Post by theboogieman on Nov 7, 2014 12:16:31 GMT -5
What's written below is copied and pasted from another part of the forums, as upon further reflection, I saw that I had made this post in the wrong place.
The 'LCS Spotlight' thread/column on here about comic stores that promote diversity, and are accommodating to a diverse crowd, made me think of one of my favourite websites- DoubleToasted.com. This sounds like me just shamelessly advertising something I'm a fan of, but Double Toasted, as a website that is focussed around nerd/geek/film culture, has a particularly diverse fanbase, for a geek culture website. I think Double Toasted is a particularly minority-friendly website, and it has fans of all races, from across the world, with many LGBT fans also. The creators and hosts of Double Toasted's podcasts, Korey Coleman and Martin Thomas, created DT after their previous website Spill.com was shut down.
Also, listening to their podcasts over the years has given interesting insight into race in geek culture, as Coleman has often talked about topics such as how black people are portrayed in film, television and video games, providing a unique perspective and giving insight into things that I probably wouldn't have thought of otherwise, not being a minority myself. For example, in a recent podcast, they talked to a Dutch fan about 'Black Pete', and all the controversy around that.
So long story short, in terms of geeky places being welcoming to all different groups of people, I think Double Toasted is a great example of this. Although, the site only launched in July, after a successful Kickstarter, so that's something I should probably mention.
Also, a testament to the quality of their podcasts (or maybe the rabidness of their fans) is that after Spill.com was shut down and Korey Coleman decided to launch the Kickstarter to raise money to create the new Double Toasted website, his goal of $30,000 was reached in something like five or six hours. As a result of the fans of his previous website, Coleman ended up receiving more than $120,000 to create his new website, with one Swedish guy donating $5,000.
Previous to Double Toasted, Korey ran Spill.com from 2007 to 2013, and Korey and Martin also did a Cable Access show in Austin called The Reel Deal, before Spill.
Here's an interesting, comprehensive article about the legacy of Spill.com, and both Double Toasted and oneofus.net, that explains the websites better than I do I think. www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/m/Issue?oid=1590571
Although, the article does omit, when it talks about oneofus.net, that that website is run by and was set up by Brian Salisbury as well as Chris Cox. The article also doesn't mention Rage Select, the video game website that sprung up out of Spill.
The 'LCS Spotlight' thread/column on here about comic stores that promote diversity, and are accommodating to a diverse crowd, made me think of one of my favourite websites- DoubleToasted.com. This sounds like me just shamelessly advertising something I'm a fan of, but Double Toasted, as a website that is focussed around nerd/geek/film culture, has a particularly diverse fanbase, for a geek culture website. I think Double Toasted is a particularly minority-friendly website, and it has fans of all races, from across the world, with many LGBT fans also. The creators and hosts of Double Toasted's podcasts, Korey Coleman and Martin Thomas, created DT after their previous website Spill.com was shut down.
Also, listening to their podcasts over the years has given interesting insight into race in geek culture, as Coleman has often talked about topics such as how black people are portrayed in film, television and video games, providing a unique perspective and giving insight into things that I probably wouldn't have thought of otherwise, not being a minority myself. For example, in a recent podcast, they talked to a Dutch fan about 'Black Pete', and all the controversy around that.
So long story short, in terms of geeky places being welcoming to all different groups of people, I think Double Toasted is a great example of this. Although, the site only launched in July, after a successful Kickstarter, so that's something I should probably mention.
Also, a testament to the quality of their podcasts (or maybe the rabidness of their fans) is that after Spill.com was shut down and Korey Coleman decided to launch the Kickstarter to raise money to create the new Double Toasted website, his goal of $30,000 was reached in something like five or six hours. As a result of the fans of his previous website, Coleman ended up receiving more than $120,000 to create his new website, with one Swedish guy donating $5,000.
Previous to Double Toasted, Korey ran Spill.com from 2007 to 2013, and Korey and Martin also did a Cable Access show in Austin called The Reel Deal, before Spill.
Here's an interesting, comprehensive article about the legacy of Spill.com, and both Double Toasted and oneofus.net, that explains the websites better than I do I think. www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/m/Issue?oid=1590571
Although, the article does omit, when it talks about oneofus.net, that that website is run by and was set up by Brian Salisbury as well as Chris Cox. The article also doesn't mention Rage Select, the video game website that sprung up out of Spill.