I write speculative fiction, cultural criticism, humor, and journalism, with a particular interest in retrofuturism, video games, fandom, and forgotten corners of pop culture history. My work has been published by Wired, Rolling Stone, Slate, McSweeney’s, Alta Journal, Flash Fiction Online, Underland Press, and Shacklebound Books. I also publish the newsletter Pop Cultural Precursors.
A selection of Angry Nerd columns and videos, 2009-2018
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Variety once dubbed me "a grumpy bald guy billed as a digital Andy Rooney." I'll take that! My bitter rants about pop culture earned me a reputation around the Wired office, and my colleagues eventually gave me a monthly column to hold forth on how comics, sci-fi, and other geeky properties were being ruined. Here's a sampling. (Video clips below these magazine excerpts.) The Angry Nerd column was eventually turned into a YouTube series. I wrote, produced, and starred in video segments in episodes that garnered 22M+ pageviews, and was a Webby Award Honoree in the Video: Variety & Reality category. A few clips below. |
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I write speculative fiction, cultural criticism, humor, and journalism, with a particular interest in retrofuturism, video games, fandom, and forgotten corners of pop culture history. My work has been published by Wired, Rolling Stone, Slate, McSweeney’s, Alta Journal, Flash Fiction Online, Underland Press, and Shacklebound Books. I also publish the newsletter Pop Cultural Precursors.
Read my dystopian sci-fi horror about End Times Reply Guys. "I don’t enjoy playing the role of That Annoying Internet Guy who reflexively replies with hectoring know-it-all comments like 'Why are you surprised?' or 'How is this news?' But people force me..." Read it here
Sorry, Villeneuve and David Lynch. This version wins even though it never made it past pre-production... Read about it in my newsletter.
NEW NEWSLETTER: In 1985, an ambitious game simulated the ruinous long-term effects of a conservative political agenda on a Midwestern city. It now feels less like dystopian sci-fi and more like current events. Read it here.