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You’re a geek, and you know everything there is to know about everything that is sci-fi, fantasy, comics, or horror.
Except Doctor Who.
Never fear! Geek Crash Course is here to help brighten your geek blind spots! Love anime, but know nothing about comics? Are you a gamer who’s never read the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Diana Dekajlo and Michael Nixon host a web show designed to cater to geeks looking to improve their geek cred as well as non-geeks looking to learn about all these comics, shows, and films that seem to be getting a lot of attention lately. Each episode is devoted to a single character, show, book series, film, or comic, and gives you a basic 101 lesson in what it’s all about. They introduce each topic as if the audience has never heard of it before, and explain the premise or basics of the topic, while including some insider references for fans. Since shows like Doctor Who or Star Trek, as well as long-running comic books can have such an epic history, it can be really intimidating for a first-time watcher or reader to get into them. Geek Crash Course makes these properties more accessible to someone just starting out.
As Margaret Cho asked in her special, Notorious CHO, “What’s this weird connection between fans of Star Trek, S&M, and the Renaissance Faire?”
She is certainly not the first to make the connection between geeks and kink, nor does that connection seem to be without merit. Indeed, it seems that the more into Klingon weaponry you are, the more likely it is that you attend the Folsom Street Fair every year. Like Wonder Woman comics? You may also a submissive man who enjoys bondage. The same people that go to San Diego Comic Con are often the same people that go to Shibaricon. But why? Are geeks kinkier than most people? Or are they just more honest about it?
Visiting New York and getting your geek on? Wondering where to go for a post-outing nightcap? Brooklyn is the NYC borough to beat when it comes to geektastic drinking establishments, boasting two locales that appeal to lovers of genre fiction, gaming, and good beer.
