Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton is an actor, best known from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the movie Stand By Me. He also runs a weblog called Wil Wheaton Dot Net. He is a bi-monthly columnist for Techland.

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The Evolution of E-mail Spam

Every now and then, just for laughs, I go through my spam folder and see what the idiot scammers are currently trying out on their intended victims. While the specific language varies, the scams are largely unchanged since I began paying attention about ten years ago: help me get money out of my country, I’ve been robbed and need your …

Pardon the Brain Matter, My Mind is Blown

In this age of beautiful Dwarven Forge terrain, full color Dungeon Tiles, and more game-ready combat maps than you can shake a +1 Staff of Map Shaking at, sitting down to draw out a dungeon on graph paper may seem like a throwback to a bygone era, but it’s how I roll.

Er, well, it’s how I prepare to roll, anyway.

While it’s …

Is Comic-Con Really Hurting Nerd Culture?

The first time I went to Comic-Con, the entire thing fit in about one half of what is currently the exhibitor’s hall. It wasn’t quite a longbox show, but it wasn’t that far removed from it, either. There was no viral marketing, no multi-story booths, no Hollywood presence at all, and though it was a lot of fun, it didn’t feel …

Recovering from w00tstock

I just got home from performing two w00tstock shows in Chicago and Minneapolis. w00tstock is a sort of nerd variety show that I produce with Paul and Storm, and Adam Savage. We and an ever-changing lineup of invited guests perform geek-related material for people who are just like us, in an environment we hope feels like the This …