After 25 Years and Zero Games Played, My Father Remains the Ultimate Gamer
The other day, my father noticed one of the PC games I was playing and was pretty stunned — not
Origins
On Assuming Race and Being Biracial
After reading Desiree Rodriguez’s essay about Latinx representation and how we assume one’s race based on looks, I was inspired
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Here And Now (The 100th Post)
Ladies and gentlemen, this is my 100th post here at the Nerds of Color. To say I’ve been ecstatic about
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Putting Faith to Purpose: An Origin Story
A great visionary by the name of Cindi Mayweather once said, “Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes
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I’ll Be That: The Ill Science of Everything
According to Webster, a latter definition suggests that a nerd is: “unstylish, introverted, and devoted towards academic pursuits.” There is
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Origins: Anime is Life
I am one of those nerds that came out later in life. Growing up, I was not hip to nerd
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NOC Origin: If I Had a Horcrux, it’d Probably be My Terminator Boxset
So my version of a nerd is a person who passionately and purposefully seeks out the way- more-than-necessary knowledge about
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Forming the Pilot Episode: The Origins of a TV Nerd
What kind of nerd am I? A black girl nerd. A TV nerd. A Harry Potter nerd. A watch-all-three-Lord-of-the-Rings-Extended-Editions-in-one-weekend nerd.
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Conception: Origins of a Nerd of Color
The literal origins of a comic-reading, cartoon-loving, story-telling nerd.
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Who is Arthur Chu?
Originally posted at The Huffington Post When I first “went viral,” I was as skeptical about “why this Arthur Chu
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Ballad of an AfroGeek
The above image is from the cover of my upcoming book: Diary of an AfroGeek. Being an AfroGeek is all
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Origins of The N.O.C.: Year One
Believe it or not, today marks the one year anniversary of the official launch of this blog. (While we reposted
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Enter the Soya: A Nerd Origin
Two mysterious lands far away from one another — yet linked by seas of soybeans — birthed a child born
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Genius Co-Writer Marc Bernardin’s Nerd Origin
As you know, Image/Top Cow releases the hotly anticipated weekly series Genius today. Before you head out to your local
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A Mutant from Planet Cripton, An Origin
In 1974, a baby arrived in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana from the planet Cripton. She looked like the offspring
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In Which I Seek My Father
“The Lion King. Disney. Safe bet,” I hear my mom say in the other room. And with that, my family
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Calling All Mutants: An Open Letter from Professor Mex
I was caught making ice sculptures while wearing my X-Uniform in 5 Pointz, Queens, and someone asked why I would
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Introducing the NPC Collective
In gaming culture, an NPC (non-player character) is often a bit player in the overall story — he or she
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So I Knitted Myself a Totoro Hat
I found the pattern for free on Ravelry. For the stitches I didn’t know how to do, I looked up how-to videos
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I Needed a Hero
Originally posted at SuperJusticeForce.com True story: several of the rejections that I got for Super Justice Force made mention of
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Why I Write (Well, at Least One Reason Why)
In the 1982 graphic novel X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, Kitty Pryde gets in a fight with a boy in
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Origins Rewind: Junko’s Nerd Emblems
When this site was in its early stages, each of the contributors told an “origin” story about how they came
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Comics are for Children
I don’t remember the wonder anymore. As a child, I did not collect comics weekly. At ten, I lacked the
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