- Anime academic Charles Dunbar wrote an opinion column for the Daily Dot: Is anime fandom dying? Nope, just growing up. The problem is not a lot of anime fans read the Daily Dot, so his piece is not getting the attention it deserves. Let’s leave him some comments! I already started the conversation.
- You know how Lisa guest-posted for me on Monday? Well, I also blogged on her site—about my favorite topic: How Your Passions Make You A Better Reporter.
- Magic: The Gathering’s new Greco-Roman inspired mythos—as reviewed by a mainstream sci-fi blog. Even if you’re a beginner, you’ll appreciate this article about one of the oldest collectible card games trying a totally new aesthetic.
- The story about Pax Dickinson and “brogrammer culture” is totally old, but I love this article’s analysis of the two polar ways we use the Internet. It completely explains to me why trolling happens—we’ve got vulnerable people and invulnerable people meshed together in one space.
When you have an increasingly large number of marginalized people who use the Internet to find community and deal with the oppression they face in the “real world,” and a number of privileged people who use the Internet as a no-rules, no-consequences playpen, some explosive contact is bound to happen.
- Cosplay is for everyone, as this 63-year-old Attack on Titan cosplayer proves. This is going to be me in 30 years. Thanks to Zoe for sharing this link with me!
- Tony wrote about the issue of Cosplay USA that I edited for Project Otaku. If you’re on the fence about getting it, check out his review!
(GIF via thesourpuss.)