The History Behind ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’
Like Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s previous American Horror Story incarnations, Freak Show (2014) is keenly aware of its precursors….
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Outlander Anthropology
By Emma Louise Backe A couple of weeks ago, Alex Golub wrote a post for Savage Minds about how Guardians…
The Weekly Geekout: Fan Translation, Rom Hackers, Cartridge Makers
Nostalgia is something powerful in society but even more so Geek Culture. It is used to sell us new products,…
Contemporary Folklore in the Digital Age
By Emma Louise Backe The word folklore likely conjures images of elves or faeries dancing beneath a harvest moon, or…
The Journey to Lake Geneva – Spot Check 24
by NICK MIZER In which I pronounce Jason Azze’s name correctly, worry about “first contact” with old school gamers, and…
The Geek Anthropologist 