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Retro-Review: Persuasion (1995)

My Full Review from The Jane Austen Screen Adaptations Club

Oct 19 • Christian Lindke

My Annual Memorial to My Mom

Every October 7, I Remember My Mom’s Death and More Importantly, Her Life

Oct 7 • Christian Lindke

Spooky Season Gaming: Madelyn Kidd's Academy for Inquisitive Children

A Halloween Saturday Morning Cartoon/Deadlands Mashup

Oct 5 • Christian Lindke

Ambrose Bierce's "The Damned Thing," Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space," and Some Movies They Inspired

“And, God help me!

Oct 2 • Christian Lindke

Four Unpublished Roleplaying Games I'd Love to See Printed in Print on Demand

My bi-annual, and updated, lament over games lost.

Oct 1 • Christian Lindke

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Why I Love Old School Dungeons & Dragons

Sep 15, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Are You Looking for a Great Roleplaying Game that isn't Dungeons & Dragons?

Mar 2 • Christian Lindke

Roleplaying Game Setting Idea: Madelyn Kidd's Academy for Inquisitive Children

Feb 20, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Superhero 2044: Reviewing the First Published Superhero Role Playing Game

Jul 9, 2024 • Christian Lindke

Recent posts

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Surprised by Superhero 2044: The First Published Superhero Roleplaying Game is Better Than I Imagined

Preface: Why Review a “Dead” Game?

Sep 29 • Christian Lindke

Witch Films You Should Watch This Spooky Season

As you might have guessed by the title above, all of this week’s film recommendations feature witches in one form or another.

Sep 28 • Christian Lindke

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Before There was Champions There Was Superhero ‘44

A Discussion About How Superhero ‘44 Influenced the Champions Role Playing Game

Sep 28 • Christian Lindke

D&D Fiction Retro-Review: Downshadow by Erik Scott de Bie

Pre-Review Ramblings

Sep 24 • Christian Lindke

“Weekly” Geekly for September 2026

When I first started the Geekerati Media Newsletter, it was my intention to write two to three articles a week.

Sep 24 • Christian Lindke

How to Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day without Losing Friends

It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day and once again, I am issuing my reminder to celebrate “Play Like a Pirate Day” rather than participate in…

Sep 18 • Christian Lindke

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Christian Lindke's Geekerati Newsletter

Christian Lindke's Geekerati Newsletter

Discussions of Pop Culture, Table Top Games, Film, and Television with a dash of Political Science and Statistics from Time to Time.

Movies

Retro-Review: Persuasion (1995)

My Full Review from The Jane Austen Screen Adaptations Club

Oct 19 • Christian Lindke

Spooky Season Gaming: Madelyn Kidd's Academy for Inquisitive Children

A Halloween Saturday Morning Cartoon/Deadlands Mashup

Oct 5 • Christian Lindke

Ambrose Bierce's "The Damned Thing," Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space," and Some Movies They Inspired

“And, God help me!

Oct 2 • Christian Lindke

Witch Films You Should Watch This Spooky Season

As you might have guessed by the title above, all of this week’s film recommendations feature witches in one form or another.

Sep 28 • Christian Lindke

The 1960s and 70s Horror Movie Geekshelf

Can you watch too much British Horror?

Sep 4 • Christian Lindke

Weekly Geekly

Weekly Geekly for May 15, 2025

May 15

Weekly Geeklinks: Is Claude.ai My RPG Gaming Prep Buddy?

Is It Possible that AI Might Be Fun?

Apr 17

Weekly Geeklinks

The Week of March 13, 2026

Mar 15 • Christian Lindke

Weekly Geeklist and Live Chat on Some Books I Love

The Weekly Geeklist Plus a Recording from Christian Lindke's Recent Live Video

Mar 8 • Christian Lindke

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Poul Anderson and the Weekly Geeklinks

Weekly Geekly Rundown that was supposed to be published on November 28, 2025

Feb 20 • Christian Lindke

YouTube

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Episode 176: Conan the Patron of the Arts? (From the Archives)

For a Barbarian, Conan had a love of high art and it's one of many reasons why the character remains a vibrant part of popular culture.

Sep 29, 2024 • Christian Lindke

Episode 174: "Supercrew" is Quick and Easy Superhero Role Playing

I’m a huge fan of superhero roleplaying games.

Aug 21, 2024 • Christian Lindke

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Episode 173: Four Players, a Murder Hobo, and an Inattentive Game Master

Let's Talk About Disruptive Players

Aug 14, 2024 • Christian Lindke

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Episode 172: Flash Gordon and the Warriors of Mongo is the First Licensed RPG and is Better than Most Think

Let's talk about what might be the first licensed role playing game and how the few online critics who talked about it got it wrong.

Aug 7, 2024 • Christian Lindke

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The British Wargaming Scene and Role Playing

It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game and we’ve learned a lot about the how the game came to be designed over the past…

Jul 30, 2024 • Christian Lindke

Geekside Chat

1:16:24

A Curious Conversation with Dr. Rebekah King

Finally Getting to Chat About Pop Culture with One of My Favorite Substack Writers

Jan 25 • Christian Lindke

I'm Thankful for Geek Chats.

Kailani B. of Damsel in the Library Discusses Literature and Films for Which She is Grateful

Nov 25, 2025 • Christian Lindke

1:26:51

Critical Hit Parader Stops by for a Geekside Chat

I’ve had the Critical Hit Parader Substack by Matt Thompson on my regular reading list for quite some time.

Nov 5, 2025 • Christian Lindke

1:14:52

Geekside Film Chat: Horror Movies and Kids Today

Luke and I were supposed to talk for 30 minutes or so about an article he recently read by a younger film critic.

Oct 20, 2025 • Christian Lindke and Luke Y. Thompson

1:22:03

Geekside Chat #2: American Fantasy Literature is Doing Just Fine

As I was uploading my second Geekside Chat, I was wondering how I should approach writing the written article below the video.

Oct 15, 2025 • Christian Lindke

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