Confessions of a Dangerously Nerdy Mind
Fanboy Confessional is a six-part documentary series which started airing last month on the Space channel in Canada. Of course, I don’t have the Space channel — actually, I’d never heard about it until a minute ago — but now I’m a little bummed I don’t have it because this looks pretty good. Each episode is focused on one element of nerd-dom, including LARPers, cosplayers, steampunks, zombies, furries, and real-life superheroes. Admittedly, this is just a trailer, but it seems pretty even-handed, which, given one episode is actually about furries, makes it morally superior to me. Anyways, check it out. If you’re Canadian. Everyone else, carry on.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.