POSTED // Jan 3,2012 - Northern California’s Bay Area is home to a lot of very cool things: Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Coit Tower. But for a Star Wars geek with a few connections, there is no greater pilgrimage than to the facilities where the magic happens.

POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Some of you might have been to the theater and seen a poster for a movie called John Carter. Some of you might have even seen the trailer and saw the Disney logo in front of it.

POSTED // Dec 14,2011 - I think it’s important for us to pass on this legacy of geekdom to the next generation, and what better way to do it than to give these kids graphic novels and comics for Christmas.

POSTED // Dec 6,2011 - More passionate than those offended by the Indiana Jones franchise is that vicious, overly vocal minority of Star Wars fans who absolutely detest any bit of Star Wars that came out after 1997. From the special editions to the prequels, sure, George Lucas has made a couple of missteps, but the level of vitriol coming from some fans is astonishing.

POSTED // Nov 28,2011 - Mystery Science Theatre 3000 might have been the worst thing that ever happened to the movie-going experience.

POSTED // Nov 15,2011 - Science-fiction has long been a fertile ground for the imagination—not just for what life would be like in the future, though. At its best, the science-fiction genre holds up a distorted mirror of our present, allowing us to learn hard lessons about society and the world in a much more palatable way.

POSTED // Nov 7,2011 - One of the first animated titles to make its way to the United States from Japan was a Saturday-morning cartoon you might remember called Robotech.

POSTED // Oct 25,2011 - I think it’s safe to say that, for most people in the United States, spending time making a costume and wearing it out is an annual event reserved for the last day in October.

POSTED // Oct 19,2011 - Every year, just in time for the holiday season, Nintendo takes an Airstream trailer from one side of the country to the other, touting all of its latest games. The first stop this year? Salt Lake City, where they laid upon me demos of all their upcoming games.

POSTED // Oct 11,2011 - I’ll be honest: Zombie movies don’t do it for me. In my opinion, the best one ever made was Shaun of the Dead, and that’s as much romantic comedy as zombie movie.