Last week I had a couple friends over to watch the first episode of The Mandalorian. We thoroughly enjoyed the feel, setting, tone, characters… well, everything about it. I excitedly watched the 2nd episode after I got out of work on Friday. Before watching I noticed that it was only 32 minutes…but at the end …
Shared universes. The new wave in movies and television which is, well, not so new. While the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has re-popularized the concept, it has existed before. Not just in comic books. The old classic, Universal Monsters such as the Mummy and the Werewolf and such had their universe. Then we had Toho’s …
GrandCon is always a pleasure to attend. It is a board games convention in Grand Rapids, MI and I’ve been involved since the first year when I ran games and volunteered at the event. Since the second year Nerd Chapel has been a presence at this con. The table is a place for people to …
The last few weekends were busy for Nerd Chapel! We had three cons in a row and three very different experiences. Kogan Con First was KoganCon. This is a small 1 day anime con in Grand Haven, MI. This was the second year for it and Nerd Chapel was happy to be the tabletop room …
Lately I have been watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I have seen many/most episodes of it, but had not fully watched it all the way through so I claimed the power of Netflix to do so. Today I finally saw an important episode. I have heard many fans quoting it before and it always …
Guest post By Scott Bayles, founder and leader of Costumers for Christ. As I gear up for the re-release of Avenger’s Endgame (and my third time seeing the movie), I’ve had time to reflect on what I liked and disliked about it. Let’s be honest, there wasn’t much to dislike. I love so much of …
Today I went for my second viewing of Godzilla:King of Monsters. It was very much worth supporting such a great film. I know some critics have complained, but I thoroughly enjoyed both viewings. I found the main characters interesting and the monsters scary but also fun. There were many call backs to classic Godzilla films. …
Jafax 2019 was a great time. For the first time I had a booth there and I partnered with Paul Nowak, author of The Way of the Christian Samurai, and Bex from the Redeemed Otaku podcast. Normally I just get author tables but since there was three of us to share the cost we wanted …
Greetings Warriors and Scholars! The Spring cons have started this year off well. I have tabled around Michigan, cooperated with Costumers for Christ in Chicago, and attended Star Wars Celebration as a fan. March 23 Nathan and I debuted our new book at MuskeCon. The event went very well for us with 14 copies of …
Yesterday I watched a few episodes of the new Ultraman anime on Netflix. Ultraman was originally a kaiju-show in Japan featuring suit-actors in the same vain as Godzilla. I saw a few episodes of the original years ago after a friend gave me a DVD so this piqued my interest. In this new anime it …