So I'm Hiding
Apr. 30th, 2013 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danalwynSo I'm sort of in-hiding from the internet and I haven't been around much lately. Probably will be that way for a bit more.
But, from my corner of the electronic universe, here's something of interest (also about two weeks old). I'm not into it myself, but Game of Thrones seems to be the fandom of choice among many of my friends at the moment.
So Spencer Ackerman, who runs Wired's Danger Room military blog, posted a fairly detailed critique of Robb Stark's attempt to win his war, accusing Stark of a lack of strategic depth. Of course, such accusations do not necessarily hold water with fandom and there's already been one sophisticated counterargument.
This isn't Ackerman's first instance of poking an active fandom. His detailed critique of the Battle of Hoth was so hotly contested that Danger Room ended up hosting an entire symposium on the subject (and that doesn't cover nearly half the people who retaliated).
So I guess the lesson here is that if you poke a nerd you should be ready for a very detailed response on the subject. With footnotes.
But, from my corner of the electronic universe, here's something of interest (also about two weeks old). I'm not into it myself, but Game of Thrones seems to be the fandom of choice among many of my friends at the moment.
So Spencer Ackerman, who runs Wired's Danger Room military blog, posted a fairly detailed critique of Robb Stark's attempt to win his war, accusing Stark of a lack of strategic depth. Of course, such accusations do not necessarily hold water with fandom and there's already been one sophisticated counterargument.
This isn't Ackerman's first instance of poking an active fandom. His detailed critique of the Battle of Hoth was so hotly contested that Danger Room ended up hosting an entire symposium on the subject (and that doesn't cover nearly half the people who retaliated).
So I guess the lesson here is that if you poke a nerd you should be ready for a very detailed response on the subject. With footnotes.