I know there may or may not technically be a "Geek/nerd culture" so to speak, since it's so diverse now, but I needed a title. Sorry.
I recently visited a buddy of mine and he told me that he really was getting into comics. He showed me some of newer ones he bought and was telling me the parts he really liked. I just didn't get it. It's cool that he was so into it, but I just couldn't share the enthusiasm.
There's too much about the comic medium that I just can't get into. Especially the Super Hero ones or topics even tangentially related to them. The stories seem so complex and convoluted. I wouldn't even know where to start reading them. Then there's the issue of paying for them. I feel like I wouldn't be getting enough value of compulsively buying these comics only to read them then do nothing. Not to mention the amount of retconning could turn the events in those issues meaningless. Then there's the art, which is just kinda... strange. It's hard to explain. This is overly nitpicky, I'm aware, but I'm not a fan of how some pages have one or two small frames then a HUGE frame playing out a dramatic punch or whatever.
For me, couldn't get into comics.
Runner up: Anime
What about you? What part of geek/nerd culture did you never penetrate? Certain genres of games? MOBAS? Fighting games? What about books like Tolkien and Rothfus? Maybe you took a pass on the latest crazy fandom like MLP, Dr. Who, or SuperWhoLock? Not into the new "popular" stuff like Walking Dead or Game of Thrones?
I recently visited a buddy of mine and he told me that he really was getting into comics. He showed me some of newer ones he bought and was telling me the parts he really liked. I just didn't get it. It's cool that he was so into it, but I just couldn't share the enthusiasm.
There's too much about the comic medium that I just can't get into. Especially the Super Hero ones or topics even tangentially related to them. The stories seem so complex and convoluted. I wouldn't even know where to start reading them. Then there's the issue of paying for them. I feel like I wouldn't be getting enough value of compulsively buying these comics only to read them then do nothing. Not to mention the amount of retconning could turn the events in those issues meaningless. Then there's the art, which is just kinda... strange. It's hard to explain. This is overly nitpicky, I'm aware, but I'm not a fan of how some pages have one or two small frames then a HUGE frame playing out a dramatic punch or whatever.
For me, couldn't get into comics.
Runner up: Anime
What about you? What part of geek/nerd culture did you never penetrate? Certain genres of games? MOBAS? Fighting games? What about books like Tolkien and Rothfus? Maybe you took a pass on the latest crazy fandom like MLP, Dr. Who, or SuperWhoLock? Not into the new "popular" stuff like Walking Dead or Game of Thrones?