Articles by Orion T

About Orion T (228 Articles)

Writer, photographer, editor, local traveler. Also, very engaged with the production and interactivity of creative work, especially in the realms of science fiction and fantasy. Follow my personal adventures at travelingorion.com, and reports of sci-fi/fantasy at strangerworld.com.

Treasures of the Portland Retro Gaming Expos, Part 2 (Nintendo Power!)

November 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

(Continued from Part 1 of my adventures through the annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo, 2019) This next part is dedicated to an awesome featured part of the PRGE, its video [...]

Treasures of the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Part 1

October 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

Last weekend, I attended the 2019 Portland Retro Gaming Expo. I had an awesome time there. The Portland Retro Gaming Expo. remains a show, taking heart in the Pacific [...]

Our Falltastic 2019 graphic novel & comics tpb reading list

September 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Fall season is here with colder, wetter, darker days for the months ahead. To best get through, we suggest some epic comic book format reads. While single issues only [...]

Banned and challenged, yet celebrated comic books worth checking out

September 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

Banned Books Week is upon us again this week, bringing back the challenges of censorship vs. the freedom of expression. This includes all printed work, though much in the [...]

San Diego Comic Con 2019, Adventures in the Exhibit Hall

August 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

Over 1000 miles away, I look back to the San Diego Comic Convention of 2019. I wave slowly for my 25th visit to this annual pop-culture extravaganza of the universe. Thank [...]

50 great things I love about the San Diego Comic-Con!

July 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

I love that San Diego Comic-Convention. Sometimes, I don’t shut up about it. I plan accessively over it. I have dreams about it sometimes. This leads to my attending [...]

My early years of the San Diego Comic-Con, 1994-1999

July 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

The San Diego Comic-Con will reach its golden 50th year anniversary, this year. I am super excited, not just for being the surely amazing extravaganza of this yearly [...]

Our awesome 2019 summer graphic novel & comics reading list

June 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Summer is here, and that means more great leisure time under warmer weather, fewer academics, and more reading time. Fill some of that wonderful time [...]

My post-E3 2019 gaming impressions…

June 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

So video game fans, another annual Electronics Entertainment Expo show, (aka E3), just passed through again. As a fan of video games since the days of the original NES [...]

Amusements of the Crypticon 2019

June 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s been a month, but the local Crypticon still feels fresh and spooky to me. The Seattle Crypticon 2019 happened in early May, as a large horror fandom convention of [...]