Whenever I doubt that the Web upsets the oppressive order of old media, whenever I doubt that the new media landscape gives a powerful voice to even the oddest of oddballs, whenever I doubt that one person can become a media entity unto herself, whenever I doubt that a nerd can become a star, whenev...

The hits just keep on coming.  If you understand “hits” to mean more well-intentioned costumes with questionable execution from WonderCon 2009. And, yes, a few examples of excellence here and there.  But what fun are those? Hey, Phoenix.  Don’t just stand there, let’s get ...

The underlying theme of costumes at this year’s WonderCon 2009 seemed to be, “In spite of the recession, cosplay geeks are still eating well.”  You’ll see what I mean. Also, in spite of the protests of my heart, mind, soul, and remaining kidney, I couldn’t entirely avo...

From Renaissance Fair garb to funky 70’s styles, sewing Craftsters have made some amazing clothing and accessories inspired by history. Crafty people often have a unique style all their own, and one reason is that they can make one-of-a-kind wearables that express their personal style. For som...

Everyone remembers the ultrafantabulous do-want Portal Gun prop we showed you back in January. This weekend its creator, Harrison Krix, revealed future summa-cum-badass prop projects he's working on. Among them: • Life-sized Big Daddy from BioShock. "I realize this has been done before, but I thin...

Filipina gamer-blogger-cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao’s Facebook account, with thousands of friends, was suddenly deleted today without notice or explanation. She just recovered her account from a hacker last week. When Robert Scoble and Lindsay Lohan were deleted from Facebook, they were at lea...

Anyone who’s followed my robustly-photo-logged comic convention coverage knows that I don’t have the attention span or the desire to figure out the differences between the various Japanese animes.  When I see a themed cosplayer, I call it “Naruto” and move on with my life. H...

Ever wanted to pretend you were an ape? Well you don't need a novelty t-shirt. You just crouch down real low and drag your knuckles on the ground and grunt a whole bunch. That's what I do, and I, my friends, was a gorilla for Halloween one year. The defense rests. Anyway, for a spine-tingling $28 yo...

I went to Ngee Ann Poly in the morning with yuki for SOYA and DevMeet.Bought loads of stuffs.had devmeet (with screwed up management; we did worse than our first devmeet and I felt really bad)took a cab with yuki and havockid to Discovery Centre for Cosplay ChallengeBought loads more stuffs.too...

When Filipina gamer-blogger-cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao was mobbed by fans at ToyCon 2008, vastly overshadowing Filipina TV actress Marian Rivera at the event, I speculated that an AlodiaCon was not far off. It’s not impossible for bloggers to get whole conventions centered around themselves ...