Category: Nerd Chord

The Nerd Chord: Pokémon No-GO

On the day Pokémon GO released I moved to the Caribbean where the sun burns fiercely, the beaches are calendar-worthy, and the Pokémon few and far between. Vowing to avoid the astronomical overages of international travel, I switched on my phone’s

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The Nerd Chord: Cinematic Pride

It’s a sorrowful Pride Month. People are adorning their chests with rainbow ribbons, mourning the lives lost, calling the world crazy. Yet nothing is halting the festivities. If anything there’s never been a better time to be proud, or loud,

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The Nerd Chord: Kingdom of Anime

Recently I took the time to watch The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, a revealing documentary (currently on Netflix) that chronicles a year at Studio Ghibli during the production of Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, The Wind Rises. Revealing, I say,

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The Nerd Chord: Buffy and Veronica

For me, Veronica Mars (2004-2007) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996-2003) are forever entwined. At one point or another, they have many things in common: women in powerful leading roles who are feminine rather than butch; a cast of loyal

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The Nerd Chord: Super Nintendo Squared

Nestled snugly within most fandoms is an element of nostalgia, stronger in some and less prominent in others. More often than not, nostalgia represents the sort of magical “essence” of a person’s first experience with a particular property or genre

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The Nerd Chord: Belonging with ‘Doctor Who’

Thank the gods for Netflix. Without it, I’d have to work considerably harder to experience its top-notch original programming and sit out the most significant aspect of the streaming revolution in TV. More important, I get to have months-long binge fests of

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