Tag: Rom Spaceknight
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ROMtrospective Part 2: War of the Worlds
This article is the second in a 4-part retrospective on the original Rom series. Part 1 introduced Rom within the context of the other toy comics of the time. I would suggest you read it, but you’ll be perfectly fine starting here too. Also see Who is the Real Rom Anyway? “Far, far, away, in…
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ROMtrospective Part 1: the Toys that Unmade Us
Thomas Carlyle said “the history of the world is but the biography of great men,” a banger, if contentious (and sexist), quote if there ever was one. I can say something similar: “the history of 80s nerd shit is but the meeting of two men in a bathroom during a party.” At least, that’s the…
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Who is the Real Rom Anyway?
Have you ever heard of the teletransportation paradox? If you’ve consumed any science fiction media in the 20th or 21st centuries, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered a version of it. But it goes something like this. Imagine a scientific entrepreneur smarter than Elon Musk (by several degrees of magnitude) builds a way for us…
