May 10, 2025

Have we all become nerds

BY SCOTT BLINKHORN There has never been a better time to be a nerd. Gone are the days when the label could mean bullying or harassment. Now it is a label of pride for millions and elements of geek culture have even become mainstream. Only a few decades ago it was normal for someone who preferred video games to sports, or science documentaries to cartoons, to be ruthlessly picked on … Continued

Young actor helps bring sci-fi epic to new heights

By KATRINA EDLEFSEN Bad books make bad movies and good books make good movies, so a great book should make a great movie. It should come as no surprise then that a great book like Ender’s Game would become just that, a great movie. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by American author Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game takes place in a future where Earth is attacked … Continued