Transformers, Power Rangers, Wet Naked Poster Children, and so much more…
Weekend Review
Sleeping Dogs in the Year of the Ram? Wonder Woman’s Secret History? Steampunk Red Sonja? Exploding kittens? And… Aquaman — what a week!
Weekend Review
Valentine’s week features our WWAC Date Night, as well as lots of other romance-y goodness (and other stuff too). On Monday… WWAC talks make up and femininity. Ardo reviews Gotham Academy #4. Liz explores the new comic reading app, Comique. Mighty Marvel Monday returns mightily! Guest author Lindsay discovers the creepy side of otome. Ardo explains…
Con Season Survival Guide
Con season is already underway for many of us, and while surviving a con may not be as stressful as surviving a zombie apocalypse, they’re pretty damn close. So, I polled our amazing staff and contributors, who are seasoned con pros, mind you, to share their tips for surviving con season.
Heroes Reborn: Down to The Wire
NBC premiered its tiny fifteen second teaser during the Super Bowl for its revival series Heroes Reborn, a variation on its once-lauded, but mostly lamented series Heroes. The original series flew like a rocket, but sadly crashed at the end like a badly damaged rocket. Wendy and Jamie, who discussed this about one year ago…
Sex and the Modern Superhero
Last week’s Scriptnotes episode, which had sex columnist Dan Savage on as a guest, looked at sex and superheroes, or as they put it, the sexless superheroes of the big screen. Are they “sexless?” Should they be more explicitly sexual? Team WWAC reacts and opines. Most superhero movies, TV shows, and even radio plays have…
Delving Deeper into Gaming Lore
It all started with Teyrn Loghain Mac Tir, a brilliant military strategist, the hero of the Battle of Riverdane, trusted advisor to King Cailan, father of the queen, and loyal friend and guardian to Cailan’s father Maric. When King Maric’s ship was lost at sea, Loghain spent two years searching for him, nearly bankrupting the Ferelden coffers….
February Roundtable: Romance and Gaming
Welcome to the Games Section’s second monthly roundtable! Every month we will address a pressing issue in the world of gaming.
Sunday Art Gala: WWAC Barbie Princess Power!
In Princess Power, Barbie’s latest animated movie, she plays Princess Kara who is kissed by a magical bug and gains all kinds of super powers and becomes SUPER SPARKLE! Being Barbie, she uses her powers for all kinds of good, from rescuing stranded sailors, to stopping time, to fixing bad hair cuts. Barbie invites young girls to join…
Weekend Review
I’ve been doing these weekend reviews for a few weeks now, and I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Every time I write “On Monday…” I think of one of my favourite childhood books, The Tawny Scrawny Lion, written by Kathryn Jackson and illustrated by Gustav Tenggren. Little Golden Books were my everything…
Shall We Date?
Once upon a time, our games editor, Al, asked if any of us would like to play and write about Japanese dating games or “otome.” Otome are story-based romance games largely targeted at a female, heterosexual audience. The player role-plays as the ambiguous main female character whose goal is to develop a relationship with one…
For All the Pixels I’ve Loved Before
Some of the video games I play allow me to create and develop characters as I face each challenge the story present. Based on the game lore and smatterings of personal information, I like to create backgrounds for my characters and play the game according to the personality I mould for them. These are role-playing…