Nerd Nostalgia

Marvel's Inferno crossover impacted every X-Men title. We look back.

Tracy and Laura Hickman thought the vampire archetype was played out, used up, over-saturated. It was trite and mundane they thought, and pop culture had surely reached peak vampire. That was in 1977. Yet they were tasked with writing…

Imagine, if you will, a thirteen-year-old girl in 1997. Like most teenagers, she is slightly insecure and awkward, and at home babysitting her little brother while flipping through the channels on the huge television in her parents’ den.…

With the most popular nerd franchises having existed for decades, what is the role of nostalgia in nerd culture?

West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >_ If the above text is familiar to you, then you've played ZORK. For those who aren't familiar, you…

Ready Player was was unashamedly 80s nerd nostalgia. Nerds on Earth unashamedly loved every page of it.

Nerds on Earth looks back at Marvel's Champions of Los Angeles, available on the Marvel Unlimited app.

Oriental Adventures was a huge hit for Dungeons and Dragons back in the day. We look back at, plus wonder if there's a future Oriental Adventures 5e.

Remembering Eberron, perhaps the coolest campaign setting for D&D. Will there ever be an Eberron 5e?

The Marvel Super Heroes RPG is recognized as a classic. Insiders remembered it as FASERIP. Here's a look back.