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Title: Patton Oswalt: “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die.”
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 30, 2010, 05:57:55 PM

An excerpt from a Patton Oswalt essay that's referenced in this article states that geeks watch and obsess over DS like they obsess over their eighth-level half-elf ranger character in Dungeons & Dragons. Hmmm... But as odd as it sounds I'm not actually sure that that's not a compliment. The article goes on and on and I haven't got the time or the inclination to read it all, so I don't really see what type of a point he's making. But if someone does have the time and the inclination to read it all, I'd be interested to read their opinion.

Check out: Patton Oswalt: “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die.” (http://coilhouse.net/2010/12/patton-oswalt-wake-up-geek-culture-time-to-die/)

Title: Re: Patton Oswalt: “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die.”
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 30, 2010, 06:49:25 PM

Apparently EW.com is getting in on things: Patton Oswalt thinks geek culture must die so that geek culture can live. Paradox! (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/29/patton-oswalt-wired-geek-culture/)

And here's a link to Oswalt's entire piece (which I didn't realize was online when I'd posted before): Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_angrynerd_geekculture/all/1)

Title: Re: Patton Oswalt: “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die.”
Post by: Midnite on December 30, 2010, 09:06:21 PM

Thanks!  And it was Patton Oswalt's geeky character on King of Queens that was headed to a DS convention in his Barnabas "costume."  Some of the comments made in that episode, while amusing, didn't exactly paint DS fans in a good light.