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I wanted to go more in detail with a subject I talked about briefly in a previous article. Geekdom and fashion. Two things that people usually don't put together. It's understandable because a lot of geek media still has a stigma to it. Anime seemed to get a little more acceptable, but I still feel it has not crossed the threshold of mainstream as many people like to claim. This stigma plays a lot into it. As Holly Neilson stated in her Guardian article most gamers seem to dress exactly the same; plaid shirts and jeans or replace the plaid with a graphic shirt. Buy why is that? I couldn't find any statistical data on this so everything I'm saying comes from personal experience, other people who have share their personal experience, and from observation so take that in mind. I think why there is a stereotype that nerds can't dress comes from how nerds were bullied in school growing up. I've heard many times from people on various places on the internet on how the...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic I had the chance to buy more video games than usual last year, but still the number wasn’t quite enough to do a full analysis of 2020’s new releases so I will only be covering my top three choices of the year. So without further ado, let's get into it! 3. Streets of Rage 4 At the number three spot I have Streets of Rage 4. Streets of Rage 4 marks the first sequel in the long lived beat-em-up franchise since 1994. The 26 year time gap comes with new hand drawn HD sprites, online play, and a wide selection of characters. My favorite is newcomer Cherry, a black girl with firery red dreadlocks and a literal electric guitar. There aren't that many black playable men in video games let alone black women so that's what drew me to her at first, but she's also quite fun to play as since she's the fastest character in the game which after playing with her for a while makes everyone else feel slow and she just looks cool. I found Streets of Rage 4...

  Gaming and fashion isn't a thing people associate with one another. I generally get it. Video games still have a stigma and the gaming community itself doesn't seem to care much about fashion. I get why. People into video games or nerdy stuff in general were bullied growing up and a lot of those people who did it were popular and into fashion and also bullied us for how we dressed. So I can see why gamers would reject the notion of spending money on clothing. I myself was one of those people and I heard a lot of other gamers on the internet say that they would rather spend money on games than clothes. I'm hear to let you all know that gaming and fashion can coincide. I'm here to break all stereotypes and conventions. Firstly, I want to address that there are easily accessible video game clothing out there, most of what you get on the market is pretty bad. In the days before the pandemic when people would go out quite often it wasn't hard to find t-s...

  Welcome to my blog. Here at Coffee at Leblanc I will discuss various topics on geek entertainment and culture such as video games, anime, comics, geek music, and geek fashion. I will also talk about discrimination, representation, and racism in geekdom as well. If that turns you off then bye. I don't cater to those who are uncomfortable to blights of marginalized groups. If that's your fancy well then let's get into it!   2020 was a crazy ass year! One of the very few good things about it that we got a crazy good number of games throughout the year. Actually, gaming did better than all of the other forms of entertainment last year. As reported by Business Insider , the video game industry projected to make $179.7 billion in 2020 which is more than the film and sports industry combined. This is no surprise as with the pandemic more people were stuck indoors and needed more to entertain themselves. Actually according to Nielsen Company's SuperData research more...