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Which Way Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd? Horror or Whimsy? [Book Review]
Gothic Horror, Whedonesque, or Horror Comedy?
Jan 7 • Christian Lindke
Geekerati's Best of 2025 with Bonus Eggnog Pie Experiment
Following Up on Promises: AKA What I Hope is the Worst of 2026
Jan 5 • Christian Lindke
Happy New Year!
Sorry for the lack of posting this week, but I am on a major time crunch with my dissertation and have been writing some good stuff in my chapter on…
Dec 31, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Merry Christmas! Yes, I Will Be Trying the Eggnog Pie.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for subscribing and reading this little newsletter.
Dec 24, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Should Clerics and Paladins be Able to "Turn" Elves?
Questions About Elves in D&D Volume 2
Dec 23, 2025 • Christian Lindke
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Why I Love Old School Dungeons & Dragons
Sep 15, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Charles Schulz Peanut's Neighborhood was Darker than You Think
Oct 8, 2025 • Christian Lindke
An Alternative Vision of The Hobbit that Never Was, Thank Heaven
Sep 24, 2025 • Christian Lindke
The Most "Intellectual" RPG I Own. My Answer Might Just Surprise You.
Nov 6, 2025 • Christian Lindke

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Retro Game Review: Kung Fu 2100 from Steve Jackson Games
A Not Quite Great Old Gaming Magazines #2 Article
Dec 22, 2025 • Christian Lindke
1:29:30
You Got Horror in My American Revolution Role Playing Game!
A Geek Chat with Rogue Games Founder Richard Iorio
Dec 19, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Supergirl Thoughts and a Retro-Review of It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Before the Review a Prelude to Why I Often Write About Older Films
Dec 12, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Wait, You Got Christmas in my MÖRK BORG!!!
Preface
Dec 10, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Holiday Themed RPG Adventure Series #1: Shadow of the Krampus
The first in 4 seasonal role playing game adventures for a variety of games systems.
Dec 5, 2025 • Christian Lindke
A Christmas Movie Advent-ure Marathon
The first Seven of 24 Days of Christmas Films
Dec 4, 2025 • 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.

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Supergirl Thoughts and a Retro-Review of It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Before the Review a Prelude to Why I Often Write About Older Films
Dec 12, 2025 • Christian Lindke
A Christmas Movie Advent-ure Marathon
The first Seven of 24 Days of Christmas Films
Dec 4, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Retro-Review: Steel Dawn (1987)
Between yesterday’s post discussing the thoughts I had after revisiting the most recent Conan film (2012) and my friend Darran Hight’s post about the…
Nov 12, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Retro-Review Conan (2012): It was the Best of Conans, It was the Worst of Conans
Conan and “Vast Narratives”
Nov 11, 2025 • Christian Lindke
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
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Weekly Geekly

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Weekly Geekly Rundown for November 14, 2025
Sorry It's Late
Nov 20, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Trick or Potato? It's Weekly Geekly Rundown Time.
Get ready for two Oddities this week.
Oct 31, 2025 • Christian Lindke
What am I Geeking Out About this Week?
Weekly Geekly Rundown for 10/24/2025
Oct 27, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Halloween and Those Darn Kids Today
Weekly Geekly for October 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025 • Christian Lindke
Weekly Geekly Frankenstein Edition
October 3, 2025
Oct 5, 2025 • Christian Lindke

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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
24:39
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

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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
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
27:49
My First "Geekside" Chat
What is a Geekside Chat?
Oct 9, 2025 • Christian Lindke
40:22
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