoes, and perverts, oh my! In our first ever live recording of Torture Cinema, Shaun, Jen, Julia, and Mike take on the infamous Syfy monstrosity, Sharknado. And, as […]
Adventures in SF Parenting: Video Games are Edumacational
It might be controversial of me to say this, but video games taught my children how to read. Yah, you heard me, VIDEO GAMES TEACH CHILDREN! You know that old saying that goes, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” Well that is doubly true of media usage by children. Video games can, indeed, teach […]
My Superpower: Jaime Lee Moyer
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Jaime Lee Moyer to […]
